Questions tagged [vmware]
A company that develops virtualization software; specify which tool you're using (Workstation, Player, ESX etc...) if relevant.
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How to solve the prompt "internal error" when running a virtual machine on VMware Fusion on MacBook Pro?
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Several virtual machines are installed in VMware Fusion, including Windows 10, CentOS, Ubuntu, etc., and all of them report this error when running.
Configuration details are as follows:
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install esxi on nvme drive
I configured a RAID array with three HDDs on an HPE DL380 Gen11 server, but I want to install ESXi on a 7.6 terabyte NVMe drive installed on the motherboard.
The server detects the NVMe drive in the ...
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How to stop VMware Workstation from yelling when I mouse in and out
VMware lags and yells every time I go in and out of the VM for actually no reason. How do I disable this? I put mks.noBeep = "TRUE" in the vmx, in .vmware/preferences, in the global settings ...
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iptables NAT rules not forwarding DPDK TAP traffic to external interface
I am using VMware (16 Pro 16.2.5) on Windows platform, and created two VMs (VmA and VmB). Both VMs are running Ubuntu 20.04.
In VMware, I created VMnet18 (type host-only, no DHCP, not connected to ...
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Cannot get display output back on vmware console after debian upgrade
I have a virtual machine with a GPU passed through via PCI for transcoding. No displays are connected to this GPU. I at one point had everything working and was able to access the desktop via the ...
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VMware: C header files matching your running kernel were not found
I think my VMware installation is cursed. Back when I installed and set up a VM for the first time, setting mks.noBeep = TRUE in every possible combination of locations still didn't stop it from ...
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How to copy and paste from macOS host into VMWare virtual machine running ArchLinux and Hyprland?
I'm running ArchLinux in a virtual machine in VMWare. I've open-vm-tools installed but I'm unable to copy from macOS host and paste into Hyprland. How can I achieve this?
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Debian 13 w/ gdm3 boots to black screen with a blinking underscore
I recently installed Debian 13 RC (trixie) on VMWare using the net install image and during the installation I opted out the desktop environment. After the installation, I installed the gdm3 packages ...
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How to make X start in vmware after full system upgrade?
My system was running fine in a Virtual Machine until I ran a full system upgrade on June 2025.
Now each time I try to startx the following error is logged in /var/log/Xorg.0.log:
(EE) vmware(0): ...
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Unable to Install Packages on Kali Linux Due to Mirror Connection Timeout and Package Not Found Errors
I’m running Kali Linux, which is installed on a VMware virtual machine. I have been facing issues while trying to update and install packages using apt. The system shows errors related to connection ...
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I have installed Ubuntu virtually on my laptop using VMWare. How do I find the (Windows) directories on the rest of the laptop?
I am using an older laptop that is running Windows 10 (it came with Win8). I have installed Ubuntu on the laptop virtually, using VMware, but would like to access the files on the rest of the laptop (...
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Crash utility cannot resolve "p2m_top" when analyzing VMware dump (VMEM) on AlmaLinux guest
I am trying to analyze a VMware memory dump from an AlmaLinux guest. I converted the snapshot to a core dump using vmss2core:
vmss2core-sb-8456865.exe -N vSRV1_Snapshot815.vmsn vSRV1_Snapshot815.vmem
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How can I reliably use a physical disk as a VMware guest os disk without risks?
I have a dual boot machine with two Linux installations, one is my main system and the other is a kind of a recovery installation to use in case something goes wrong with the main installation (for ...
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Bridge network interface for VM (vmware) running on mac
I try to assign a private IP to VMware VMs (ubuntu) running on a macos host system.
I try to achieve this by assigning a single bridge network to each VM.
Connect Network Adapter options (inside VM ...
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Can't set NFS permissions after switching networks
(EndeavourOS host, running nfsv4-server.service)
Got a QEMU/KVM VM network that I'm trying to switch to VMware. For the most part, this has been a simple process, if not a time-consuming one. The only ...
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