Hello!
I very often changes between Laptop Monitor and Desktop Monitor. Both displays have different screen resolutions.
The Virtual Machine with Windows 10 changes resolution correctly but the Scaling percentage remains fixed.
So when changing the display I have to change within the runing VM every time the scaling percentage within the VM.
I would expect this happens automatically.
Yours
Holger
Host system
OS: Windows 10 Pro 2004
RAM: 32GB DDR3
CPU: AMD FX 8350 @ 4.12GHz (8 cores)
Storage: 2TB Sabrent Rocket NVMe M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD
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Virtualisation platforms
VMware Workstation 16 Pro
Windows 10 Hyper-V
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Guest OS specs on both platforms
CPU: 4 cores
RAM: 8GB
Storage: 64GB NVMe class thick provision (also tried SCSI for marginally better results on Workstation)
OS: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia
Note: VMware tools was installed in the guest OS
Note: The tests were run with only one virtualisation platform being installed at a time so no co-existence causing any conflicts.
Note: On Hyper-V I had not got around to uninstalling VMware Tools and installing Hyper-V equivalent and the VM had been converted using the Starwind V2V Converter
I've had poor SSD performance on Workstation 14, 15 and now 16 with these huge I/O stalls.
The average read speed seems comparable to Hyper-V, but those dips are realtime and make the benchmark test take measurably longer than when run in Hyper-V.
VMware Workstation 16 Pro
Windows 10 Pro Hyper-V
I have my Licence key for years and it worked on many versions but not until I upgraded to 16.0.0 on Linux. Any know issues? Or I have to buy a new licence?
Thanks.
I am running Windows 7 via VMWare under Ubuntu 18.04. I have followed the procedure to install the USB stick. It is now connected to the host.
However, I don't know how to access the content of the stick. My Google research indicates that this may be a mounting issue. I read somewhere that I should check /proc/bus/usb, but the usb directory does not exist in /proc/bus. Unfortunately, I am not a Linux expert at this.
Please help
Hi, wanted to know if its possible to change the public IP address for each virtual machine I use on my pc. Thank you.
add vmware tools for windows vista in vmware workstation 16
I have VMWorkstation 15.x I have setup 3 servers, A, B, C. Server A is my AD server, it has AD, DHCP, DNS etc... Servers B,C when I log in they get authenticated by server A. But only server A can access the Internet.
Under Virtual Network Editor I have followed some Youtube videos. I have setup the following.
VMNet18 Bridged: Wireless AC 9260 160MHz
VMNet19 Bridged: Ethernet Connection
Server A has two network adaptors. both 18 and 19.
both servers B,C have one network adaptors. VMNet 19.
Why would serves B,C not be able to get on the internet?
I would enjoy an opportunity to use vctl for containers in Linux, but I cannot find this tool after the installation of VMWare Workstation 16.
Is vctl available only for Windows 10 hosts?
I was using VMWare Workstation 15.x until yesterday on a openSuSE 15.1 Leap, wich was working fine. After upgrade to VMWare Workstation 16.x on the same host system I have problems with the virtual machines. No virtual machine (regardless if it is a Windows or a Linux system) is able to start. Every machine hangs at "waiting for connection".
Has anyone a suggestion what could be the problem?
Thanks in advanced
After going into exclusive mode in Workstation 16 (and 15) there is apparent screen tearing, it's especially obvious when moving around windows.
I constantly use manjaro on workstation 15, but after upgraded the VM to 16.x it won't boot anymore (ran into a black screen).
Then I tried starting from a new ISO image, succeeded to enter the boot menu, but failed to boot after selected the installation program. Same thing -- black screen, and cannot switch to another tty session.
Attachment is the collected data for support request.
I just upgraded to VMWare Workstation 16. The program install without any problems. However, when I try to load a virtual machine, I get the following error Messages:
1.
Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory.
Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded.
2.
Failed to initialize monitor device.
3.
Unable to change virtual machine power state: Transport (VMDB) error -14: Pipe connection has been broken.
I did a search on the Internet and found the following tutorial to fix this problem: VMware Knowledge Base
The problem is that the tutorial does not work on openSUSE Leap 15.2 because there seems not to exist a 'linux-headers' command.
Does anyone know a possible fix that works on openSUSE Leap 15.2?
I just upgraded from VMware Workstation 15.5 to 16, and there was no update to VMware Tools with it (it's still using version 11.0.6 build 15940789 which only supports up to DirectX 10.1). When I select in VMware Workstation preferences to "Download All Components Now" it tells me "All downloadable components are up to date", and when I select to check for software updates it tells me "There are no software updates available at this time."
Since it looks like a version of VMware Tools that includes DirectX 11 support wasn't included with the release of VMware Workstation 16, may I ask when we should expect an updated version of VMware Tools that includes Direct X 11 support?
To verify the version of DirectX that VMware Tools supported I opened dxdiag (the DirectX Diagnostic Tool) by executing it in the Run dialog, then switched to the "Display" tab and checked the Direct3D DDI and Feature Levels under "Drivers". As you can see in the following screenshot, the highest level of DirectX support for the driver is 10.1.
Now with a video driver that supports newer versions of DirectX, it would look something like the following screenshot (note that the driver in this example supports DirectX 12, and I won't expect to see that in VMware Workstation until it is formally announced).
I have a Windows host and a remote Kali Linux guest (via vSphere, the reason I put this question to the Workstation section is described below). The remote guest is accessed via VMWare Workstation Pro 15.5.6 build-16341506.
My problem is: I want to connect my Google Pixel to the remote Kali guest.
The remote USB connection always works on the first connection, but when I unplug the Pixel or restart my host or the guest and then try to connect the Pixel to the remote Kali guest again (VM -> Removable Devices -> Google Pixel -> Connect (Disconnect From Host) ), I always get the following error:
Error connecting remote USB device: The device "Google Pixel" disconnected: a connection error occured.
Why i suspect this to be a Workstation issue:
I already figured out that when I run the Workstation 15.6 installation EXE, choose "Repair", let the repair finish and then restart my host, the problem disappears and I can connect the Pixel to the remote guest -- however again, it only works until I either disconnect the Pixel or restart either my host or my guest system.
How do I get rid of this problem? Is there a better way to than to Repair the Workstation installation every morning?
Thank you for your advices.
So after using 12 Pro for a couple of years, I decided to switch to 15 Pro. Granted according to the program itself said my Intel Xeon E5530s are no longer supported so I just put the monitor.allowLegacyCPU = "true“ line into the VMware config file as many tutorials/forum posts say. This worked for about half a month just fine when things took a turn for the worse.
All of a sudden my VMs would get stuck on the VMware version of the POST screen or shortly after it and would be stuck there for 30 minutes to 1 hour or more (didn't really time it but it would at least take a very long time for them to load in) before actually getting into the guest OS. As far as I have seen the guest then works as expected. I'm not sure what triggered this behavior but I tired: Normal reinstalls, clean reinstalls (using IObit Uninstaller), moving the program to a different installation location, and after doing the clean install making a fresh new VM.
After all of these, the issue is still there.
Both Workstation 12 Pro and Hyper-V can run just fine but 15 does not. According to HP Array Configuration Utility the drive(s) itself is fine however seeing how I use 2 different drives for my VMs it would be unlikely that they'd both be causing issues at the same time from the same moment. And when running the VMs the drives also do not seem to get much utilization while stuck on that POST screen.
I'm using an HP ProLiant ML350 G6 with: 2x Intel Xeon E5530, 48GB ram and a Quadro FX 3700.
VMware itself doesn't show any errors and I couldn't find any in the application section of Event Viewer. Tried looking through the logs that VMware produced but I had no clue what to look for so decided to leave it as is. Any suggestions/ideas are highly welcome.
Virtual machines with the enhanced keyboard setting under options and general set to "Required" refuses to start, I have to kill vmware-wmx.exe to stop the VM. The virtual machines start fine when the setting is set to "Use if available (recommended)" and the enhanced keyboard works (eg. can use Alt+Ctrl+Del inside VM). I'm guessing this is some sort of bug in 16, reinstalling VMware Workstation did not fix the problem!
Given --
Workstation 15.5.6
Host: Ubuntu 20.04
Guest: Windows 10
Mouse: Logitech M720
Double is enabled on the host using xbind and xdotool. I would like clicking the scroll wheel to double click in the Windows guest. The xbind solution doesn't reach into the guest.
How do I enable double clicking with the middle mouse button in a Windows guest?
When i go to the buy upgrade screen, I get a message that states: Our records indicate that you have no registered products eligible for upgrade. To complete your order, register an eligible product then try again. I don't seem to understand the requirements for an upgrade, is it just that I had the previous version? Because when I go to register the key I have it says the key is already registered. If someone could help me resolve this issue that would be much appreciated.
I've see in the release notes (VMware Workstation 16 Pro Release Notes) this line:
Support for DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.1 in the Guest
I've installed Ubuntu 20.04 guest on Windows 10 host and OpenGL 3.3 version is reported. I've updated Mesa drivers to latest version (20.1.8) and the same OpenGL version is reported:
glxinfo -B
name of display: :0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
Vendor: VMware, Inc. (0x15ad)
Device: SVGA3D; build: RELEASE; LLVM; (0x405)
Version: 20.1.8
Accelerated: no
Video memory: 1MB
Unified memory: no
Preferred profile: core (0x1)
Max core profile version: 3.3
Max compat profile version: 3.3
Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
Max GLES[23] profile version: 2.0
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: SVGA3D; build: RELEASE; LLVM;
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 20.1.8 - kisak-mesa PPA
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL version string: 3.3 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 20.1.8 - kisak-mesa PPA
OpenGL shading language version string: 3.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 2.0 Mesa 20.1.8 - kisak-mesa PPA
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.0.16
Can you please let me know how may I get OpenGL 4.1 support?
PS: I've also tried this guide https://docs.mesa3d.org/vmware-guest.html to build vmwgfx, but it seems outdated.
The error message is:
meson.build:269:2: ERROR: Problem encountered: swrast vulkan requires gallium swrast
Hi team,
Will Sketchup pro 2017 run now on Vmware Workstation pro 16 ?
Thank's in advance.
Ml