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VMWare, Inc. is a company that provides cloud and virtualization products and services. Use this tag if you are using VMware's products along with the tag for the software you are using; either [vmware-player] (for VMware Player) or [vmware-workstation] (for VMware Workstation) or [vmware-fusion] (for VMware Fusion), [vmware-view] (for VMware Horizon View), [vmware-tools] (for VMware Tools).

VMware, Inc. is a company that provides cloud and virtualization products and services.

If using a software provided by VMware, use the following tags for the softwares used:

Popular products:

  • VMware Player

  • VMware Workstation

  • VMware Fusion

  • VMware vSphere

  • VMware Horizon View

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VMware Workstation 12 vmmon not found or not loaded

On Ubuntu 12.04, I have been happily using VMware Workstation 6. Then, one fine day, this error occurred when starting a VM: Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded. Failed to…
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How to get Ubuntu 15.04 running full-screen on VMware?

How can I change the screen resolution in a VMware Virtual Machine running Ubuntu to be able to view it in full-screen?
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VMWare Unity Mode with Ubuntu 12.10

This is a very difficult thing to search for, and find an answer to because of the unfortunate choice VMWare and Ubuntu both having something called "Unity". My host operating system is Windows 7 - 64 bit, running VMWare Workstation 9.0.1. I have a…
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Install VMware on Ubuntu 18.10 -- Build environment error

I did the basic install, but when I run it, I get: Build environment error! A required application is missing and modconfig cannot continue. xzCheck the log for more details. What does that mean and what should I do?
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Ubuntu 20.04 virtual machine is not switching to GUI mode

I'm using ubuntu 20.04 on Vmware virtual machine and it was working fine. By mistake, I have executed the below command. sudo apt purge python3.8 After that, I observed weird behavior on Virtual ubuntu So, I restarted the VM. From this point, Vm is…
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Forced into "Classic" interface under VMWare Fusion

I installed Ubuntu 11.04 under VMWare Fusion on my macbook pro. The first time I logged in, there was a message, something like "Unable to run Unity because your hardware is not supported, Ubuntu will now switch to the classic interface" (Not exact…
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VMware Workstation Running Ubuntu Freezes Frequently

I hope you can help me with an issue I've encountered recently. Setup: VM Software: VMware Workstation 17.5 Guest OS: Ubuntu 22.04.2 Host OS: Windows 11 22H2 Hardware: Intel CPU, NVIDIA GPU Background: Everything was working fine until a few days…
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How can I enable 3D acceleration for Ubuntu as a VMWare guest?

I use Ubuntu on an iMac 8,1. I haven't been able to figure out how to enable 3d support for VMware Workstation 10. Ubuntu lists several Nvidia options but I so far they lock up the screen on log in. What are some tools for me try?
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Vmware : Enable Drag and Drop files and folder between virtual machine and host

It was working to me , that i could drag a file / folder from Ubuntu virtual machine and drop it on windows 7 desktop , but for no know reason it stopped working . How to fix this issue ?
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unable to see shared folders in ubuntu(guest) installed in vmware

I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 in Vmware workstation in my windows7 OS. I installed VMware tools in Ubuntu. I have configured the shared folders in settings. Using the below command, I am able to get shared folders /usr/bin/vmware-hgfsclient But the…
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How to start VMware Virtual Network Editor from command line

I've just installed VMWare Workstation 9 on a headless Ubuntu 12.04 server. How can I run the Virtual Network Editor from the command line? When attempting to run it via the vmware program over X (Edit > Virtual Network Editor), nothing happens -…
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Can I run Ubuntu with VMware?

I was looking to install this with or under VMware on windows 7 64bit, is this possible and where can I find instructions on how to do so? I have searched the site and can not find anything for help on installing this with VMware. Also I have VMware…
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GNU C Compiler (gcc) version 12.2.0, was not found vmware

I get this message after I installed VMware. I saw a similar topic here in askubuntu, but this solution didn't work for me.
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VMware Horizon Client not working in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Which version of VMware horizon client works in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS? I have tried latest version 5.4.1 and getting the following message, sudo ./VMware-Horizon-Client-5.4.1-15988340.x64.bundle [sudo] password for balu: Extracting VMware…
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vmware player fails to install but no errors given

I am trying to install VMware player onto my workstation (Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS). I've followed the instructions for installing from a bundle (download, chmod and sudo ./bundle_file) after which the installation process goes through a number of steps…
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