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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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Copy/paste and drag&drop not working in VMware machine with Ubuntu

Suddenly copy/paste stopped working from/to Windows 8 host computer to/from ubuntu virtual machine. Ubuntu restart did not help. I tried command: sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools But got report I have newest version. Guest Isolation settings are…
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How to search strings inside files like in Windows without search monkey?

I am using Ubuntu on VMWare but I cannot connect to internet because of security restrictions. I was wondering if there was a way to search for strings through the terminal and find which line the string is located on within the file.
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Enable 3D HW acceleration on VMWare Workstation 10 on Ubuntu 14.04

I am trying to enable hardware accelerated 3D graphics in a Win 8.1 VM in VMware Workstation 10.0.3 on Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (Trusty Tahr) to play the game Smite smoothly. I have checked that the HW acceleration works in Ubuntu: $…
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VMWare 15 Error on Ubuntu 18.4 - Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory

After exhausting research online and youtube videos and facing failure to all those suggested solutions, I need your professional help with this please. Installed VMWare workstation 15 on Ubuntu 18.4 (please see screenshot) and got kernel error.…
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Align windows with keyboard shortcuts?

Possible Duplicate: Is there a shortcut to tile windows to left or right side of the screen? I'm running 12.04 inside VMWare Workstation. Windows 7 provides a very useful feature: use Windows+Left or Windows+Right to align the current window on…
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Enabling shared folders with open-vm-tools

I'm running Ubuntu 14.10 in VMware Player on Windows 7. I have installed open-vm-tools instead of VMware Tools because VMware's software was unable to compile the kernel module required for file sharing. I cannot get my shared folder to mount with…
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Why don't shared files show up in HGFS?

Sharing files between my Guest Kubuntu OS and Host Windows has become a real headache. So, far I have done the steps below: GUEST LINUX OS VM -> Settings -> Options -> Shared Folders. And added my folder. Installed properly my VMware tools (I can…
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Unable to login to account in ubuntu 18.04 vmware workstation 15, after update

I installed the latest updates from the software update center today (I update when ubuntu displays a notification), restarted the machine and now it's unable to boot properly. The best screen I can get is displayed below. If I resize the screen…
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How to set the screen resolution in Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit running under VMware workstation 12 player on a Windows 7 host?

I can set the screen resolution manually once I log in using the following command: xrandr -s 1360x768 but I am not able to make it "stick". Every time I log back in, the resolution for a little while changes to 1360x768, but by the time the…
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Extra mouse buttons not working in virtualization (VMware/VirtualBox, ubuntu host)

I'm trying to run VMware Workstation and/or VirtualBox on Ubuntu. The virtual machines are working perfectly in both applications, except for the extra mouse buttons (forward/backward). In Ubuntu the mouse buttons are all working. Virtualization…
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Unable to run VMware - Failed to build vmnet

I am unable to run vmware and below is the error log as to why. Any idea, though and suggestions are appreciated. Thank you. 2014-02-03T16:32:00.904+08:00| vthread-3| I120: Log for VMware Workstation pid=5707 version=10.0.1 build=build-1379776…
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Can't get 1920 x 1080 in Ubuntu via VMWare

I just installed Ubuntu and typed in sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools I can change my resolution to 1920 x 1200, but not 1920 x 1080. Any ideas? I've tried this, and this but no luck. The second link is for VirtualBox I've tried changing the…
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"No 3D support is available from the host" on all VMware guests

I'm running VMware Workstation 12 Player on an Ubuntu 16.04 host and every guest I run complains that: No 3D support is available from the host. and: Hardware graphics acceleration is not available. Accelerate 3D graphics is checked off in the…
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Problem with Ubuntu 24.04 on VMware

I'm running VMPlayer 17.5 (latest) on Windows 11 and tried to install Ubuntu 24.04 on a new virtual machine. Installation showed some flickering and mouse was not usable but with keyboard input I managed to install. Started the installed image and…
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How to increase the disk space of an Ubuntu VMWare guest, without the cd?

I powered off the VM and on the VMware side increased the allocated disk space. I did this by Edit Virtual Machine Settings -> Hard Disk -> Utilities and so forth. It then warned me that I should increase the partition size within the guest VM. and…
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