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VMware Fusion is a virtualization software for the Mac platform. Use this tag when VMware Fusion is used as the virtualization and ubuntu is the guest operating system.

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Stuck at 'VMware easy install'

I have a Mac OS X and VMware Fusion. I did a fresh install of 12.04. I do not have VMware Tools installed. I read that I do not have to log in at the command window, that I have to wait for VMware Tools to get installed. It seems like something…
IamJoe
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Ubuntu 18.04 internet connection not working (using VMWare Fusion)

Not sure what happened. Yesterday everything worked, today I booted up my VMware and it seems Ubuntu doesn't have an internet connection at all. Tried all the different options (besides NAT that I normally use) like Bridged and Host-Only but it…
Aleksandr
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Getting shared folders working in vmware fusion 8.1.0 and ubuntu 14.04

Yes, I've seen the other answers. Either they don't work or they do un-recommended things like installing the old deprecated VMWare Tools I'm looking for a solution that uses the recommended open-vm-tools The offical instructions for Ubuntu 14.04 on…
user22048
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Copy and paste between Mac and Ubuntu using keyboard shortcuts via VMware Fusion

I use OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 and have VMware Fusion 7.1.1 where Ubuntu 14.04 has been installed. Moreover, I have installed VMware Tools patches. Copy and paste between Mac and Ubuntu using keyboard shortcuts (Command+C then Command+V) worked fine…
SoftTimur
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How do I type [ and \ with a Mac keyboard?

I am using a Mac with an Apple Wireless Keyboard - French. I have installed Ubuntu as virtual machine by VMware Fusion. The keyboard setting of Ubuntu is as follows: And the preview is not exactly as Apple Wireless Keyboard - French: In Mac, we…
SoftTimur
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Errors of installing VMware-tools

Previously, I post a question about an error of installing VMware-tools in a Ubuntu under a virtual machine. I have not got any solution yet. So I installed another Ubuntu 14.04 LTS under the virtual machine. Everything was new. I did software…
SoftTimur
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VM can't ping LAN name but sees it via nslookup

I am trying to connect to a network resource from my 10.04.4 VM (VMware Fusion) but the destination is unreachable by name. What is weird is that the name is visible in DNS: >nslookup my.name Server: 123.45.67.89 Address: …
amphibient
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Any way to get VMware Fusion's Shared Folders working with 11.04/Natty guest?

Just upgraded to Natty this morning. I know, I should have waited until VMware updated Fusion for it, but I was impatient. :-) I can't seem to get Shared Folders working now... anybody have this working, and if so, what's the trick?
Head Geek
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Copy-Paste from Mac to Emacs of ubuntu

(* I have post the same question on AskDifferent, so far I have not got any answer yet, I guess here fits this question better *) I use version 10.9.2 of OS X and a virtual machine 6.0.5 VMware Fusion. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has been installed on the…
SoftTimur
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Ubuntu 14.10 frozen at startup screen

After having installed updates (a popup appeared asking for automatic updates to be installed), I rebooted and after typing the password, the screen was frozen and the SO GUI wasn't loading. I restarted many times, I tried to load a previous version…
Ramy Al Zuhouri
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Ubuntu on VMware Fusion resolution not changeable from 800x600

On Ubuntu in "Systems Setting" --> "Display", I only see 800x600 resolution option. As I change the size of the VM window, it just expands/shrink accordingly, maintaining the same ratio (800x600) that is way too narrow for me. Already tried but no…
IsaacS
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Change ownership of VMware Fusion shared folder

I'm trying to create a soft link of my Dropbox shared folder with: ln -s Dropbox ~/Desktop But I am not being successful. The link is created, but is broken and I can't access the folder through it. When I run ls -la in /mnt/hgfs I get…
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Static IP Address on Ubuntu 12.04 Virtual Machine

I've setup a VM running Ubuntu 12.04 specifically for local web development and am having some problems ensuring it has a static IP address. A static IP address is important as I'm using the IP address in my hosts file to assign a .local suffix to…
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Kernel dump using linux-crashdump under VMware?

I've followed the directions here on the Ubuntu help wiki for my 12.04.2 Ubuntu Server running in VMware Fusion 5, and everything looks good, so I do a echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger as root. It panics the kernel as expected, and then hangs after…
Dan
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Networking Disabled under VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X

I use MacBook with Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5. I have installed VMWare Fusion 5.0.2, under which Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS have been installed as virtual machines. Under Ubuntu vmware-tools-distrib 9.0.1 (01 nov 2012) has been installed. Everything…
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