Questions tagged [vmware-player]

VMware Player is a virtualization product from VMWare that is free for personal use.

VMware Player is a streamlined desktop virtualization application that runs one or more operating systems on the same computer without rebooting.

See more at product website.

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VMWARE: For installing Visual Studio 2010 and connecting to it remotely?

I am trying to find a solution for installing Visual Studio 2010 (VMWARE) and connecting to it remotely so that both i can use the pc and the receiver can monitor what i am doing. There seems to be so many different solutions for VMWARE and i am…
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how to assign static ipaddress (fixed ipaddress) in vmware workstation

Iam using vmware workstation12. I have a 2 vm and I installed Ubuntu in it. The ip address changes automatically in the ubuntu.Last week the IPADDRESS in the first vm was 192.168.56.1 and in the second vm was 192.168.56.2. But today I got changed to…
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Can one teach VMware player to autostart multiple VMs?

I would like to use the latest free version of VMware Player (to my knowledge v7.1.4) to autorun two VMs whenever my Windows machine starts up. I found the option to start a VM automatically by placing a "shortcut" with the commandline …
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vmware player unable to start services in ubuntu

I have some issue running VM Ware Workstation Player 12 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. first I Download and install "VMware-Player-12.1.1-3770994.x86_64.bundle" using this command : chmod +x ./VMware-Player-version/build_number.bundle gksudo bash…
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Ubuntu boot screen lock on vmware player

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 on VmWare-Player 10. My host system is Windows 7. It worked fine, but since I restarted my host system (I have done this often and it was working without any problems) it stucks at the ubuntu boot up: I have restarted my…
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Vmware not accepting clipboard form parent OS

I am using VMware 12 on my Windows 8 OS. I run Ubuntu 14.04 on VMware. I use both windows and Ubuntu together. The text copied into clipboard in windows cannot be pasted in Ubuntu and vice-versa. I tried using both Ctrl-C- Ctrl-V and also with mouse…
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Cannot connect to SQL Server hosted on Virtual Machine

I have a virtual machine running on my PC running Windows Server 2008 with SQL Server 2012 installed. When I run SQL Server Management Studio on the VM I can connect as such: Image showing Management Studio credentials However, when I run the…
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Ubuntu in virtual machine can't connect to internet

First I must say that I have no idea what kind of problem it is (Ubuntu/Windows/vmware/secureW2), so I hope anyone can select the necessary information from this mess. I am running an Ubuntu 15.04 guest on a Windows 10 host using the vmware Virtual…
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Cloudera Virtual Machine - Increasing Disk Size

I have setup a virtual machine with the Cloudera distribution CDH 5.4.0 via the VMPlayer, on windows. When I started working with the virtual machine it was about 7GB in size. Now it has increased to about 73GB in size. The size I am mentioning here…
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connected to a wifi network but cant access internet

i think i have a unique problem here i don't for two days i have been searching regarding this issue. I am using windows 8.1 i have installed VM player in it. My problem is that i am connected to a WiFi network but i cant access internet. I am…
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docker running in vmware gets x509 error

I have installed docker into vmware player (windows host, ubuntu guest) and can run the simple hello world verification test but when I run any other docker images I get the following error: Get https://index.docker.io/v1/repositories/[image-path]:…
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Passwordless ssh with paramiko fails to authorize

I am having trouble getting authentication working with paramiko SSHClient. Trying to go from one virtual machine out to another box on the network. The general idea is that I create a public/private key pair, ssh into the client using a password…
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Ubuntu not working on VMware player

I am using ubuntu 14.04 on windows 7 machine using the VMware player. I am not able to login to ubuntu. After I enter my password it comes back to the lock screen. The password i entered is correct. If it is not correct it says invalid password.…
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FIWARE Orion on VMware "Access forbidden"

I have recently instantiated Orion image found HERE on VMware Player. After update to the 0.22 version I can confirm that it is up and running, with curl inside VM: [root@centimeter ~]# curl -XGET localhost:1026/version
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Unexpected signal 11 vcpu-(0) error in vmware player

I am using VMware player (version 7.1.0build2496824) and I had installed mac os X lion 10.7 as a virtual os. When I start VMware player and login on the mac os X lion I get the following error: Unexpected Signal - vcpu(0) error Here is my log…
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