A company that develops virtualization software; specify which tool you're using (Workstation, Player, ESX etc...) if relevant.
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Find out if the OS is running in a virtual environment
Is there any way to find out if the OS i'm running (actually installing) is running in a VMWare machine. I need to disable ntp settings if the automated install is done on a virtual machine but keep ...
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4answers
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How to extend CentOS 5 partition on VMware?
I have a CentOS 5 virtual machine and I added 20GB more to disk size. How do I initialize and extend the available space?
I'm new to Linux, so what should I do?
I tried loading GParted as well, ...
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2answers
158 views
Strange encoding in Slackware
I am a student and learning about operating systems, I was modifying a file using vi, when I accidentally did something (I don't remember what) that change the codification/encoding and now this is ...
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1answer
447 views
“Split I/O”s on a Linux VM, disk alignment
I'm trying to figure out if there's some way I can tell if a system is being adversely affected by disk misalignment -- i.e. when I do a disk I/O operation, it actually needs to request extra blocks ...
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2answers
584 views
Getting better resolution using X on OpenBSD w/VMWare Fusion
Just setup an OpenBSD 4.8 VM for VMWare Fusion. Can't seem to force X to any decent resolution. I attempted to try and use the VMWare tools for FreeBSD, but no dice.
Any suggestions to try and get ...
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1answer
155 views
Limit disk buffer usage in SLES 11SP2 to allow more efficient memory overcommit on esxi host
When running VMs on an ESXi host, you can overcommit the memory.
Example: host == 20GB physical RAM
The amount of RAM allocated to each VM is
VM1 == 10gb
VM2 == 10gb
VM3 == 10gb
VM4 == 10gb
The ...
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1answer
103 views
Is there a way to find out how many instances of the root user are logged into a Linux machine?
We have a handful of users that login to our Linux virtual machine as root either through the vSphere client or through SSH and I want to see if there is a way to tell if multiple root users are ...
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2answers
2k views
Accidentally set screen resolution too high, it won't change back
I'm using VMware with Arch and XFCE. The default screen resolution was too small for me so I wanted to change it to something higher. I accidentally selected a screen size that was too big and I ...
3
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2answers
230 views
Prevent hacking the grub.conf using a 'live rescue' from a live linux iso
It happened that I had set the grub password in grub.conf. But, using a live linux iso, I was able to delete the password from the grub.conf. Please read the steps for the same mentioned in this link: ...
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2answers
2k views
Unable to boot VM: Error 13: Invalid or Unsupported Executable Format
I used VMWare vConverter and everything converted fine, but when I try to boot I get an error:
The physical machine boots correctly, so I don't think it is a source machine issue. I am not sure why ...
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3answers
740 views
“Access denied” when logging to Solaris virtual machine using ssh
I have got a Solaris 10 on a VMware virtual machine in Windows. This is what I did:
1) Installed PuTTY.
2) Checked whether ssh is running or or not in my Solaris desktop as below:
bash-3.00# ps ...
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1answer
312 views
VMwarePlayer on debian. Missing kernel modules
Today I changed my workstation to Debian. As Ubuntu is not nearly stable. Now I installed VMware player. I started it and got a message "Before you can run VMware, several modules must be compiled and ...
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1answer
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How can I run `hackxor` inside VirtualBox?
I've found hacking game hackxor, but it's made for vmware.
I don't have any experience with vmware and I don't want to install it in my machine.
So I'd like to run hackxor inside VirtualBox if it ...
2
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1answer
187 views
Make box only communicate on lan only?
I am running a VM with Debian as the guest OS (I can choose another distro). It has nginx running along with some other software.
Some of the software tries to make outgoing connections (for example ...
2
votes
1answer
238 views
Everything works except Fedora
I'm taking an Operating Systems class online for college. It requires us to have a copy of Fedora 13, provided by our instructor, running on a virtual machine. On my machine, it boots to a message ...
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1answer
391 views
Is VMWARE_BALLOON (Linux kernel option) intended for guests or hosts?
The kernel configuration option:
VMware Balloon Driver (VMWARE_BALLOON) [N/m/y/?] (NEW) ?
CONFIG_VMWARE_BALLOON:
This is VMware physical memory management driver which acts like a
"balloon" ...
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1answer
2k views
Why does my Debian VMWare virtual machine lose all network connections ~15 minutes after boot?
I’m having a strange networking problem with a Debian (6) VMWare virtual machine on my Mac. Around 15 minutes after starting it up, I can no longer SSH into, view websites served from, or ping the VM.
...
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2answers
79 views
Install the same 64-bit packages as a 32-bit Xubuntu installation
I have been using a virtual machine (Xubuntu 12.10, with VMWare on a windows host) for all my programming work, which I am trying to transition from a 32-bit install to a 64-bit install. I am hoping ...
2
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1answer
284 views
Enabling shared Folders in SCO 5.0.7 on vmplayer
I have installed SCO 5.0.7 on a VMware Player VM on the Fedora 9 host system. In VMWare Player, i found an option to share folders between Fedora9 an SCO in Virtual Machine Settings.
I enabled this ...
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2answers
596 views
Retrieve deleted files on Linux VM guest
I use Ubuntu on VMware to learn how to use Linux. I used rm on some folders and mistakenly deleted some files from /etc. I have some very important files on it. Is there a way to retrieve that files, ...
2
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1answer
484 views
Possible to convert a linux installation to .VDI or ISO format?
I have an Oracle Peoplesoft installation set up on some virtual machines (they were in OVM format). I'd like to copy them over so they work in VirtualBox… would it be possible to convert them ...
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1answer
261 views
How to mount a virtual disk in Linux (on VMWare)
I am running Ubuntu 10.04.4 thru VMWare Workstation. I added a second virtual hard disk drive, which is found under /dev/sdb , as shown below
How do you mount this to anywhere? (e.g. /mnt/sdb).
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0answers
464 views
Smallest linux distribution for PPTP VPN server (poptop)?
I want to run Poptop, an Open Source PPTP Server for Linux.
I need the smallest possible GNU/Linux distribution which I can install in VMware Workstation 8 and which will be able to support this ...
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0answers
232 views
Can /mnt/hgfs/'shared folder' be used as apache root?
I have an Ubuntu Server (12.04) running on my development machine. It is in a VM. I have succeeded with the task of setting up Apache2, MySQL, and PHP. I can access the server from my host browser ...
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2answers
389 views
Scripting VMware configuration: can I use PowerCLI?
I have an automated task to start, it involves various commands in PowerCLI.
like
Allocate Space New-Datastore Parameter(1)
Browse Datastore Get-Datastore Parameter(1)
Remove file ...
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4answers
2k views
How to get CPU info on a vmware guest
This is a server that is running on Vmware ESXi:
SERVER:/root # cat /etc/SuSE\-release
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11
PATCHLEVEL = 2 ...
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3answers
630 views
Which Gentoo profile?
I'm installing Gentoo as a guest on a VMware virtual machine on an iMac host. I'm asked to select a profile and the list has 22 options.
[1] default/linux/amd64/10.0
[2] ...
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1answer
105 views
Extend sda3 partition in openSUSE?
I would like to extend the sda3 partition in openSUSE 11.1 running on VMware.
My df -h has the following output:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 7.5G ...
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1answer
925 views
How to enable WIFI on VMWare Fedora 12? (It's detecting and working fine on Windows 7)
I am new to Linux. I have Fedora 12 running on my VMware. I am unable to see any options to enable WIFI connection on Fedora. When I am accessing Internet through WIFI and its working perfectly fine ...
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2answers
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How on earth can I stop this CUPS-related message on my Debian 6 virtual machine?
I’ve got a Debian 6 VMWare virtual machine that I mostly use via SSH (but occasionally via the GUI).
Every few minutes, the following message gets printed in my terminal:
CUPS config timestamp ...
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2answers
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Is VMWare causing my Linux host to lose network connectivity?
I recently upgraded to Xubuntu 13.04 from 12.10, which required uninstalling and reinstalling VMWare Player for Linux. Soon after (not exactly sure the timing) I lost network connectivity on my host ...
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1answer
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Bactrack5 + VMWare + GNOME Fail
When I attempt to run any of the preinstalled GUI apps with startx it fails to run and terminates with the output
failed to load module "vmwgfx" (module does not exist, 0)"
Followed by ...xterm... ...
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1answer
305 views
How to avoid 4 core limit for Ubuntu within VMWare?
I have Ubuntu installed as VM on my laptop. My laptop has quad core with HT technology making it 8 cores.
Within Ubuntu VM I can only use max of 4 cores.
What should I do so I can access all 8?
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2answers
760 views
Why doesn't eth0 get an ip address when set up in a bridge?
I'm trying to understand how dhcp for IPv4 is used with bridging.
eth0 is configured to be in br0. This is working just fine but only br0 gets a dhcp lease, while eth0 doesn't. Both are configured ...
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1answer
313 views
Mouse drifts when dragging in Linux Mint KDE on VMWare Fusion
I'm using VMware Fusion with Linux Mint KDE (I think v13). The mouse works fine except for when I'm dragging something (e.g. resize or move a window). When I do that the mouse moves. Sort of like I ...
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1answer
2k views
copy+paste between linux desktop and vmware player?
How can I copy+paste text between my linux desktop (GNOME Ubuntu 11.04) and the open vmplayer window running an ubuntu 64bit server terminal?
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1answer
706 views
Two networks cannot be accessed simultaneously
I have two networks on a server. One being my internal network, and the other being an external IP address. This is on Debian Lenny. Here is my /etc/network/interfaces file:
# This file describes ...
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2answers
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Getting internet to Linux VM without being detected by Network
I'm trying to get internet to a Linux VM (Backtrack 5 on VMWare Workstation). Unfortunately I was told to not "bridge" the connection from the VM because it could be detected by our companies network ...
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1answer
52 views
Install vmware-tools using yum in vmware fusion
I added vmware-tools repo [1] to my virtual CentOS box. What is the exact set of packages I have to install?
The rationale is to be able to update vmware-tools using yum.
Environment:
Host OS: Mac ...
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1answer
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What's using all of the memory in my VM? It's not the disk cache
I have an issue where when I try to build a really large project, my machine starts swapping (several GB) even though there's plenty of memory (14 GB in fact). When I run free, it shows that it's not ...
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1answer
424 views
VMware mouse occasionally held down (cannot “unclick”, left mouse stops working, grab ungrab)
I have Debian 6.0.6 on vmware player. I notice once in a while the mouse just selects everything - like starting from some point to wherever my mouse is currently at. I can't unselect or press any ...
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1answer
532 views
Running a Snow Leopard 10.6.7 Image on an AMD: The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system
I am quite frustrated so I have turned to this medium in hoping to get an answer. After reading thousands of forums and trying out various methods (I have lost track what I have tried already) I still ...
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1answer
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How to setup backup if the filesystem is read only
My remote server file system is read-only & its because my hard disk is broken .I want to take backup for taking any further action.
Is it possible to setup a manual backup for the affected ...
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1answer
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Multipath device name doesn't display correctly
I'm playing with iscsi and I'm trying to figure out why the vendor/product names aren't showing up correctly. I've restarted all the appropriate services along with a reboot.
Listed below are the ...
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1answer
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How to force 1920x1080 resolution - Fedora 16, VMPlayer, 9800GTX
I'm running F16 on VMplayer, I don't think the drivers I'm using are for my nvidia card. I'm getting a max resolution of 1280*768.
My card is EVGA 9800GTX+ --- I need instructions on how to change my ...
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1answer
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Red Hat and Windows 7 dual boot system
I am looking for the best way to create a dual boot on my Red Hat system.
This is a Red Hat 5.3 System for scientific use, and we need to run some Windows software on it for visualization purposes.
...
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1answer
681 views
OpenGL in Fedora as a VMWare guest under Windows 7
I installed Fedora 14 (64-bit) on a Windows 7 64 bits system, as a guest in VMWare. I can't use OpenGL support, Compiz and other openGL programs do not work. I searched on Google; I found solutions if ...
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0answers
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New harddrive does not show up in /dev
I am trying to add a second (unformatted) IDE hard drive to a QNX 6.4.1 VM (hosted through vmware's vSphere). Unfortunately, there is no entry for the drive in /dev (I think this is called an ...
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1answer
171 views
Kernel headers for VMware tools
I tried to compile VMware tools on my server. I compiled the kernel myself, I didn't use RPM. As VMware tools needs the kernel header files, I executed the following command in my kernel folder ...
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0answers
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Unusual vmware.modconfig-console output
Upon running a batch file I created to iterate recursive directories from / trying to find the Kernel headers for vmware-modconfig-console running on openSUSE, when it comes across /usr/include/ it ...
