Please go to the updated article. Since I wrote the post about running Windows applications on Linux with Sun xVM VirtualBox and SeamlessRDP I have been using the system almost daily to run some applications needed at work. It has been running well except for crashes in VirtualBox from time to time. Two new releases [...]
Archive of posts filed under the VMware category.
Tip: Determining UUID of a LUN on VMware ESX
The fastest way of determining the UUID of a LUN on ESX is through /proc: # grep "Id:" /proc/vmware/scsi/vmhba1/8:5 Id: 60 5 7 68 1 90 81 1a d8 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 32 31 34 35 20 20 This corresponds to a UUID of 600507680190811ad800000000000034 On ESX 3.5 go to /vmfs/devices/disks [...]
Ubuntu 8.10 and problems with keymapping in VMware
Symptom: Various keys not working in VMware Workstation, Player and probably other produtcs. In my case the cursor keys (left, right, up, down) didn’t work. In fact pressing up or down in a Linux/GNOME session brought up the screenshot application. Solution: Add the following line to VMware’s configuration: xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true or as a one-liner: [...]
Good news everybody! VMware Workstation 6.5 is out
First of all I didn’t fall of the face of the planet. I’ve just been really busy with work, travelling a lot. After upgrading my kernel to 2.6.27 as part of the Ubuntu Intrepid test cycle I’ve sort of given up on VMware Workstation, considering switching to VirtualBox or kvm. Luckily it caught my attention [...]
VMware Workstation 6.0.4 on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (Kernel 2.6.26)
Update 01-11-08: VMware Workstation 6.5 is out and seems to have done away with the need for patching the installation After upgradering my workstation to Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (8.10) I have run into the same problem as always with VMware Workstation. It will not compile against the installed kernel (in this case 2.6.26). This problem [...]
VMware Workstation 6.0.4 on Ubuntu Hardy Herron
VMware released VMware Workstation 6.0.4 almost a month ago and reading the release notes I had high hopes On Ubuntu 8.04 hosts (which use kernel 2.6.24), when you install VMware Workstation, the vmnet module does not build. (bug 236605) and it certainly does compile. But… After installing it, when one tries to fire up the [...]
Running VMware Workstation 6.0.3 on Ubuntu Hardy Herron
Note: These instructions only applies to version 6.0.2 and 6.0.3. Version 6.0.4 now supports Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04 out of the box (Updated instructions for 6.0.4 and Ubuntu Intrepid) Seems VMware has released a new version of Workstation; 6.0.3 I had hoped that this release had fixed the problems encountered with 6.0.2. This isn’t the [...]
Updated vmware-any-any patch
A new vmware-any-any patch is floating around the VMKernelNewbies group. It is unknown who has made the patch but I am very grateful. Not only has this person taken care of the tidious work if getting vmmon to compile but also fixed the problem with bridging on a wireless interface. I have a local copy [...]
Running VMware Server console on Ubuntu Hardy Herron
After trying my luck with VMware Server 2.0 Beta (which I’ve been running while I upgraded my laptop to Hardy). Finally getting tired of the bloated MUI I switched back to Server 1.0.4 and discovered that the server console not longer works: $ vmware-server-console /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: [...]
Max file sizes on VMFS
This is in no way hot news but I wanted to write it down anyway. I am currently working on upgrading some VMware ESX 2.5 servers to ESX 3.0.2. We have opted for a rolling upgrade by installing one of the servers with 3.0.2, adding a new LUN, format it with VMFS3 and then migrating [...]
