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I just did a clean install of VMWare Player and Linux Mint and Linux Mint will not start. All I get is a black screen. VirtualBox runs OK.
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Thanks guys -- definitely combo of VMWare and USB is hosed up in this release -- always glad when others report same problems - otherwise you can't be sure if it's you who has hosed up the system or if a genuine defect.
Not blaming VMWare on this as you can't really expect them to work on every new build Ms puts out - especially if these builds are to be replaced within weeks at the most. Surprised VBOX works but can't be bothered swapping at this stage - also I like the VMWARE feature of snapshoting VM's too.
Centos will run in a VM but if you try and attach a USB drive system locks up as others have reported with Linux Mint etc and system needs to re-boot --- Windows VM's just don't start at all -- Black screen.
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jimbo
I'm slowly getting use to VirtualBox. I still prefer VMWare though.
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@CountMike
great if you got it working -- perhaps I've got a rogue machine !!!! however I think I'll wait till the next build. As an interest though in the vmware config on your system did you set the USB parameter to USB2 or USB3. If USB2 could you try with USB3. I really don't need slow USB2 speeds for attached drives where I might be running backups etc. Streaming doesn't need hideously fast I/O but backups etc really do.
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jimbo
I can confirm the incompatibility problem. Even if I I delete the .lck files and folders the VMs under Windows won't start. Perhpas that will change with the next release - I'm hoping for a 19H2 Skip Ahead build
I can also confirm the problem appears to be Windows. All my VMs work fine under Fedora Rawhide with kernel 4.20. Kernel 5.0.0 does not compile but probably a month before more users than me will be complaining to VMware.
Last edited by martyfelker; 07 Feb 2019 at 08:44.
I've said it many times in the past, and I'm sure this is NOT a popular opinion on here, but it's because M$'s insider program is a sham. They aren't truly taking user feedback and fixing things important to us. They do want to project that image, but in reality they are only fixing things which fall within their agenda, and making it look like they are listening to user feedback. It makes them look good to have an image of listening to the masses. But we have seen throughout the history of this program so many problems which were highly upvoted which never got fixed, and continue not to be fixed.
I still like getting early builds, and playing with them, as it's interesting. But I have no illusions of M$ taking anything written in the Hub seriously, unless it supports something they were already looking to do. It's very much the way politicians work. JMHO.
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@CountMike
Thanks for the USB3/USB2 test -- USB2 works but slooooow compared with USB3. USB3 fails and locks system.
Always appreciate people testing stuff on request -- hopefully I'll do the same if people need it.
Anyway enjoy your evening / Morning (Serbia / Canada??)
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jimbo