I have a Linux guest (Ubuntu 18.04) running on Windows 10 host, VMWare Player 14.
Host has a NVidia GTX 960M.
Is it possible for the guest to leverage the GPU? (Either by using VMWare Player, or VMWare Workstation).
Running OpenGL in Ubuntu 16.04 64bit guest on Window 10 Pro 64bit host, GTX 980m, VMware Workstation Pro 12.5.7, Intel I7-6820 cpu
There are several step how to do it
In the VMware setup for particular virtual machine enable 3D acceleration
In Ubuntu guest install vm-open-tools (three packages)
Install xserver-xorg-video-vmware, xserver-xorg-video-vmmouse
Install mesa-utils
Then all things shall work seamlessly
How to check:
glxinfo | grep Vendor shall tell you that vendor is VMware
Run glxgears. With accelerated OpenGL you'll get circa 2000 FPS. With software rendered OpenGL you'll get probably around 200 FPS (depending on CPU)
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I'm new to the virtualization world, just trying to install Redis on windows 10
I keep getting this error
virtual machine could not be started because hypervisor is not running
even though virtualization is enabled in bios, windows features and task manager shows the virtualization is enabled
I've no idea what's wrong
my CPU is intel core 2 quad q9650 idk if it matters or it's the right place to ask
I am using VMware Workstation 15.5 and trying to install CentOS 8. When I boot and it starts the installer it gives me a message on the
bottom "Pane is dead". I tried to set "install operating system later", picked CentOS 7, selected ISO as the CD ROM device and attempted the install.
Unfortunately VMware does not pick up the boot device as ISO and goes right to DHCP boot. So I tried a CentOS 7 ISO, same thing. I just upgraded VMware Workstation from 15.0 to 15.5.
I finally find a solution to this problem.
You need to download your CentOS 8 iso.
Open VMware and create a virtual machine like normal, editing as you want, and don't worry if VMware detects it as CentOS 5 or
earlier, just keep ongoing.
Launch your VM and wait, if it shows you the "Pane is dead" just turn off the virtual machine.
Open de settings of your VM and just remove the disk "Using the autoinst.iso"
Open again your virtual machine and the problem probably will be fixed.
I need to configure a virtual Windows 7 x64 for running games. I used the pre-installed KVM on CentOs 7 to install the virtual machine but unfortunately the video controller was not recognized as Nvidia GPU and no drivers could be installed.
The virtual Windows is running fine by itself. I searched the web for a way to configure the virtual video controller with no success. In one article, however, someone mentioned that KVM does not support 3D. Is that correct? If so, what other virtualization software can I use to make a fully functional Windows?
Just installed CentOS 5.8 on a VM using VMware Fusion 3.1.4 on my MB Mac OS X 10.7.4 and have the following problem. CentOS finished to install and re-start. The result, a nice black screen. I rebooted CentOS (on the VM) no success. I rebooted VMware Fusion, no success. I rebooted the whole machine (physical machine) no success.
Is there anywhere VMware Fusion log booting errors I can investigate why I have this annoying black screen?
VMware Fusion logs errors in the virtual machine's bundle.
So, for example, if your virtual machine appears on your hard disk on the desktop as:
myvm
you will find it in Terminal at:
cd ~/Desktop
ls -1 myvm*
... myvm.vmwarevm
then:
cd myvm.vmwarevm
you will see:
vmware.log
(and maybe vmware-0.log, etc, which will be older logs; vmware-0 being second most recent, vmware-1 being third most recent.)
A very late answer, but hope that is some help.
Adam Lewis answered, "I have switched to running Matlab on Parallels Desktop on my 2008 Mac Book Pro and have Zero issues". I have been unable to get a Mac-version of MATLAB v.7x to either install, or to run as a Mac program within Windows, on Parallels v7 virtual Windows7Prof, on my 13" MacBook Air.
Does it require a PC-version of MATLAB for the virtual machine?
Yes, it requires a Windows version.
If you install any software on a Virtual Machine, that software needs to be compatible with the guest OS (Windows in this case).
A virtual machine is exactly what it says: a virtual machine. So for any software, it will seem as if it's running on a real machine with that configuration (OS, CPU, RAM, ...). It doesn't really matter what the host machine is: that could be a Windows, Mac or Linux host or even your toaster.
Yes, if you plan to run MATLAB on a Windows virtual machine, you need the Windows version of MATLAB.
... But consult a local expert for help. Installing the Mac version of MATLAB should be effortless.