vmware-player

VMware: "Unexpected response from vmware-authd: 501 Global command GLOBAL server to non-host agent targets not supported"

I have VMware Server 2.0.1 and VMware mui 1.0.9 installed on a remote host. When I try to connect to the server (port 902) or to the mui (port 8333) I get the following error message: Unexpected response from vmware-authd: 501 Global command GLOBAL server to non-host agent targets not supported What's at stake here? How can I r...

Is there a way to import or convert vmware player images to run on xen?

It's fairly popular for companies offering a quick way to test their product to give you a vmware player image. I don't run VMWare though, I run Xen exclusively. Most of these images (and the one I'm interested right this moment particularly) are linux images. Is there a way to use this image with Xen? Obviously, I could setup player...

virtual machine query?

hi i have installed ubuntu 10.4 as guest OS on vmware and windows xp is my host. now i want do know does vmware give a new ip address to the linux os.. if yes how do i get that ip address ...

stop vmware player from resizing on visual studio 2010 "start debug"

I started using a VMWare VM in order to have a clean environment in which to code. This works like a charm, but there is one issue that keeps bugging me. Every time I hit "start debugging" on my WPF application, the VMWare Player resizes out of "full screen mode" to a smaller size. Is this a problem any of you have solved? I did not fi...

USB and VMWare Workstation on Windows 7 x64

Hi, I am facing challenges with VMWare Workstation and Player on Windows 7 host. When a USB device is plugged in, the status bar doesn't display an icon for the recently plugged in device. But pre-configured devices such as mouse, keyboard, and CD player are available in the guest. If I start the Workstation with a device plugged in, ...