Virtualization

How to tell if your processor supports Virtualization.

egrep 'vmx|svm' /proc/cpuinfo

or

cat /proc/cpuinfo

And look for the following CPU flags

• vmx – (intel)
• svm – (amd)

If your cpuinfo file has a flag "svm" then you have AMD-v hardware virtualization support (aka pacifica) on your cpu.

Fix VMware 6.5.3 on Ubuntu Karmic 9.10

Install freezes when trying to do an install. I found the following tips to work properly.

You need to be root, so do something like sudo su - and change to the directory where the vmware bundle is.

chmod 755 VMware-Workstation-6.5.3-185404.*.bundle
export VMWARE_SKIP_MODULES=true
./VMware-Workstation-6.5.3-185404.*.bundle

After the install completes, do the following.

vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

Fix vmware command if there is an issue with the mouse losing focus because the display is too big.

mv /usr/bin/vmware /usr/bin/vmware.real

and create the file /usr/bin/vmware with the following content.

#!/bin/bash

export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force

/usr/bin/vmware.real $@

Make sure you chmod the file

chmod 755 /usr/bin/vmware