
As root, edit the /etc/vmware-tools/sktop file by changing this line:Įxec=env VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_LIBS=1 /usr/bin/vmware-user. If the bundled VMware Tools are installed, perform the following steps:. Workaround: Use either of the following workarounds, depending on which is most appropriate for your situation. After you reboot the system, an Ubuntu crash report might appear and one of the services in VMware Tools might stop working. On the Ubuntu 15.10 guest, when you replace open-vm-tools with the VMware Tools version bundled with VMware Workstation 12 Pro version 12.0.1, VMware Tools does not work as expected. On the Ubuntu 15.10 guest operating system, replacing open-vm-tools with the bundled VMware Tools version, might cause VMware Tools to work improperly. Start the virtual machine in VMware Workstation Pro or VMware Workstation Player. Exit the vmware-kvm.exe tool by issuing the following command: vmware-kvm.exe -exit.
However, the desktop of the virtual machine does not respond to mouse or keyboard operations. When you start a virtual machine that was put into a suspended state with the vmware-kvm.exe command, the virtual machine starts successfully in the background.
Resuming a virtual machine that was suspended with the vmware-kvm.exe command causes the desktop of the virtual machine to freeze. The following issues might occur in this version of VMware Workstation Pro. To view the release notes for the prior release of VMware Workstation 12 Pro, click the following link: Prior Releasesįeatures and Known Issues from prior releases of VMware Workstation and VMware Workstation 12 Pro are described in the release notes for each release. It is a free upgrade for all VMware Workstation 12 Pro users. VMware Workstation 12 Pro version 12.0.1 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues. You can replicate server, desktop, and tablet environments in a virtual machine and allocate multiple processor cores, gigabytes of main memory and graphics memory to each virtual machine, whether the VM resides on a personal PC or on a private enterprise cloud.įor more information, see the broader VMware Workstation documentation or specifically the VMware Workstation 12 Pro Documentation Center. VMware Workstation Pro enables technical professionals to develop, test, demonstrate, and deploy software by running multiple x86-based Windows, Linux, and other operating systems simultaneously on the same PC. What's in the Release Notes The release notes cover the following topics: VMware Workstation 12 Pro version 12.0.1| | Build 3160714Ĭheck for additions and updates to these release notes.