Run VMware from the command line and see what it says.
On September 15, 2020 19:10:11 CL Junk <cljunk [ at ] aquafam [ dot ] ca> wrote:
I have a new computer that I am trying to set up VMware so I can run
Windows and then AutoCAD on my mint linux computer. I think the create
new virtual machine worked properly. However, I am not able to open it.
I get a flash of a VMware logo on a black background and the window
disappears.
I am using VMware Workstation 15 Player Version 15.5.6 build-16341506
I have tried with the default 2GB RAM, 2 CPUs, and 60GB Hard Disk and
16GB RAM, 8 CPUs, and 60GB Hard Disk.
I am trying to install and run Windows 10 x64 (Home version)
My system:
System: Kernel: 5.4.0-47-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v:
9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.7
wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana base:
Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine: Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B450M DS3H WIFI v:
N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: B450M DS3H WIFI-CF v: x.x serial:
<filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: F50 Y1 date: 12/17/2019
CPU: Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X bits: 64 type: MT
MCP arch: Zen
L2 cache: 4096 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a
ssse3 svm bogomips: 114986
Speed: 2196 MHz min/max: 2200/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1:
2196 2: 2196 3: 2194
4: 2196 5: 2490 6: 1990 7: 2192 8: 2195 9: 2194 10: 2196 11:
2748 12: 2009 13: 1925
14: 2202 15: 2196 16: 2195
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 [GeForce RTX 2060] vendor: Micro-Star
MSI driver: nvidia
v: 440.100 bus ID: 0a:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1e89
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa resolution:
2560x1440~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce RTX 2060/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA
440.100 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 0a:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f8
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 0c:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487
Device-3: AVerMedia Live Streamer CAM 313 type: USB driver:
snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus ID: 5-4:2 chip ID: 07ca:313a
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-47-generic
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit
Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte
driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus ID: 05:00.0 chip ID:
10ec:8168
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
<filter>
Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak]
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
port: f000 bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 8086:24fb
IF: wlp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac:
<filter>
IF-ID-2: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac:
<filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 9.15 TiB used: 2.40 TiB (26.3%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Lexar model: 1TB SSD size: 953.87
GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 serial: <filter>
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model:
WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model:
WD40EFRX-68N32N0 size: 3.64 TiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
ID-4: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD40
EFRX-68N32N0
size: 3.64 TiB serial: <filter>
ID-5: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: PNY model: USB 3.0 FD size:
28.88 GiB serial: <filter>
Partition: ID-1: / size: 59.83 GiB used: 7.02 GiB (11.7%) fs: ext4 dev:
/dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /home size: 479.62 GiB used: 98.68 GiB (20.6%) fs:
ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4
ID-3: /tmp size: 29.21 GiB used: 45.7 MiB (0.2%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda2
ID-4: /var size: 59.83 GiB used: 14.71 GiB (24.6%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
ID-5: swap-1 size: 59.61 GiB used: 406.8 MiB (0.7%) fs: swap
dev: /dev/sda1
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 46.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp:
30 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 30%
Repos: No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in:
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/linuxmint-packages
ulyana main upstream import backport
2: deb http: //mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu focal main
restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu
focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu
focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security
main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list
1: deb [arch=amd64,i386] https:
//repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] https:
//repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
Info: Processes: 413 Uptime: 1d 23h 37m Memory: 31.37 GiB used:
4.95 GiB (15.8%)
Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9
Client: Unknown python3.8 client inxi: 3.0.38
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