problem using vmware(Windows XP image) in debian

arifmeraj · 09-02-2007, 01:35 AM

Hi everyone

I cannot open vmware(Windows XP) . It shows the error: "Unable to change the virtual machine power state".

Can anyone help me

cheers
arif meraj

rjwilmsi · 09-03-2007, 01:03 PM

Did your virtual machine crash and you had to kill it? I think your virtual machine has got stuck - move any .lck (lock) files out of the directory where the virtual machine vmdk is stored and try again.

swiswire · 09-04-2007, 12:15 AM

Hi rjwilmsi
i tried the way u told...but i didnt find any .lck file in the dir where .vmdk file is stored.. but the problem is solved...actually i also faced the same problem like arifmeraj....

there is a file named /usr/lib/vmware/bin-debug/vmware-vmx where the
permission should be like this and for the permission failure it was unabnle to change the power state

-r-sr-xr-x 1 root root 4923604 2007-04-24 11:15 vmware-vmx

but in my case the permission was like this

-r-wr-xr-x 1 swiswire root 4923604 2007-04-24 11:15 vmware-vmx

so, may be anyhow the permission was changed....i change the ownership of the file to root and set-UID bit...

now it works fine..