Hey All,
I have a very annoying issue with my VMWare Player setup. My config is:
Windows 7 64-bit host running VMWare Player 5.0.1 build-894247
4 CPUs
8G of RAM
256G disk
Centos 6.3 guest with VMWare Tools 9.2.2 build-893683
2 CPUs
2G of RAM
40GB disk
When VMWare Tools is installed on the guest, and I am logged into a Gnome environment, double clicking files on my desktop (.jpg, .txt and such) to open them will cause a freeze. During this freeze I notice the following:
The CPU goes to 100% on vmplayer.exe on the host
The CPU goes to 100% on vmware-vmx.exe on the host
Trying to click on the VM's window while in this frozen state will bring up the Windows dialog stating "VMWare Player is not responding"
If I un-install VMWare tools, this problem immediately stops. Reinstalling causes it to return.
What I have tried already (with no success):
1. Increasing RAM of guest up to 4G (shouldn't be necessary as I have almost no services running on the Centos 6.3 guest)
2. Disabling all optional features in the VMWare Tools installer (printer, shared disk, drag n' drop)
3. Re-installing VMWare Player
Other experiments:
1. I installed VMWare Workstation and booted the same Centos 6.3 image. It had the same freezing behavior
2. I created a new Centos 6.3 image and ran it on the same VMWare Player host. I was unable to get this guest to freeze in the same manner.
Any ideas on what else I can turn off in VMWare tools? I really only want it installed so that I can cut/paste between the guest and host.
Thanks
Joe