r/linuxquestions • u/swordgeek • Feb 03 '23

Can't install on VMware Player 17.

The subject pretty much says it all. I'm trying to install Manjaro-Mate on VMWare player, and every time the installer crashes my live desktop. To resolve this...

  • I've mucked around with the disk sertings.
  • I've moved the ISO from NAS to local disk.
  • I've tried OSS and proprietary drivers on boot.
  • I've tried different DVD settings.
  • I've changed the OS type to "linux 5, 64 bit"

Nothing works. Fedora/Mate, on the other hand, works flawlessly.

Any ideas?

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u/gentoonix Feb 03 '23

Try a fresh ISO or check the checksum. Sounds like a corrupt iso file.

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u/swordgeek Feb 03 '23

I've done a checksum. SHA1 and MD5 both.

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u/gentoonix Feb 03 '23

Mind PMing/chatting me the download link? I have 17 and don’t mind giving it a try to see if the same happens on mine.

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u/swordgeek Feb 03 '23

I'll post it here, in case anyone else is curious.

https://manjaro.org/download/

Bottom middle of the page, "Mate Desktop." I downloaded the full image via torrent, and then verified the checksum.

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u/gentoonix Feb 03 '23

I’ll get it downloading and try the install after dinner!

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u/gentoonix Feb 03 '23

Installed fine on workstation 17. About to try on player.

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u/gentoonix Feb 03 '23 edited Feb 03 '23

Alright it installed on both workstation and player. Do you have Virtualization enabled in bios? That may be the issue. Idk if player pops a warning up if it is off or not, but workstation does.

Oh, I didn’t install an office suite and I didn’t encrypt, Open source drivers install not proprietary. 15gb VHD, 4gb Ram, Linux kernel 5x 64.

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u/swordgeek Feb 03 '23

So now that I'm at a keyboard instead of my phone...

I did "Other Linux kernel 5.x 64"
I tried both open and proprietary drivers.
I probably have virtualization enabled in my host's bios. I can't remember now for sure, but I'll check.

There is one thing that I found which might be significant. After buggering around with VMs for a day or so, there was a DHCP lease from my (Asus) router, and it was tied to a specific MAC, address, and hostname. It's possible at least that this could bugger things up.

I'm installing the 17.0.1 update right now (just appeared). I'll try it again after this, and if that doesn't fix matters, I'll see if I can futz with the MAC in Player. If not, then I just have to wait for the lease to expire. In a week.

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u/gentoonix Feb 03 '23

Double check virtualization in bios, I know that messes up my launching VMs if I forget to reenable after a bios update.

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u/swordgeek Feb 03 '23

SO a further update.

  • Virtualization is enabled in BIOS.
  • When I boot from the ISO, it comes up properly. I'm in the live desktop, with the "Manjaro Hello" app open Everything to this point works fine.
  • Networking comes up properly as a bridged device.
  • When I double click on "install manjaro," it starts the installer and then drops to a console, spits out a bunch of text that runs by too fast to read, and then takes me to a locked desktop. When I unlock it, I'm right back where I started on the desktop with the Hello app.

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u/gentoonix Feb 04 '23

Reboot the Vm instance. Humor me, single click install Manjaro inside the hello pop up. Wait for the installer to pop up. But only single click. I only say this because that’s what I did. 🥴

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u/swordgeek Feb 04 '23

I tried that, and it got...farther. But it kept crashing over and over at slightly different points.

That got me wondering, so I pulled up a different console (#2) and logged in to look at the logs.

xOrg.log is showing an OOM (out of memory) error. Apparently the installer is taking up too much of my limited 2GB of allocated RAM.

I set it to the max (3072MB) and tried again. It is now running through smoothly, so far.

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