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NIXin
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1) No

2) You should have kept full backup, but I am sure you can just re-create VM as hardware 10 & just point to the disk

3) No

You are partially correct. You could try to downgrade the VM. I did it with the Tech Preview and it was as simple changing the VM version setting in the .vmx file. It's not supported though so I don't know if it will work properly.

 

@Donk many thanks for the unlocker!

Zenith432
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  • :thumbsup_anim:
  • Patched vmware-vmx.exe and vmwarebase.dll manually so as not to have to install python.
  • virtualhw.version = 11, smc.present = true, smc.version = 0 with FakeSMC installed in guest... works! (they coexist, unlike before.)
  • virtualhw.version = 11, smc.present = true, smc.version = 0, no FakeSMC in guest - works :)
  • virtualhw.version = 11, smc.present = true, no smc.version (i.e. 1) - vmware-vmx.exe dumps core

    2014-12-13T15:18:18.367+00:00| vcpu-0| W110: MONITOR PANIC: vcpu-0:VERIFY vmcore/vmm/main/physMem_monitor.c:1123

Now I'm not sure whether it's safe to permanently remove FakeSMC from the guest :unsure: .

MSoK
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  • :thumbsup_anim:
  • Patched vmware-vmx.exe and vmwarebase.dll manually so as not to have to install python.
  • virtualhw.version = 11, smc.present = true, smc.version = 0 with FakeSMC installed in guest... works! (they coexist, unlike before.)
  • virtualhw.version = 11, smc.present = true, smc.version = 0, no FakeSMC in guest - works :)
  • virtualhw.version = 11, smc.present = true, no smc.version (i.e. 1) - vmware-vmx.exe dumps core

    2014-12-13T15:18:18.367+00:00| vcpu-0| W110: MONITOR PANIC: vcpu-0:VERIFY vmcore/vmm/main/physMem_monitor.c:1123

Now I'm not sure whether it's safe to permanently remove FakeSMC from the guest :unsure: .

 

Zenith432,

 

That is the same error as I reported to Donk when testing the new unlocker, currently smc v1 and the unlocker are not compatible, hence the need to set smc version to v0.

snhirsch
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1) No

2) You should have kept full backup, but I am sure you can just re-create VM as hardware 10 & just point to the disk

3) No

 

You are correct about having a backup - my bad.  Wasn't thinking clearly when I pushed the button for upgrading VMs prior to checking whether OSX 10.6 still worked.  Not the end of the world, but not one of my better moves :-).

 

Hopefully the version check will get deciphered at some point. 

Donk
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Uploaded a new version, 2.0.1, which removes need for Python on Windows. Packaged using PyInstaller. If you have already used 2.0.0 successfully then you do not need this as there are no other changes.

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/files/file/340-unlocker-201/

 

drblink
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i can only get it to match my host's resolution when going fullscreen mode on the VM. If you dont use fullscreen mode, then you get the normal 1024x768.

I took a screenshot of my VM display settings.

http://i.imgur.com/dJos9VF.png

If you can't figure it out with this post than maybe create a new thread.

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Forge64
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I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but I don't know what.

 

[root@M4800-Arch unlocker202]# ./lnx-install.sh 
VMware Unlocker 2.0.0
===============================
Copyright: Dave Parsons 2011-14
Creating backup folder...
‘/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx’ -> ‘./backup/vmware-vmx’
‘/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx-debug’ -> ‘./backup/vmware-vmx-debug’
‘/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx-stats’ -> ‘./backup/vmware-vmx-stats’
‘/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so.0/libvmwarebase.so.0’ -> ‘./backup/libvmwarebase.so.0’
Patching...
  File "./vmxsmc.py", line 66
    print '+LKS Memcpy: 0x' + lks_cpy.encode('hex')
                          ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
MSoK
MSoK
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Tried upgrading the VM, but then I get an error.

 

vcpu:-0:Verify vmcore/vmm/main/physmem_monitor.c:1123

 

any solution for this ?

Add the following line to your VMX configuration file, it is documented in the unlocker readme:

 

smc.version = "0"

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mrdutchie
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VMware 11.       10.9  about 50-60 seconds      10.10   about 90-120 seconds

VMware 10        10.0  about 20-30 seconds      10.10   about 40 seconds

 

VMware 11 taking forever to get from the starting black screen to the Grey VMware screen.

11Al
11Al
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VMware 11.       10.9  about 50-60 seconds      10.10   about 90-120 seconds

VMware 10        10.0  about 20-30 seconds      10.10   about 40 seconds

 

VMware 11 taking forever to get from the starting black screen to the Grey VMware screen.

I confirm with VMware 10 boot time for Mavericks and Yosemite that's.

 

Donk
Donk
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I confirm with VMware 10 boot time for Mavericks and Yosemite that's.

 

 

Just so you know it is about the same on a real Macbook Pro Retina (mid-2012) with Fusion. Honestly there isn't much that can be done about this, until VMware work on improving performance.

drblink
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Drblink, I managed to get the resolution working but the only problem I have is I can't get it to show 1366 x 768. How can I get this to work?

I dont follow. Are you trying to pick a specific resolution other than the your screen's max resolution or the default res the vm starts with? If so, then it isnt possible to my knowledge.

Donk
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I dont follow. Are you trying to pick a specific resolution other than the your screen's max resolution or the default res the vm starts with? If so, then it isnt possible to my knowledge.

 

That is correct. It does not even work on a real Mac with Fusion.

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