Hello,
I have a VM with Windows XP as guest on a linux host. The VM is connected to the parallel port, which I need, because I have a parallel dongle that some older software in the VM needs.
The VM crashes on startup with following error message:
VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vcpu-0)
Unexpected signal: 11.
A log file is available in "/var/local/vm/Windows XP Professional/vmware.log".
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If I make the parallel port unavailable for the VM, with the command "sudo modprobe lp", before I start the VM, then the VM starts just fine. So it is definitely the parallel port that is the problem.
The VM worked (with access to the parallel port) with Workstation 12.
I have attached my vmware.log from the crash.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Adam