VMplayer closes on start of vm
I want to install ubuntu as a virtual machine on my ubuntu machine.
The version of the host system is: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
The iso I want to install is: ubuntu-18.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso
So I downloaded vmplayer and ran:
sudo bash VMware-Player-15.5.1-15018445.x86_64.bundle
When I run vmplayer in terminal, I get
[AppLoader] Use shipped Linux kernel AIO access library.
An up-to-date "libaio" or "libaio1" package from your system is preferred.
[AppLoader] Use shipped Linux kernel AIO access library.
An up-to-date "libaio" or "libaio1" package from your system is preferred.
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/etc/vmware/hostd/proxy.xml"
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:11:09.896: Inserting action group 'Base' into UI manager which already has a group with this name
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:11:09.896: Inserting action group 'WindowActions' into UI manager which already has a group with this name
I select "Create new virtual machine", fill everything out, choose /home/me/vmware/Ubuntu 64-bit as location. I choose 10GB disk capacity and "Store virtual disk as a single file".
there is more output on the terminal:
Unknown file type (unallocated) /home/t/vmware/Ubuntu 64-bit/boot/.. - ignoring and continuing.
Size of boot image is 4 sectors -> No emulation
18.55% done, estimate finish Sun Mar 1 19:15:37 2020
37.01% done, estimate finish Sun Mar 1 19:15:37 2020
55.54% done, estimate finish Sun Mar 1 19:15:37 2020
74.01% done, estimate finish Sun Mar 1 19:15:37 2020
92.51% done, estimate finish Sun Mar 1 19:15:37 2020
Total translation table size: 2048
Total rockridge attributes bytes: 0
Total directory bytes: 4380
Path table size(bytes): 40
Max brk space used 0
27033 extents written (52 MB)
Now when I start the machine("power on"), the window closes and the terminal says (always from 1 to 5):
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-0: missing action removable-device-0
...
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-5: missing action removable-device-5
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-0-choose-image: missing action removable-device-0-choose-image
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-0-edit: missing action removable-device-0-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-1-choose-image: missing action removable-device-1-choose-image
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-1-edit: missing action removable-device-1-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-2-choose-image: missing action removable-device-2-choose-image
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-2-edit: missing action removable-device-2-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-3-connect: missing action removable-device-3-connect
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-3-nic-bridged: missing action removable-device-3-nic-bridged
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-3-nic-nat: missing action removable-device-3-nic-nat
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-3-nic-host-only: missing action removable-device-3-nic-host-only
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-3-edit: missing action removable-device-3-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-4connect: missing action removable-device-4connect
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-4-edit: missing action removable-device-4-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-5connect: missing action removable-device-5connect
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.867: removable-device-5-edit: missing action removable-device-5-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-0: missing action removable-device-0
...
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-5: missing action removable-device-5
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-0-choose-image: missing action removable-device-0-choose-image
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-0-edit: missing action removable-device-0-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-1-choose-image: missing action removable-device-1-choose-image
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-1-edit: missing action removable-device-1-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-2-choose-image: missing action removable-device-2-choose-image
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-2-edit: missing action removable-device-2-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-3-connect: missing action removable-device-3-connect
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-3-nic-bridged: missing action removable-device-3-nic-bridged
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-3-nic-nat: missing action removable-device-3-nic-nat
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-3-nic-host-only: missing action removable-device-3-nic-host-only
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-3-edit: missing action removable-device-3-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-4connect: missing action removable-device-4connect
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-4-edit: missing action removable-device-4-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-5connect: missing action removable-device-5connect
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.868: removable-device-5-edit: missing action removable-device-5-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.870: removable-device-0: missing action removable-device-0
...
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-5: missing action removable-device-5
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-0-choose-image: missing action removable-device-0-choose-image
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-0-edit: missing action removable-device-0-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-1-choose-image: missing action removable-device-1-choose-image
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-1-edit: missing action removable-device-1-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-2-choose-image: missing action removable-device-2-choose-image
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-2-edit: missing action removable-device-2-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-3-connect: missing action removable-device-3-connect
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-3-nic-bridged: missing action removable-device-3-nic-bridged
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-3-nic-nat: missing action removable-device-3-nic-nat
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-3-nic-host-only: missing action removable-device-3-nic-host-only
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-3-edit: missing action removable-device-3-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-4connect: missing action removable-device-4connect
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-4-edit: missing action removable-device-4-edit
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-5connect: missing action removable-device-5connect
(vmplayer:19995): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:17:27.871: removable-device-5-edit: missing action removable-device-5-edit
Solution 1:
Enabling hardware virtualization in BIOS solved the problem for me.