{"id":8771,"date":"2024-10-10T07:33:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T14:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=8771"},"modified":"2024-10-10T07:33:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T14:33:29","slug":"vmware-workstation-17-6-1-pro-release-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/10\/vmware-workstation-17-6-1-pro-release-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware Workstation 17.6.1 Pro Release Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had skipped VMware Workstation 17.6 because posts on Reddit said they experienced screen tearing with 3D GUI support and downgraded to 17.5. Since 17.6.1 came out today I thought I&#8217;d try it, and no issues so far in my Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome 3.44 VM (my desktop is Windows 10 for games, but all my normal computing is in GNU\/Linux virtual machines which insulate you from Windows malware with some malware shutting down when it sees it&#8217;s in a VM). Of course, under Broadcom now you have to go to their portal and manually download and install as automatic updating doesn&#8217;t work. But on the positive, VMware Workstation is free for personal use since they didn&#8217;t want to support VMware Player any longer. And VMware Workstation is still better for 3D support than VirtualBox per my last experience with it, though a Reddit post said VMware Workstation is still not working for newer GNU\/Linux versions due to kernel, but I&#8217;m running the latest Xanmod kernels on my VMs just fine (GNU\/Linux kernel 6.11.2), though I did have issues with 3D support not working with newer GNU\/Linux versions previously, so I suspect it might be the newer desktop environments in relation to the Open VMware Tools package in the repository that adds 3D GUI support to your guest virtual machine, as I don&#8217;t install their proprietary version into my guest OS. Maybe when I get motivated, I&#8217;ll install a newer GNU\/Linux distribution and see if I have issues with 3D GUI support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/17.6.1\/rn\/vmware-workstation-1761-pro-release-notes\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/17.6.1\/rn\/vmware-workstation-1761-pro-release-notes\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_51d4cde0-ece6-4a74-9b96-cf4fe11c8ebf\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Updated on10\/10\/2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.1 | 10 OCT 2024 | Build 24319023 Check for additions and updates to these release notes.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"What's in the Release Notes\">What&#8217;s in the Release Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"id-293bde49-80e8-4cc7-fd80-57ddc379f1e8\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/17.6.1\/rn\/vmware-workstation-1761-pro-release-notes\/index.html#Release-Note-Section-13532\">About VMware Workstation Pro<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/17.6.1\/rn\/vmware-workstation-1761-pro-release-notes\/index.html#Release-Note-Section-13533\">System Requirements<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/17.6.1\/rn\/vmware-workstation-1761-pro-release-notes\/index.html#Release-Note-Section-13535\">Prior Releases<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/17.6.1\/rn\/vmware-workstation-1761-pro-release-notes\/index.html#Release-Note-Section-17656\">Known Issues<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/17.6.1\/rn\/vmware-workstation-1761-pro-release-notes\/index.html#Release-Note-Section-13536\">Resolved Issues<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"About VMware Workstation Pro\">About VMware Workstation Pro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"id-d5d6971d-eff5-4e0d-a8be-00e33cfd67d5\">VMware Workstation Pro\u2122 enables technical professionals to develop, test, demonstrate, and deploy software by running multiple x86-based Windows, Linux, and other operating systems simultaneously on the same PC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"id-fb009adc-06af-45ef-97ce-18801e57194d\">You can replicate server, desktop, and tablet environments in a virtual machine and allocate multiple processor cores, gigabytes of main memory, and graphics memory to each virtual machine, whether the virtual machine resides on a personal PC or on a private enterprise cloud. You can download VMware Workstation 17.6.1 Pro from <a href=\"https:\/\/support.broadcom.com\/group\/ecx\/productfiles?subFamily=VMware%20Workstation%20Pro&amp;displayGroup=VMware%20Workstation%20Pro%2017.0%20for%20Personal%20Use%20%28Windows%29&amp;release=17.6.1&amp;os=&amp;servicePk=524563&amp;language=EN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"id-32bee526-8918-4a04-f263-bf15d21b1e5b\">For more information, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>VMware Workstation Pro documentation<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"System Requirements\">System Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"id-fab82231-6f07-4d11-87f4-06ba73391bd0\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A compatible 64-bit x86\/AMD64 CPU launched in 2011 or later.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please refer to the vendor&#8217;s recommended processor requirements for specific Host Operating Systems (HOS):\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For Microsoft-specific HOS, refer to the Microsoft documentation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For Linux-specific HOS, refer to the Linux Vendor-specific documentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"What's New\">What&#8217;s New<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"id-e3355017-9895-4dfe-d101-0bb1bd0bc6e6\">VMware Workstation 17.6.1 Pro provides various bug fixes requested by customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Prior Releases\">Prior Releases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"id-9a3b5254-aaab-4fba-8fb6-d45b5cf809d2\">Features and Known Issues from prior releases of VMware Workstation 17 Pro are described in the release notes for each release. To view the release notes for a prior release, click the appropriate link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"id-6c451125-7664-4572-dda9-68c5c946e023\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/17.6\/rn\/vmware-workstation-176-pro-release-notes\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>VMware Workstation 17.6 Pro<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/17.5.2\/rn\/vmware-workstation-1752-pro-release-notes\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VMware Workstation 17.5.2 Pro<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/17.5.1\/rn\/vmware-workstation-1751-pro-release-notes\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VMware Workstation 17.5.1 Pro<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/17.5\/rn\/vmware-workstation-175-pro-release-notes\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VMware Workstation 17.5 Pro<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/17.0.2\/rn\/vmware-workstation-1702-pro-release-notes\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VMware Workstation 17.0.2 Pro<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Workstation-Pro\/17.0.1\/rn\/vmware-workstation-1701-pro-release-notes\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VMware Workstation 17.0.1 Pro<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Known Issues\">Known Issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The multi-monitor feature might not work correctly in specific topologies<\/strong>In specific situations, based on different hardware and topologies, the multi-monitor feature does not work as expected. You might see issues like reverting the topology to a single screen, or not cycling through monitors.<strong>Workaround:<\/strong> None.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Resolved Issues\">Resolved Issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>When creating a new virtual machine from an ISO image file, VMware Workstation does not recognize Windows 11 24H2 <\/strong>If you create a virtual machine from a Windows 11242 ISO image file, VMware Workstation recognizes a Windows Server 2025 iso file instead.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Powering on a virtual machine fails with <code>VMware Workstation 17.6 - unrecoverable error: (svga) svga Exception 0xc0000005<\/code> error<\/strong>Powering on a virtual machine with the 3D graphics feature deactivated and activated <strong>Allow hardware acceleration for all virtual machine consoles<\/strong> from the VMware Workstation preferences fails with <code>VMware Workstation 17.6 - unrecoverable error: (svga) svga Exception 0xc0000005<\/code> error.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cannot install or upgrade VMware Workstation 17.6 on a non-English host system<\/strong>If you try to install or upgrade VMware Workstation on a host system in a different locale than English, an MSI pop-up error appears.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CentOS 9 Stream with kernel versions later than 5.14.0-432 is not supported on Workstation Pro 17.6 as a host<\/strong>CentOS 9 Stream with kernel versions later than 5.14.0-432 is not supported on Workstation Pro 17.6 as a host.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had skipped VMware Workstation 17.6 because posts on Reddit said they experienced screen tearing with 3D GUI support and downgraded to 17.5. Since 17.6.1 came out today I thought I&#8217;d try it, and no issues so far in my Ubuntu 22.04 Gnome 3.44 VM (my desktop is Windows 10 for games, but all my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8779,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8771\/revisions\/8779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}