General :: USB Printer Not Printing On Centos 5 Host XP Guest On VMware?
Sep 18, 2009
Centos 5 was set up for me on my server with VMware and XP SP3 as a guest. I have little to no knowledge of centos (or anything Linux) so i tend to leave well alone but i am trying to get a USB printer to work from my networked pcs through XP - Through VMware - Through Centos5 to the USB port on the back of my server. I am reasonably OK with XP but am not a techie so will probably need to be walked through this.
I can see the printer appearing on Centos' equivalent to device manager and when i print everything seems ok with the XP print queue clearing after a few seconds but nothing prints. At a guess i need some sort of software bridge- (is this SAMBA?).
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Oct 3, 2010
I have been using VMware Player for some time to host Fedora VMware images on Windows XP. I have been using Fedora 11 and 12 (both 32 and 64 bit) and recently started to use Fedora 13.
I use as a base the images provided by thoughtpolice. http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/
I usually install VMware tools and also keep the images updated (yum update) which sometimes changes the kernel.
I have recently had problems with the snapshots not having a network when I restore them. So far I don't have the problem with Fedora 11 and do have it with Fedora 12 (but used not to). I do have it with Fedora 13.
In each case the problem goes away when I uninstall the VMware tools and comes back when I install them again.
One of the symptoms is that SElinux complains about not being able to do something with /var/run/vmware-active-nics.
It looks to me that something is incorrect in the actions being taken when the snapshot is being restored. It does not happen every time and sometimes the network restores itself.
The network can be restored by rebooting the image.
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Apr 14, 2010
i just want to run linux(guest) on winxp(Host)on vmware. where i download linux guest. and how i installed the same in vmware runing on winxp.
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Jul 28, 2010
My RHEL version is Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4(Nanhant update 6) I installed Linux on vmware.My host is win xp.Am able to ping guest as well host.How i can copy the files from host to guest.
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Dec 29, 2009
I am new to linux, it was nice to work with linux on virtual machine, but suddenly yesterday when I try to connect using putty from my windowsxp machine its showing network connection error. I dont know what happened. In linux machine ifconfig shows only 127.0.0.1, could not trace problem, guide me to trace the problem.
Previously it used to give 192.168.1.2/192.168.1.3 it used to vary every boot. FTP also stopped working. I am clueless. My system setup:
Del inspiron 1525:
RAM 3G
HDD 160G
Linux RHEL3 on VMWare
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Apr 28, 2011
Could you provide me steps on how to connect the guest OS (RHEL 4) using Vmware thru host OS( Win 7)
I am using Bridged connection. How to choose the static IP to be added in the Host OS.
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Apr 12, 2010
I have RHEL 5 installed on VMware 6.0 and the host OS is Windows 7. My Host is connected to internet using a wireless connection and works on shared IP. Earlier when I had Windows vista as host I have managed to get the internet connection on the RHEL but do not remember how I managed it. Now I need help in setting the internet connection on RHEL. I have set up a NAT connection. But of no use.
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Sep 14, 2010
I have VMWare on a notebook, guest Windows running on Linux host. The network in that virtual machine is configured as NAT. I want to share/transfer files from Linux (host) to Windows (guest). So I leave sshd always running on the notebook, I go into Windows and run an SSH/SFTP program. My Wifi router has address 192.168.1.1, my desktop has address 192.168.1.2 and my notebook has address 192.168.1.3. On the notebook, that SSH/SFTP program connects to 192.168.1.3 (i.e. the notebook itself) and everything works fine. But it's a notebook, and when I leave home with it, 192.168.1.3 is no longer accessible. How can I let the guest OS connect to the host OS when I'm away from my Wifi network?
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Jul 28, 2009
I am running VMware workstation on a Linux host and WinXP guest using NAT. I have shared a folder on WinXP, and I am able to mount it on the linux host with:
mount -t smbfs -o username=Administrator,password=mypasswd //192.168.100.129/Shared /mnt/tmp
This works fine. However, I want to mount the same folder from a different linux machine (not the host).
I added port forwarding in /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat/nat.conf:
[incomingtcp]
#445 = 192.168.100.129:445
If I run:
mount -t smbfs -o username=Administrator,password=mypasswd //external_ip_number/Shared /mnt/tmp
I am getting:
mount error 112 = Host is down
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
It doesn't work even if I try the above command from the linux host itself. It only works if I use the internal IP number. I suspect vmware is not forwarding port 445 but I am not sure how to verify it. I am not running smbd on the linux host, in case that make any difference. I didn't think that was required because the server is really on the WinXP and the linux is just a client.
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Feb 11, 2010
I can no longer drag files from my ubuntu host into my XP guest. I have vmware tools installed in XP and up until recently I could simply drag whatever I wanted back and forth between the systems. When I try to drag a file across into XP the cursor has the plus sign like it would normally to drop a file in, but now it also makes a selection box on the XP desktop. Same problem in Workstation and Player. I haven't posted on the vmware forums yet, I figured someone here probably has had the same problem. I don't think it was a kernel update. I restarted ubuntu with 2.6.31.18 which was fully functional before, still with the same problem.
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Apr 25, 2010
Not sure if this post belongs here, but here it is.
Host: Win server 2003
Guest: Ubuntu server
Host: IS able to ping guest. Firewall is OFF. NOT able to access guest (which is a web-server) at browser.
Guest: NOT able to ping host. Running a web server, you can check the website: (pegajosa.com) is running under that virtual Linux server.
Problem: guest needs to access host's sql database and/or any resources.
Network: is bridged.
At the Linux box ifconfig -a code...
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Jan 9, 2009
I'm looking for a SIMPLE solution for printer sharing. I have an HP printer attached to my Linux host (prints fine from there). I want my XP box to be able to use this printer as well. I can ping my XP box from my Linux box (and vice versa), and the XP box has the HP print driver installed.When I go into my XP box and try to add a printer, I click "A network printer or a printer attached to another computer", then "Connetc to a printer on the Internet or on a home office network" and enter my printer.I'm using the printer name as show in CUPS. I also tried it without port 631. Either way, I get an error message saying "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified printer has lost its connection to the server.
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I have a new public mail server running under Vmware Server 2.0 installed on Windows Server 2008. I'm not satisfy about performance, virtual machine has got 3gb of ram and 2 virtual cpu. Physical machine has got one intel xeon cpu 2.4ghz quad core, 8 gb of ram and 3 hdd 500gb raid5. I already set this option: Fit all virtual machine memory into reserved host RAM. How can I increase performance? Are there any kernel build for virtual installation?
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May 9, 2011
I have host winxp and guest centos in vmware. how to maximize the whole desktop display in centos so that it will occupy my whole 15" monitor. I already maximize the vmware and centos..nothing happens. If i maximize the centos, it will only maximize in the center screen.
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Apr 9, 2010
I'm a NOOB to CentOS and Linux in general. I've been trying to find a way to mount my USB flash drive (FAT32) so I can see my files. I've been told that I need to add a USB controller. My CentOS is running as a VMWARE guest in WS7 loaded on a Vista host. My physical hardware is a Toshiba Satellite notebook. I've been told I have to add a USB controller before I can mount. Can anybody give me some direction with this?
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Dec 9, 2009
I don't want to use image file as disk, but would like to allocate a disk for guest os. say it's /sda6, then do I need install guest os on host os? or can I install while the system is booting and only import a guest os from that? Do I have to mount the disk?
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Oct 16, 2010
On my bare metal server, I get about 130MB/s read from a software RAID 10 array, but when reading the same file from a VM via NFS over the VirtIO interface,I only get about 40MB/s.
Furthermore, the process for the VM uses >180% CPU on the host, and ~40%, and the 5 min average is ~1.5 on the host and guest. I have dual E5620's so I'm disappointed that the transfer is so slow, as I was expecting at least 90MB/s.
I'm new to being a sysadmin, so if anyone has some tips I can use to increase the transfer rate, and possibility reduce the CPU load as well I'd appreciate it. I'm assuming that 130MB/s is the max speed of two 7.2k HDDs, but if there's any way I can squeeze any more out that would be great too.
System specs:
2x Intel Xeon E5620s @ 2.40Ghz
8GB of RAM @ 1066Mhz
4x 1TB Western Digital Black HDDs in RAID10
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Jan 5, 2011
I've found a workaround, but the workaround doesn't make any sense to me.I suspect I am running into a bug of some sort.I've tried to search for a solution, but the search terms are too broad and I can't seem to find anything useful.I have a CentOS 5.5 system that I've set up Virtualization on (presumably Xen, right?). I have a RHEL 5.4 Guest OS using "Full Virtualization" method.When I was installing the RHEL guest, the entire server rebooted just as the RHEL guest was booting for the first time.Thinking that odd, but coincidental, I just let the Host server reboot and then started up the RHEL Guest again.The reboot happened again and in the same spot! When I say the server rebooted, I mean black screen...pause...bios screen.I finally managed to get the RHEL Guest booted by removing the DVD that I had in the DVD drive and disconnecting it from the Guest OS in VMM. Very, very odd. I can reproduce this behavior by simply booting a Guest OS with a DVD in the drive (so far I've tried only RHEL guests).
The reboot happens at the same place in the Guest boot process. It's when RHEL starts the UDEV script. Actually, a few seconds after the RHEL system displays "Starting udev" message. I've looked in both the CentOS and RHEL messages log and found nothing.It's not a huge deal at this moment, but I will be sending these servers out into the field and I can't control what the end users of these systems put in the DVD drives.
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Mar 28, 2009
I have a recently installed dual boot system with Centos 5.2 and Fedora 10. I connect across a LAN to a network printer HP Laserjet 1320n I have been through the printer installation / setup on both systems Fedora works fine, Centos doesn't want to know. Sending anything to print just adds it to a queue that is never printed.
I have looked at the printer management through Firefox browser localhost.localdomain:631 If I send a test page from here (CUPS) it reports the document as printed, but the printer just sits there blinking an orange light indicating an error.
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Feb 12, 2011
I have a virtual Linux box with a static IP in the cloud.
I have remote sites that have networked PCs that normally act as terminals but also have more than one printer on the Windows Network.
I would like software on the Window's machine to access the known IP address of the server and advertise the printers on the network so they can be printed to with lpr or cups. I don't have a problem manually setting up the printers on Centos if that is necessary. (But I need to know how to do that as well).
I need to know if I can setup a VPN on Windows without it stopping regular internet traffic and how to do it.
I need to know all the steps (what to install, what to issue commands for) to make this happen without using a GUI if possible and if the GUI is easier I need to know which GUI to install.
I also do not have a problem with using a VPN router at the client side if that makes it any easier. Like a Cisco RV120W.
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May 12, 2010
i have installed virtualbox on centos , and installed xp as a guest os. my LAN is on 10.200.2.x/24 network inorder to avoid conflict i have given centos ip as 10.200.2.191/24 and a virtual ip 192.168.56.4/24 my gateway is 10.200.2.1 i am able to ping from my guest os to host os the ip address but not the gateway inorder for internet connectivity
some of the configuration of virtual box
Display
Video Memory:
16 MB
3D Acceleration:
[Code]....
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Jan 28, 2010
I have annoying problem. My setup is the following: debian Linux, 64 bits, VMWare workstation 7 host, with Windows XP running as guest. From Firefox, or Internet Explorer, I am unable to access few sites, for example nvidia.com, osdir. Basically get connection timed out, on the other hand ping works to those sites. Moreover, Slashdot loads very very slow and sometimes gets horrible text-only version.
everything works fine on Linux host
I suspect it has something to do with routing on Linux, I recall having similar problem long time ago, which was fixed by setting something in /proc.
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I have Linux installed on my harddrive, sometimes I run it as the host operating system and sometimes run it as a guest in Windows using VirtualBox. It's a nice ability, I think.
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Aug 18, 2010
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I would like to access the VPN resources from the Linux host though. The Windows guest is only there because the VPN client isn't working in Linux. If I could somehow ssh from the Linux host right into my computer at work (using remote desktop would also be great), that would save me a lot of round trips between my Linux host and the Windows guest.
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I have RHEL running in Virtual Box and my native OS is Win 7. From a purely educational standpoint, I want to be able to access RHEL from Win 7 over SSH. I download putty but don;t know how to make it do what I want. Ideally, I would like to use the linux command prompt at a minimum and preferably access the GUI apps also. IS this possible? I am just trying to explore and expand my linux knowledge.
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