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Error: "(USER) no log file/Panic without a VM"
Details
When I try to run VMware GSX Server or Workstation on a Linux
host, it fails with the message "(USER) no log file/Panic
without a VM."
Solution
The problem can occur if the .log file exists in the directory from which VMware GSX
Server or Workstation was run and the user does not own or have
write permissions to the file.
Ownership of the log file could have changed in a scenario such
as this: After you installed the VMware product, you may have run
it as root. That would have created a .log file with root as its owner. Later, if you ran the
VMware product as an ordinary user instead of root, the program
would not be able to write the log file.
To fix the problem, change the ownership of the .log file so it is owned by the ordinary user instead of
root, then run GSX Server or Workstation.
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