kernel panic - not syncing: attempted to kill the idle task on Vmware.

linux ubuntu-12.04 vmware-workstation
ayniam picture ayniam · Sep 3, 2013 · Viewed 11.3k times · Source

I am trying to install ubuntu through vmware Work Station.The process is halting after throwing the error "kernel panic - not syncing: attempted to kill the idle task", I searched for the solution in forums, but they are of little help. Here is the enviroment that I am using.

My current OS: Windows 7 (64bit)

Ubuntu ISO: 12.04.3 desktop(64 bit)

VMWare Workstation: version 7.

And here is the stack trace. Thanks in Advance!! Error Trace

Answer

GergA picture GergA · Feb 10, 2014

How many RAM is in your host?

I think , you should try with less RAM in the guest(1Gb) for testing.

Maybe the problem is caused, the vm doesn't keep enough RAM for the host

What is the version of you VMware ws?latest?

If the problem is still alive, try the vbox. The vbox is not hungry than VMware ws.

Related questions

How to check if a particular service is running on Ubuntu

I do not know the service's name, but would like to stop the service by checking its status. For example, if I want to check if the PostgreSQL service is running or not, but I don't know the service's name, …

Read More
How to check which PHP extensions have been enabled/disabled in Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS?

I'm using Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS on my local machine. I've installed LAMP long ago on my machine. Now I want to enable following PHP extensions: php_zip php_xml php_gd2 For it first I want to check whether these …

Read More
sh: 0: getcwd() failed: No such file or directory on cited drive

I am trying to compile ARM code in Ubuntu 12. Everything is working fine when I put the code in the local directory. But when I put the code in cited mount directory error shows up: making testXmlFiles sh: 0: getcwd() failed: …

Read More