After using VMware workstation 12 pro for about 10mins on a fresh Ubuntu 15.10 host, the guest VM (Windows 10 x64) will start locking up until it pretty much grinds to a halt and even opening a folder will take up to 5mins.
Host hardware:
OS: Ubuntu 15.10 x64
CPU: Intel i5 4200m
RAM: 8GB
HDD: 120GB SSD
GFX: Nvidia GTX 760M
Things I have tried:
- Rebooting the guest, it is immediately just as slow.
- Removing guest antivirus.
- Booting up another guest VM (Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 7) runs just as slow. It affects ALL guests.
- Changing guest CPU allocation from 2 to 1 changes nothing.
- Changing memory allocation from 2GB to 4GB.
- Removing all unnecessary hardware such as sound card, floppy drive, 3d acceleration etc does not have an effect.
- I have VMware tools installed within all guests.
- Host CPU virtualization is enabled.
- A number of settings within workstation have been tested.
What's interesting is if I reboot the host, and start up VMware Workstation 12 again, the guest VM is fast again - for about 10mins.
It appears to be something with Ubuntu as the host as I have ported these machines over to a Windows host and they do not have these issues?
My guess at the moment is the Nvidia graphics card and the proprietary Nvidia drivers I have installed.