VMware MKSSandbox Error

Linux Jan 9, 2022

If you use VMware on Linux you'll propably get the error bewlow since the latest VMware Workstation 16.2 update:

Lost connection to mksSandbox

VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (mks)
ISBRendererComm: Lost connection to mksSandbox (2878)
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It seems to be caused by Vulkan.

To fix this (globally) you can add this configuration flag to your .config/vmware config file.

mks.enableVulkanPresentation=FALSE

This workaround will only disable the Presentation by Vulkan but rendering will still be done by it :)

Let's hope VMware figures out how to fix this issue soon.

Source: https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/VMware-16-2-1-Display-3D-acceleration-not-working-Windows-10/td-p/2877574

PS: Maybe they'll implement a native Wayland client soon and without destroying host hotkeys. I use this combination a lot with Sway on the host and i3 in the VM. That way you can use the host hotkey all the time, even while being in the VM.

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