Switching user while using VMware Workstation Player with vmware additions crashes guest

[Ian]

I'm aware that VMware Workstation Player isn't supported by Ubuntu (or VMware if you use the free version) but this seems to be related to the other Nvidia binary driver bugs around switching user.

Using vmware additions for a Windows guest with the binary Nvidia drivers gives you accerated OpenGL 3.3 capability that plenty of programs need on the guest.

But if you switch user, the virtual machine crashes:

"VMware Player unrecoverable error: (svga)
GLRenderer: GLFBOCreateFBO: FBO assembly failed! status = 0x8CDD
A log file is available in "/home/user/vmware/Windows 10 x64/vmware.log".
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vmware.log file attached.

Ubuntu MATE 19.10

[michalq (michalq)]

I can confirm this problem on Ubuntu 18.04 + NVIDIA driver 435 with vmware workstation 15.5.1

Any help???

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[michalq (michalq)]

Same problem on Linux Mint 19.3 XFCE + NVIDIA driver 435 and vmware workstation 15.5.1 appears after automatic (not intended) lock screen command.

[James McRae (jamesmcrae)]

same here.
XFCE's the culprit.
XFCE has weird bug with returning from sleep (suspend) and it breaks the nvidia driver. i have a resolution issue after screen is locked (drops to 800x600). So apparently it also applies to automatic lock screen.
When I log back in the resolution changeds back to normal and this is where VMware fails.

a lot about it on google.
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/solved-resume-from-suspend-not-working-with-980-ti-drivers-352-370-kernels-3-16-4-4/41631