I have this strange problem. When using the VMware server console, if I click on the server in the inventory list, it shows up as a tab in the main display but the display is all black.
I know that the guest machine is running fine as I can ssh in and access the server without a problem. I even shut down the guest machine completely, signed out of the VMware server console and then signed back in and started the guest machine again, but nothing. In fact, the normal VMware bios screen doesn't even show (the one with the memory test, etc.).
While the guest machine is running, if I click the fullscreen toolbar button, the server console gives me this error message:
Failed to enter fullscreen mode: Unable to access the mouse, keyboard and screen of the virtual machine.
Can someone suggest anything to help me see the screen in the console? I am trying to install the vmware-tools but I can't do it remotely because it shutdown the network card during the process.
Thank you.
Richard Morris