Parallels Desktop for Mac build 3094 Beta 2 is available for download.

[Khadgar]

Build 3094 locks up my Mac Pro. If I open any virtual machine or try to create a new one the computer immediately locks up. Build 1970 works just fine with VT-x and all the stuff on unlike earlier versions. It just seems as if for me at least that this build is a step backwards even with the new features. I wouldn't know how the new features are since I cannot use them.

Is there some weird something I need to do to get this build to work? Because of problems with previous builds I've started the practice of uninstalling Parallels, restarting, installing the new Parallels, restarting, and then trying it. That doesn't work with this version. I'm just unable to get it to do anything. No crash report is shown anywhere after the computer locks up, nothing. In this case I wish it was a kernel panic so I'd have something to show.

I use a Mac Pro 2x3Ghz, 4GB of RAM, ATI Radeon X1900XT.

 

[akac]

One issue I keep having is this build keeps crashing on my constantly. The whole Parallels crashes. First time I got a KP after starting a VM with Coherence on before I installed the new tools. Fixed that. Next time was accessing the shared folders and Parallels just crashed with the normal OS X Close/Report/Reopen dialog. Then I did a Parallels Compress and again at the very end sometime (it takes a long time) in the night it crashed as I got back to my MacBookPro and it was crashed again.

I never had any crashes with previous builds. I've completely uninstalled Parallels Tools. Restarted. Reinstalled the first time.

After two days of it crashing over and over again and now again - I'm restoring my backup from right before install (glad I did that!) and going back to the rock solid 3036.

 

[MarkHolbrook]

I initially installed the 3094 build over 3036 and it seemed to be going ok.. When the Guest OS (WXP Home) started up, it popped up some stuff about new video drivers..I selected the default (top) choice...I THINK it hiccuped...

When I went to restart the Guest OS, it locked on a black screen after the few second or two of the log on logo...

I uninstalled and reinstalled a couple of times with the same black screen result. I have now gone back to 3036 which appears to be ok.

Awaiting Beta 3....

I had the same problem. I quit the beta then copied over a backup of my VM. This time when I started I removed parallels tools and let the VM reboot. Then I did a fresh install of the tools and it's working just fine so far.

 

[playerone]

Not working here

I'm still unable to boot off of my fat32 partition with the latest build. Same error as last build "Unable to open disk image Boot Camp!"

No one seems to know or answear. I also get the same message.

Anyone has a solution to this?

 

[luomat]

Admin Password?

I keep getting asked for a OSX administrator password every time I start XP off of my Boot Camp partition. Does anyone see this?

Yes, every time. I presume this is a beta only problem

 

[merlyn383]

I keep getting asked for a OSX administrator password every time I start XP off of my Boot Camp partition. Does anyone see this?

Jazzer,

Yes, you will be asked that for every activation because OSX has already "claimed" your BC drive (which it does at the Admin level). Parallels needs to tell OSX to release that drive so that it can use it, but since the drive was mounted as Admin, only an Admin can unmount the drive. If you can find a way to not have the OS mount the drive at start up then you should not need to put your password at the start of the VM.

 

[derek]

Coherence

It looks like the sc delete "coherence.... partially worked for me.

Full screen is available only on the MBP monitor, not the external 20"

Coherence works only partially on the external monitor... the windows menubar sits about 3/4 down on the screen... not pegged to the bottom. Basically it looks like it's taking it's realestates measurement from the main screen, top of the Dock as the bottom of the screen. This of course keeps a lot of screen realestate from being used.

 

[BladeRunner]

Not quite sure what kind of hardware you have here... Are you saying you are running a pirated version of OS X on unsupported hardware? Probably not the right forum to be discussing this nor expecting support questions to be answered.
That being said, to turn off Apps showing up in the Dock, go to the Appearance section in Parallels Desktop preferences and turn off the option to show applications in your Dock to not show them...

I appreciate the reply and the help. The WinXP apps no longer show in the OS X Doc. Thanks.

The hardware is not Apple Mac - I can't afford one just yet - still saving. As for the "pirated" issue, it's a matter of opinion. The unopened full retail boxed version of OS X 10.4.8 that I purchased from a store did not look pirated. Did I apply some "modifications" to get it to run on my existing hardware? Well, yes, that happened. However, ALL the software running on this system has been purchased for real U.S. $$$ except for the FreeWare and the copy of Ubuntu.

Still, your point is well taken and I don't ask for help on any issue I think might be on the fringe or related to my "special" circumstances.

 

[shaddai]

Coherence is horribly broken in the new beta (3094). It worked great in 3036. Here's my symptoms:

I use Coherence mode on my 2nd monitor (the MBP display). My 2nd monitor is aligned in the middle (or so) off to the right of the 30" monitor. Entering coherence mode changes the resolution to 1440x1187 where it used to be 1440x900 in the previous beta. It seems as if Parallels has changed how it does screen size detection and is now looking at the VERY bottom of the whole desktop space. This has rendered coherence mode completely useless.

Also, I've noticed that entering and leaving coherence mode and/or changing the window size sometimes results in rather odd window sizes, but not always.

I'll try fiddling with other settings, but for now it's kind of broken for me.

Machine: MBP with a 30" 2nd monitor (used as the primary)

Well I changed my monitor arrangement back to having the 2nd monitor's bottom at the same spot as the primary monitor (see attachment) and the coherence mode works wonderfully. I also found some slightly hidden preference items (right click Parallels icon in Dock, choose preferences) and turning a lot of the transition effects off seems to eliminate a lot of the odd screen motions.

Thanks to Parallels for doing such wonderful things. You have a bit more work to do, but only because you keep raising the bar so darn high.

 

[ebernet]

Still piracy...

I appreciate the reply and the help. The WinXP apps no longer show in the OS X Doc. Thanks.

The hardware is not Apple Mac - I can't afford one just yet - still saving. As for the "pirated" issue, it's a matter of opinion. The unopened full retail boxed version of OS X 10.4.8 that I purchased from a store did not look pirated. Did I apply some "modifications" to get it to run on my existing hardware? Well, yes, that happened. However, ALL the software running on this system has been purchased for real U.S. $$$ except for the FreeWare and the copy of Ubuntu.

Still, your point is well taken and I don't ask for help on any issue I think might be on the fringe or related to my "special" circumstances.

Actually, it was...
You can only buy 10.4.6
You CANNOT buy any Intel version of Mac OS X
The license says it is for running on APPLE hardware...
So any way you want to slice it, you are running an illegitimate copy (something that came with a hardware purchase, not something you bought in a store) on unsupported hardware.

 

[swilcox]

Palm Hotsync

I have a Palm Treo 650 smartphone. Latest Palm software installed in the VM under XP. Hotsync manager configured to synch over usb.

Works fine in all versions until 1970. Stopped working with latest 2 betas.

I have the same problem. On a Treo 650. Hotsync name "sherman". Latest Palm software installed in XP Pro. There is clearly communication taking place (I hear a beep when I initiated a hotsync but nothing happens).

Also, the Palm device doesn't 'stick' in the Parallels Devices menu.

If I can help in anyway PLEASE do not hesitate to contact me.

 

[ebernet]

unlabeled alert prevents windows from working

I installed the new beta and had everything working fine off of a bootcamp VM inside of Parallels.
Now, when I start up Windows I get an alert without any text in it over the login screen (after trying to login). If I click OK I get logged out of Windows. I tried removing Parallel Tools - did not make a difference...
I tried safe mode - made a difference - I could log in
I tried safe mode with networking, I got the same alert and was logged out right after logging in (same as before).
Tried changing networking from Shared to bridged - same alert, clicking it logs out and brings you to the login screen.
Anyone have any insight into how to repair this? Going to keep on messing with the networking.

 

[ebernet]

I installed the new beta and had everything working fine off of a bootcamp VM inside of Parallels.
Now, when I start up Windows I get an alert without any text in it over the login screen (after trying to login). If I click OK I get logged out of Windows. I tried removing Parallel Tools - did not make a difference...
I tried safe mode - made a difference - I could log in
I tried safe mode with networking, I got the same alert and was logged out right after logging in (same as before).
Tried changing networking from Shared to bridged - same alert, clicking it logs out and brings you to the login screen.
Anyone have any insight into how to repair this? Going to keep on messing with the networking.

Turning off networking did NOT work. This may be due to a Microsoft patch. I will try to uninstall more and give a report

 

[medic1948]

Unable to boot into Bootcamp

I too haven't been able to boot into Bootcamp with either beta. I keep hearing that one must uninstall the original Parallels Tools for Bootcamp, but I can't find any such file or program on my Bootcamp partition. There is no "uninstall" feature for the installer application. I wonder if it ever installed it in the first place (under beta 3036), even though I ran it several times.

Anyway, I'm running on a MacBook core 2 duo, 2Ghz, 1GB RAM, 120GB HD & the standard Bootcamp partition of about 11-GB, WinXP Pro SP 2 corp. edition with no activation required. I've also installed the standard Paralles VM using the same Windows install, which works great. I'd really like to get rid of the VM on my Mac partition to free up space.

When I try to launch the BC VM I get the "Unable to open disk image Boot Camp" dialogue box (Same with beta 3036).

Any ideas?

Steve

 

[luomat]

Parallels Tools appears in the Add/Remove Programs

I too haven't been able to boot into Bootcamp with either beta. I keep hearing that one must uninstall the original Parallels Tools for Bootcamp, but I can't find any such file or program on my Bootcamp partition. There is no "uninstall" feature for the installer application. I wonder if it ever installed it in the first place (under beta 3036), even though I ran it several times.

FWIW if you had installed it, it would appear in the Add/Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel.

 

[SFrawley]

Crash reports via Apple Mail?!

I have had multiple crashes, but none will be sent because Parallels tries to use Apple Mail, which I don't use.

How about another way?

 

[luomat]

Find the address

I have had multiple crashes, but none will be sent because Parallels tries to use Apple Mail, which I don't use. How about another way?

Let it, figure out what address it uses, and use that instead. Copy and paste the report text into an email

 

[medic1948]

FWIW if you had installed it, it would appear in the Add/Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel.

That's the first place I looked and it's not there, so I assume it never installed.

So, now what do I do to get the BC VM to launch?

 

[jbcaro]

Anyone have XP installed on a PATA drive in the second optical bay. If so, can Parallels setup see it as a Boot Camp drive. Boot Camp grayed out on my system.

/dev/disk1s2 on / (local, journaled) ---- OSX drive (SATA)
devfs on /dev (local)
fdesc on /dev (union)
<volfs> on /.vol
/dev/disk2s3 on /Volumes/Mac HD2 (local, journaled) ---- 2nd Mac drive (SATA)
/dev/disk0s1 on /Volumes/Windows XP (local, read-only) ---- Boot Camp drive (PATA) NTFS
/dev/disk0s2 on /Volumes/MULTI OS (local) ---- FAT32 drive (PATA)
/dev/disk3s1 on /Volumes/TRAVELDRIVE (local, nodev, nosuid) ---- Thumb drive
automount -nsl [204] on /Network (automounted)
automount -fstab [226] on /automount/Servers (automounted)
automount -static [226] on /automount/static (automounted)

thanks, john

 

[BBH]

Success with 3094b2

I had this issue and could solve it as following:

- Start the VM and avoid Windows booting by pressing F8 quickly
- Start as save mode
- When logged in, install parallels tools
- Reboot VM normal

Best regards,

Stephan

This is in reponse to my original "black screen" problem..

This worked for me,but man you have to be fast with the F8 key. In my case, a MBPro..you have to actually be fast with TWO keys, the regular F8 key and the modifier "fn" key at the same time.