Genymotion on VMWare

Question

I'm on Xubuntu running with VMWare on Windows 7. I'm developing an android app' and use genymotion to run virtual android device. But from few days, when I try to run my virtual device genymotion show me this error :

(translated from French)

Impossible to run the Genymotion virtual terminal.

The Genymotion virtual terminal haven't obtained IP address.

For an unknown reason, the VirtualBox's DHCP server haven't assigned IP address to the virtual terminal. Please run VirtualBox to find a solution for the issue.

For further help, please go to : https://cloud.genymotion.com/page/faq/#collapse-nostart

So, I followed the link and see that I should have the same IP address for the adapter and the DHCP server and explain how to modify. I change the IP of the DHCP server to be the same as the adapter. But looks like it doesn't fix the issue because the same message appear after the modification.

A friend of mine told me to download the latest version of Genymotion. I did but there's still the same issue.

For the reason why I'm on such virtual device is because I had lot of problem have a stable installation with dual boot windows/linux so I choose a virtualisation of linux instead. And I can't work on windows because it's a team work and work on windows have some conflict with work on linux.

I hope I've been understandable and excuse me for the language fault.

EDIT :

I've try creating a new virtualisation of Xubuntu and install genymotion to see if it was an update I mad or an other mistake I could have done that broke genymotion. But the same problem appear. I think the problem come from the double virtualisation but I don't know how to fix it.

Answer 1

Actually I just found what my problem was (or look's like). In the settings of the virtual device, in the CD/DVD (SATA) section I choose "use ISO image file" instead of "use physical drive".

I don't know why the issue was related with the CD/DVD. But now I can run the genymotion virtual device. It's slow as hell but it work.

Answer 2

I also found a way to run Android Emulator on MAC (running with VMWare on Windows):

First open VirtualBox and start your Android device. Then start the same device in Genymotion.

To have a relative smooth reaction time - set video memory to 128MB and Motherboard memory to 1024MB in VirtualBox.

Answer 3

You cannot really do virtualisation from a virtualized guest.
You must install Genymotion on the host OS.

You can see an entry on this subject on the Genymotion FAQ here: https://cloud.genymotion.com/page/faq/#genymotion-from-virtualized-host

Answer 4

To run the android apps on genymotion or your device from vm, you can follow these instructions:

1. Install genymotion on your local os
2. Install arm translation app on your genymotion
3. Reboot genymotion
4. Install google play service on genymotion
5. Reboot again
6. Download & install adb wireless app from play store on genymotion
7. Run adb wireless then get allocated ip address that generated by this app
8. Run this command on vm

adb connect <IpAddressGeneratedByAdbWireless>

enjoy!