About VMware: vmw_ ioctl_ Command error invalid argument. Solution

Development environment: windows10 + VMware + Ubuntu 18.04 + ROS

Run: gazebo

Prerequisites: installing gazebo:

sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-gazebo-ros-pkgs ros-indigo-gazebo-ros-control

Problem: run:

roscore
 rosrun gazebo_ros gazebo

appear

“VMware: vmw_ioctl_command error Invalid argument.
Aborted (core dumped)
/opt/ros/indigo/lib/gazebo_ros/gazebo: 39: kill: invalid signal number or name: SIGINT”

Set the environment variable to 0 under the terminal

$ export SVGA_VGPU10=0

Then you can run gazebo,

roscore
rosrun gazebo_ros gazebo 

Permanently available:

$ echo "export SVGA_VGPU10=0" >> ~/.bashrc

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