Enable 3D Hardware in VMWare running on Ubuntu-based Linux Posted on April 25, 2017 by jonn If you have seen this error: You may be able to fix it like this: 1. Close VMWare Player 2. Edit the file ~/.vmware/preferences file. 3. Create or edit a line to include: mks.gl.allowBlacklistedDrivers = “TRUE” 4. Start VMWare Player and the error should be gone.