Stale zombie vmware-vmx processes deny starting VM’s after accidental / forceful termination of VMWare workstation. VM Start process ends with the following error:
Unable to change virtual machine power state: Internal error
This can be resolved by sending SIGKILL command to vmware-vmx command as follows
killall -s9 vmware-vmx
Now, your VM is ready to get back in action.
Tags: sigkill, VMWare, vmware workstation, vmware-vmx