After rebooting my machine today, VM Ware fusion would not start, and gave an error message "internal error". After removing and reinstalling, it started, but would not launch my Windows 7 virtual machine, again saying "internal error". It could not even access the vm settings. I have tried repairing disk permissions, and installing the os x 10.9.2 combo update, after which I was again unable to start VMWare and see the list of VM's, receiving "internal error".
latest log file:
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: Log for VMware USB Arbitration Service pid=717 version=6.0.1 build=build-1398658 option=Release
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: The process is 64-bit.
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: Host is Mac OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) Darwin 13.1.0
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: Msg_Reset:
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/config": No such file or directory.
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: ----------------------------------------
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/config. Using default values.
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: Msg_Reset:
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/settings": No such file or directory.
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: ----------------------------------------
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/settings. Using default values.
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: Msg_Reset:
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/config": No such file or directory.
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: ----------------------------------------
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/config. Using default values.
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: Msg_Reset:
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/var/root/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/config": No such file or directory.
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: ----------------------------------------
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /var/root/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/config. Using default values.
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: PREF Disabling user preferences because disableUserPreferences is set.
2014-03-12T20:05:48.201-05:00| usbArb| I120: PREF Failed to load user preferences.
2014-03-12T20:05:48.202-05:00| usbArb| I120: DICT --- USER PREFERENCES
2014-03-12T20:05:48.202-05:00| usbArb| I120: DICT --- USER DEFAULTS /var/root/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/config
2014-03-12T20:05:48.202-05:00| usbArb| I120: DICT --- HOST DEFAULTS /Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/config
2014-03-12T20:05:48.202-05:00| usbArb| I120: DICT --- SITE DEFAULTS /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/config
2014-03-12T20:05:48.202-05:00| usbArb| I120: USBArb: Loading device rules from '/Library/Application Support/VMware/usbarb.rules'.
2014-03-12T20:05:48.202-05:00| usbArb| I120: VMware USB Arbitration Service Version 12.1.13
2014-03-12T20:05:48.202-05:00| machPoll| I120: VTHREAD start thread 3 "machPoll" pid 717
2014-03-12T20:05:48.281-05:00| usbArb| I120: USBArb: Attempting to connect to existing arbitrator on /var/run/vmware/usbarbitrator-socket.
2014-03-12T20:05:48.281-05:00| usbArb| I120: SOCKET creating new socket, connecting to /var/run/vmware/usbarbitrator-socket
2014-03-12T20:05:48.281-05:00| usbArb| W110: SOCKET connect failed, error 2: No such file or directory
2014-03-12T20:05:48.281-05:00| usbArb| I120: USBArb: Failed to connect to the existing arbitrator.
2014-03-12T20:05:48.289-05:00| usbArb| I120: USBArb: UsbArbPipeConnected: Connected to client, socket:4
2014-03-12T20:05:48.289-05:00| usbArb| I120: USBArb: Client 619 connected (version: 6)
2014-03-12T20:05:52.291-05:00| usbArb| I120: USBArb: UsbArbPipeConnected: Connected to client, socket:14
2014-03-12T20:05:52.291-05:00| usbArb| I120: USBArb: Client 619 connected (version: 6)
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