I have an idea actually, these are setups faking the VMWare ID. Systemd checks dmidecode values which could be faked in other hipervisors. There the tool would start and then trigger the crash.
IMHO - the solution is make the tool exit, but not crash -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1791220 Title: increased crash rate since 10.3 upgrade is available To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/open-vm-tools/+bug/1791220/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs