Hello, On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:33:55 -0600 "Christopher A. Williams" <chrisw01@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2006-10-19 at 09:10 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Kam Leo wrote: > > > > > I've got VMwareWorstation-5.5.2-29772 installed and have encountered > > > the same problem as the OP. The vmware-any-any-update104/runme.pl > > > fails due to the following: "Unable to access the installer database > > > /etc/vmware/locations in read-mode". Guess I've just have to keep > > > using the previous kernel and wait for the next kernel and/or vmware > > > patch. > > > > Interesting. Does /etc/vmware/locations exist? It appears to be built > > by the vmware-config.pl script. > > > > The latest vmware-any-any-104 patch causes the VMware menu items to > > disappear from Applications -> System Tools, which is why I tried without > > it. The vmware-config.pl build works fine and vmware runs fine without > > the patch on my system. > > > > I don't seem to be able to do Netware logins from my virtual WinXP, but > > that's a topic for another thread. > > For the record, I use VMware Workstation 5.5.2 (latest build) at home > and have not used the patch since about 3 kernel updates ago. Everything > is fine there. > > At work, I have a VMware Server (build 29996) running on FC5, also > without the patch. The biggest problem with the new kernel was getting > our Microsoft Relationship Manager to help reboot after the kernel > upgrade and explain why we're better off running our Longhorn and Vista > betas on VMware under Linux. [snip] No (particular) problem here w/ VMWare 5.5.2-29772 since several kernels, up to 2.6.18-1.2200. Regards, -- wwp
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