On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Mark C. Allman <mcallman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 09:12 +0100, John Austin wrote: >> On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 21:10 -0700, Paolo Galtieri wrote: >> > Has anyone succeeded in installing the 64bit VMware Workstation 6.5.3 >> > (the latest version) on F11? >> > >> > I've tried twice now and in both cases it's hung: >> > >> >> I picked this up on the web >> >> naxos hints_info 6# cat F11_vmware-6.5.3_install >> >> http://communities.vmware.com/thread/228949;jsessionid=06755595CD2B7A953C989EEE3E498A23?tstart=15 >> >> 1) open two command windows. >> >> 2) become root in one of those windows. i.e. "su -". >> >> 3) in the root-ed window run "while true; do killall -9 >> vmware-modconfig-console; done" >> >> 4) in the 2nd window run the install >> rpm -i VMware-Workstation-6.5.3-185404.x86_64.rpm >> >> >> 5) once the installer finishes go back to the root window and do a >> control-C to stop the kill loop. >> >> 6) In the root window run "vmware-modconfig --console --install-all" to >> install the modules. >> vmware-modconfig --console --install-all >> >> It worked for me >> Hope it helps >> >> John >> >> > Both the 32-bit and 64-bit VMware 6.5.3 installs hang. Here's a short > article I wrote to document what I did to get it installed and working: > > http://www.allmanpc.com/index.php/articles/44-articles-tech/84-vmware-ws-653 > > > -- Mark C. Allman, PMP, CSM > -- Allman Professional Consulting, Inc. > -- www.allmanpc.com, 617-947-4263 > -- Twitter: allmanpc > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > You can disable gcc temporary to prevent vmware installer from compiling kernel modules: # mv /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/gcc.disable then install vmware restore gcc start vmware (it will compile the kernel modules) In my case i had a successful installation but vmware hung when i reboot/power-off the vm and i get no sound until i comment out the content of /etc/modprobe.d/dist-oss.conf (i think that vmware uses only OSS), because of this now i use VirtualBox I have Fedora 11 i386 with latest updates and VMware-Workstation-6.5.3-185404.i386.rpm Best regards. -- Athmane Madjoudj -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
