Re: VMware Workstation 6.5.3 on F11

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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
>
>
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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

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