On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 05:19 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 04/02/14 20:42, Rick Stevens wrote: > >> > >> For VMware Workstation 10 there's no patch needed. Or at least I > >> haven't needed one. I'm running Windows 7 in a VM with no issues. > > > > I run Win7 and Win8 using libvirt straight out of the box on 64-bit F19 > > with no issues. Granted, I don't do anything fancy with Windows (I only > > use it when the bosses hold a gun to my head and even then I protest a > > lot). > > > > I haven't moved up to F20 yet. It scares me a bit. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > > > Well maybe VMware 10 is different? It was installed from > VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.2-1031769.x86_64.txt, bought from an on-line > vendor that appeared to be legit. Harry Reindl seemed to know where to > find the patch, never indicated it was unusual to have to do? > > When I start VMware, from the XFCE menu, now I get only an error message > block that says: "Before you can run VMware several modules must be > compiled and installed in the running kernel, Cancel/Install" I can > click on Install and nothing happens after that, just a bare desktop > display, no activity on-line in my router real time display so it's not > trying to download anything from them? > > From the command line: > > [bobg@box10 ~]$ vmware > Logging to /tmp/vmware-bobg/vmware-modconfig-4445.log > and then the same error message block pops up. > > I used it to run F-20 beta and this released version for a while from > F-19 before doing this F-20 install and each updated kernel required a > patch, e.g. 3.10 to 3.11 to 3.12 etc. > > Does that indicate a problem with my VMware install, am I unique? I > bought it not expecting those problems and I believe they offer an > upgrade for additional money which I would hesitate to buy knowing what > I know now ... I would appreciate hearing that I've done something > wrong, contact with their sales operation before I bought it was not > productive. Still waiting for a call back many months later ... > > Thanks, > > Bob > > -- > http://www.qrz.com/db/w2bod > Box10 Fedora-20/64bit Linux/XFCE > Hi I made some notes to myself last Dec - They may be useful I am running fully updated F20 with VM Workstation 9.0.2 with Windows 7 with no problems. I use USB programmers a lot from the virtual machine and several years ago had to use VMware for them to work. Maybe the alternatives are better now. John 2013_12_27 Compiling patched modules for WS-9.0.2 and kernel 3.12 (F20) --------------------------------------------------------------------- The main source of info is here - also source of vmblock-3.12-patch http://dominator008.com/constructionyard/2013/10/03/vmware-9-0-2-vmblock-patch-for-linux-kernel-3-12/ Other sites http://pkgbuild.com/git/aur-mirror.git/plain/vmware-patch/ https://sites.google.com/site/mysticalzerotmp --------------------------------------------------------------------- Remove any lurking versions of vmware workstation vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation --------------------------------------------------------------------- Install version 9.0.2 /global/db/sw/VMware_9.0/VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.2-1031769.x86_64.txt (Python errors given - ignore) It still seems to complete successfully ! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Down load the patches cd /global/db/sw/F20/VMware_Patches wget http://pkgbuild.com/git/aur-mirror.git/plain/vmware-patch/vmnet-9.0.2-5.0.2-3.12-3.11-3.10.patch wget https://sites.google.com/site/mysticalzerotmp/vmblock.3.10.patch wget https://sites.google.com/site/mysticalzerotmp/vmblock.3.11.patch wget http://dominator008.com/crate/vmblock-3.12-patch Note the hyphons in vmblock-3.12-patch ! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Apply the patches cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source tar -xvf vmblock.tar cd vmblock-only patch -p1 -i /global/db/sw/F20/VMware_Patches/vmblock.3.10.patch patch -p1 -i /global/db/sw/F20/VMware_Patches/vmblock.3.11.patch patch -p1 -i /global/db/sw/F20/VMware_Patches/vmblock-3.12-patch cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source tar -cf vmblock.tar vmblock-only rm -rf vmblock-only tar -xvf vmnet.tar cd vmnet-only patch -p1 -i /global/db/sw/F20/VMware_Patches/vmnet-9.0.2-5.0.2-3.12-3.11-3.10.patch cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only rm -rf vmnet-only --------------------------------------------------------------------- Build the modules from the CL vmware-modconfig --console --install-all or via gui vmware -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
