debian-user: VMware doesn't seem to offer publicly visible support, so I'm posting here.
I am running VMware Player 2.0.5: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ on Windows XP Pro SP3 with a Debian 4.0 client: http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/808 I ran into keybounce, network, and clock issues: 1. When I would touch type into the virtual machine console (~50 wpm), keystrokes would get repeated -- sometimes dozens of times. When I slow down and type exactly one key at a time (hunt and peck), the keybounce problem goes away. I have found no explanation or solution to this issue, other than setting up sshd in the virtual machine and avoiding the virtual console entirely. 2. The eth0 network interface would not come up reliably at boot -- ~50% of the time it would work. I use bridged mode and DHCP on my LAN. My work-around was call ifdown/ ifup in /etc/rc.local: ifdown eth0 ifup eth0 YMMV. 3. The clock ran fast -- Debian would sometimes gain an hour or more per hour of real time. I am currently trying the work-around recommended here: http://kamilkisiel.blogspot.com/2008/01/vmware-linux-guest-clock.html by telling VMware to sync the clock by adding a line to the *.vmx file (debian-40r0-i386-netinst.vmx): tools.syncTime = true I also installed ntpdate in Debian and added a line to rc.local to set the clock on boot (it's usually off 5-15 minutes): ntpdate 0.debian.pool.ntp.org I've beat my head against these issues and various other solutions in the past: 4. One work-around for FreeBSD clients was to change a kernel setting for the interrupt timer from 1,000 interrupts/second to 100 interrupts/second. I believe it helped, but don't know if/how to do that on Debian. 5. Running ntp inside Debian kinda sorta helped #3, but the above URL cautions against that. The exact same issues were present with VMware Player 2.0.4. I ran VMware Server 1.0.4 in the past, and seem to recall similar issues. Is anyone else running a Debian virtual machines under VMware products? Have you run into similar issues? How did you address them? Have you found VMware products that don't have these issues? Are there other virtualization technologies or products that work better? David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]