Re: VMware Workstation 6.5.3 on F11
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 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: VMware Workstation 6.5.3 on F11
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 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: VMware Workstation 6.5.3 on F11
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 11:42:17AM -0400, Mark C. Allman 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 FWIW, I installed Virtualbox (from sun) on my Centos-5 box and it is working very nicely. I was able to import a VM from VMWare Workstation 5.5, though it took 3 or 4 tries to get it right. I've since installed F12 (from a couple weeks ago, the pre-beta, whatever it was called) and it went on and runs without a hitch. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. - Jude 1:24,25 (niv) - -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: VMware Workstation 6.5.3 on F11
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Mark C. Allman mcall...@allmanpc.com 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@redhat.com 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@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
VMware Workstation 6.5.3 on F11
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: 2. Subject to the restrictions below, you may download and make a reasonable number of copies of the SDK contents for your personal use solely for the purpose of creating software that communicates with VMware Software (Developer Software). You agree to defend, indemnify and Do you agree? [yes/no]: yes Installing VMware Installer 1.0 Copying files... Configuring... Installing VMware Player 2.5.3 Copying files... Configuring... Installing VMware VIX API 1.6.3 Copying files... Configuring... Installing VMware Player 2.5.3 Copying files... Configuring... Installing VMware Player 2.5.3 Copying files... Configuring... Doing a ps axlw shows 0 0 27129 25979 20 0 86948 924 wait S+ pts/0 0:00 /usr/bin/make -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only auto-build 0 0 27155 27129 20 0 87372 1484 wait S+ pts/0 0:00 make -C /lib/modules/2.6.30.8-64.fc11.x86_64/build/include/.. S 0 0 27267 27155 20 0 87464 1412 wait S+ pts/0 0:00 make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmn 0 0 27539 27267 20 0 91840 1224 wait S+ pts/0 0:00 /bin/sh -c set -e; ? echo ' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules 0 0 27540 27539 20 0 86904 780 wait S+ pts/0 0:00 gcc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/.vnetUserListen 0 0 27541 27540 20 0 133900 33888 pipe_w S+ pts/0 0:00 /usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.1/cc1 -quiet -nostdinc 0 0 27542 27540 20 0 15616 4232 pipe_w S+ pts/0 0:00 as -Qy --64 -o /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/vnetUserList 4 0 27712 19448 20 0 91716 872 - R+ pts/3 0:00 ps axlw 0 500 29507 1 20 0 202256 2692 poll_s S? 0:00 /usr/libexec/gvfsd-computer --spawner :1.10 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_ Doing an strace on process 27542 [r...@peglaptop10 ~]# strace -f -p 27542 Process 27542 attached - interrupt to quit read(0, This never completes. The system is a Dell Precision Mobile 65 laptop. Paolo -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
