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Adam Carter <adamcarter3 <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> My principle for using vmware on Gentoo is; use the latest vmware, do not use |
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the latest kernel.I'm using Workstation 7.1.2, which works well with 2.6.34, |
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also works with 2.6.35 (but wants to rebuild one kernel module every time it |
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runs, which I havent tried to fix). |
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Hi, |
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thanks for the suggestions - unfortunately I have to use it since we've started |
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giving VMWare images out internally for service guys to get software updates |
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easily. And I'm also asking work to pay for an upgrade. |
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I just tried 7.1.2 and I get similar results :/ |
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$ vmware |
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*** glibc detected *** vmware: malloc(): memory corruption: 0x08fa63a0 *** |
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(it hangs - ctrl-c to kill it) or: |
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$ VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force vmware |
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*** glibc detected *** vmware: malloc(): memory corruption: 0x0886b3a0 *** |
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(it hangs again), or: |
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$ vmware-netcfg # (and after the password is entered): |
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vmware-netcfg: malloc.c:3096: sYSMALLOc: Assertion `(old_top == (((mbinptr) |
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(((char *) &((av)->bins[((1) - 1) * 2])) - __builtin_offsetof (struct |
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malloc_chunk, fd)))) && old_size == 0) || ((unsigned long) (old_size) >= |
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(unsigned long)((((__builtin_offsetof (struct malloc_chunk, fd_nextsize))+((2 * |
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(sizeof(size_t))) - 1)) & ~((2 * (sizeof(size_t))) - 1))) && ((old_top)->size & |
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0x1) && ((unsigned long)old_end & pagemask) == 0)' failed. |
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I think this is indicating some problem with my system, but what? |
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Behaviour is identical with a fresh user. |
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(sorry about the gmane reply, deleted the originals! gmane seems to think a |
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mixed-quote reply is top posting - bah) |
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thanks :) |
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Iain. |