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From: Allistar <allistar.m@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:10:53
Message-Id: gfcur8$ndi$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start by Neil Bothwick
1 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2
3 > On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:15 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
4 >
5 >> I've re-emerge vmware-modules, re-run ...vmware-config.pl, and prayed.
6 >> I still cannot do
7 >> /etc/init.d/vmware start
8 >> because this one part fails: Virutal machine Monitor
9 >> and trying "vmware&" says I need to run the config script (again).
10 >>
11 >> I'm getting nowhere and I really do want to run that VM again.
12 >>
13 >
14 > Have you updated your kernel? VMware Workstation gives me problems like
15 > this with each new kernel, which is why I'm still running 2.6.26 on my
16 > desktop.
17
18 You're running 2.6.26 and have VMWare Workstation working properly? What
19 architecture? I am still on 2.6.19 because any later kernels result in
20 Workstation not working (it crashes when starting a VM, and also stops my
21 keyboard from working).

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>