VMware workstation 8 on linux 2.6.42 (Fedora 15) anyone?

[Dean S. Messing]

On 18th Feb, 2012 at 11:39:07 PST, Reindl Harald wrote:
> Am 18.02.2012 20:30, schrieb Dean S. Messing:
> > A recent update installed the 2.6.42.3-2 kernel and now VMware
> > Workstation 8.0.2 (and 8.0.1) won't compile its modules.  Does anyone
> > know if module patches have been issued.  I've been unable to find them=
> =2E
> >=20
> > Secondarily, is anyone here running Workstation 8 with the 2.6.42
> > kernel?
> 
> http://slackblogs.blogspot.com/2012/01/vmware-workstation-802-and-linux-k=
> ernel.html

This link only discusses patches with the 3.2 kernel, not the
2.6.42 kernel. I realise they are closely related, but I doubt that
those patches will work for 2.6.X kernels.

> i would "yum --enablerepo=3Dupdates-testing update kernel\*"
> "2.6.42.3-2" made me crazy and forced me to completly remove
> VMwareWorkstation, remove pacthes and start again

"Good to hear" that I'm not the only one. :-) I've had to drop back the
a 2.6.41.10 kernel to also Workstation to run.

> last week "kernel-2.6.42.6-3.fc15.x86_64" arrived in updates-testing
> and oh wonder after reboot the modules was rebuilt automatically
> and vmware-service started - the first time that they are here before
> calling vmware as root and wait compile

This is helpful. I'll try the 2.6.42.6-3 kernel and hope for the same
results. Thanks for your help!

Dean