Cannot update vmware with kernel 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5
wwp
subscript at free.fr
Fri Oct 20 08:34:50 UTC 2006
Hello,
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:33:55 -0600 "Christopher A. Williams" <chrisw01 at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-10-19 at 09:10 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Kam Leo wrote:
> >
> > > I've got VMwareWorstation-5.5.2-29772 installed and have encountered
> > > the same problem as the OP. The vmware-any-any-update104/runme.pl
> > > fails due to the following: "Unable to access the installer database
> > > /etc/vmware/locations in read-mode". Guess I've just have to keep
> > > using the previous kernel and wait for the next kernel and/or vmware
> > > patch.
> >
> > Interesting. Does /etc/vmware/locations exist? It appears to be built
> > by the vmware-config.pl script.
> >
> > The latest vmware-any-any-104 patch causes the VMware menu items to
> > disappear from Applications -> System Tools, which is why I tried without
> > it. The vmware-config.pl build works fine and vmware runs fine without
> > the patch on my system.
> >
> > I don't seem to be able to do Netware logins from my virtual WinXP, but
> > that's a topic for another thread.
>
> For the record, I use VMware Workstation 5.5.2 (latest build) at home
> and have not used the patch since about 3 kernel updates ago. Everything
> is fine there.
>
> At work, I have a VMware Server (build 29996) running on FC5, also
> without the patch. The biggest problem with the new kernel was getting
> our Microsoft Relationship Manager to help reboot after the kernel
> upgrade and explain why we're better off running our Longhorn and Vista
> betas on VMware under Linux.
[snip]
No (particular) problem here w/ VMWare 5.5.2-29772 since several kernels, up
to 2.6.18-1.2200.
Regards,
--
wwp
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