How to install VMware -

[John Austin]

On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 14:32 -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
wrote:
> On 07/08/13 13:35, Reindl Harald wrote:
> > http://uwot.eu/blog/2013/07/linux-kernel-3-10-and-vmware-workstation-9/
> >
> > [root at srv-rhsoft:~]$ uname -r
> > 3.10.5-100.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 6 21:27:09 UTC 2013
> >
> > [root at srv-rhsoft:~]$ ps aux | grep vmx
> > vmware    3063  1.7  9.9 4633312 1623620 ?     Ssl  10:22   9:42 /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx -s
> > vmx.noUIBuildNumberCheck=TRUE -# product=1;name=VMware
> > Workstation;version=9.0.2;buildnumber=1031769;licensename=VMware Workstation;licenseversion=9.0; -@
> > duplex=3;msgs=ui /mnt/data/fileserver/vmware/arrakis/arrakis.vmx
> > vmware    3899  1.9 19.5 6161212 3186904 ?     Ssl  10:23  10:59 /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx -s
> > vmx.noUIBuildNumberCheck=TRUE -# product=1;name=VMware
> > Workstation;version=9.0.2;buildnumber=1031769;licensename=VMware Workstation;licenseversion=9.0; -@
> > duplex=3;msgs=ui /mnt/data/fileserver/vmware/Buildserver64/config.vmx
> > root     11982  0.0  0.0 111240   956 pts/5    S<+  19:34   0:00 /usr/bin/grep --color vmx
> > vmware   28686 32.5  7.5 5260204 1229800 ?     S<sl 16:26  61:19 /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx -s
> > vmx.noUIBuildNumberCheck=TRUE -# product=1;name=VMware
> > Workstation;version=9.0.2;buildnumber=1031769;licensename=VMware Workstation;licenseversion=9.0; -@
> > duplex=3;msgs=ui /mnt/data/fileserver/vmware/testserver/config.vmx
> >
> 
> Good, the patch has VMware running but the GUI box for Buy, Enter Key, 
> Register, does not respond to mouse clicks, I need some way to enter the 
> key?
> 

This worked for me at this stage

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-enter-serial -n 'VMware Workstation' -v '9.0'

John