VMWare on Fedora 8

[Michael Eager]

Michael Eager wrote:
> Greg Sieranski wrote:
> 
>> The work around was to set VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=no. This allowed me 
>> to open up images I had previously created. Now when I tried to start 
>> up the images I would get the "Version mismatch with vmmon module: 
>> expecting 167.0, got 161.0". So I tried reinstalling vmware and not 
>> running the any-any-update114 patch. Now, I do not get the version 
>> mismatch error but my system just locks up and I have to hold down the 
>> power button to reboot.
>>
>> I tried downgrading to VMWare Workstation 6.0.0 and applying the 
>> any-any-update114 but my system still locks up.
> 
> I have the similar behavior.  The keyboard and mouse respond,
> and I can type into a terminal window, but no commands execute.
> Eventually, the system hangs completely.
> 
> I wasn't able to find any patches for Workstation 6.x on the VMWare
> website.  Can you send me a link?

Tom sent me the link to a repo with the -114 patch:
  http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/

After installing that patch (and the net-services patch)
VMWare comes up with the error message that there was a
Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 167.0 got 161.0.
It says to reinstall VMWare Workstation.

I'm going to reinstall VMWare from the RPM, apply the 114 patch,
and try again.


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