VMWARE on AMD 64

[Bob Chiodini]

Bob Chiodini wrote:

>On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 21:57 +0100, Angelo Machils wrote:
>  
>
>>>yum info kernel:
>>>
>>>Name   : kernel
>>>Arch   : x86_64
>>>Version: 2.6.10
>>>Release: 1.766_FC3
>>>Size   : 52 M
>>>Repo   : installed
>>>Summary: The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system).
>>>
>>>
>>>After installing x86_64 version of kernel-2.6.10-1.766_FC3, I can no
>>>longer start vmware.  I've rebuilt the modules and they load correctly,
>>>but no luck running the app.  I've had no problems with the i686 version
>>>of the 766 kernel and also have no problem with x86_64 version of
>>>kernel-2.6.10-1.760_FC3.
>>>
>>>Any ideas?
>>>
>>>Bob...
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Hi there!
>>
>>What version of VMWare are you running? I have been running VMWare 5 
>>beta, RC1 and RC2 since they came out on my AMD-64 (different kernel 
>>versions, also the 2.6.10-1.766_FC3 x86-64) without any major problems.
>>I assume you did the vmware-config.pl as root??
>>
>>Angelo
>>
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>
>Angelo,
>
>I am running version 4.5 build 8848.  Yes I reran vmware-config.pl as
>root, no errors.
>
>Am searching for their beta now.
>
>Bob...
>
>  
>
Version 5 beta works with both the 760 and 766 kernel.

Thanks for the tip.

Bob...