RE: [SLE] Installing VMware

Vmware has the 3.0 Workstation Beta out for free right now. It works flawlessly under my stock SuSE 7.2 install recently. I installed Win2000 & OpenBSD in it so far without problems. /Dee -----Original Message----- From: Man Ly [mailto:manly@surfbest.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 8:30 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Installing VMware will wrote:

----- Original Message ----- From: "Quinton Delpeche" To: "SuSE list" Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [SLE] Installing VMware

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Hi,

Go to the SuSE Website.

Go to the support Database.

Do a search for VMWare.

The third article that appears will tell u exactly how to solve the

problem.

Thanks, I obviously didn't look hard enough.

correct me if I'm wrong, but since you bought SuSE, the CDs and DVD have the kernel source package you need (named lx_sus24). You don't need to download anything unless you want the most up-to-date kernel and source (officially 2.4.7). There is one additional step involved before you can compile VMware modules (copy /boot/vmlinuz.{version.h, .config, autoconf.h} into the correct places in the kernel source tree). This information is either somewhere in SDB or from the mailing list (I know, it's not exactly fully searchable). VMware is third-party software, and it's not really SuSE's fault if VMware doesn't integrate as nicely as it could. SuSE does some things differently from Red Hat, but in my experience it simplifies many tasks if you have a good understanding of the Linux OS. I would hope you'll reserve further negative judgment of SuSE for the time being, as people on the list are willing to help you get grounded in it. :ml

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It involves some kernel compilation, but is quite painless to do.

As long as you have an internet connection next to your SuSE box to

download

the updated packages :-) I would have thought that including software that actually worked with the distribution would have been a priority. My opinion of SuSE as a distribution is going slowly downhill...

Will.

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