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[Andrei Verovski <andrei.verovski@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi,


I havw downloaded VMware 3.0.rpm and now struggling to get it working 
with WinXP Pro under SuSE 7.3 (SuSE 7.3 alone works without any problems 
whatsoever).

I have Athlon XP 1600+, 512 MB DDR RAM, m/b with VIA KT266A chipset 
(Chaintech m/b), Geforce MX400 Video card with 64 MB DDR, 40 GB HD, Sound 
blaster, running SuSE 7.3 with SuSE 2.4.16 kernel, XFree 4.2, latest 
glibc updates from SUSE ftp. Of course, I have compiled and installed 
NVIDIA kernel module and NVIDIA GLX.

The vmware 3.0 have been installed and configured without problems, Win 
XP Pro have been installed on virtual disk on ReiserFS root partition 
with bridged networking, 10 GB have been allocated for virtual disk (30 
GB free in partiiton).

In short, Win XP Pro have not been able to work more than 20 min. vmware 
crashed with segmentation fault, or killed XFree, or just freeze machine 
with strange video artifacts. I have changed AGP (and other) settings for 
nvidia, tried XFree 4.1 and 4.2 (configured with YaST), upgraded glibc, 
wiped out vmware virtual disk and reinstalled WinXP Pro from scratch 
again, checked ReiserFS partition for corruption, removed sound, floppy, 
unwanted port support from vmware settings, reinstalled vmware rpm, but 
nothing helped. I just could not figure out what may be the source of 
problem.

My vmware trial time is almost over, as well as my patience. May be I 
should try another version of Windows, or go to Win4Lin?


Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Andrei