You can put "rtc.startConnected = FALSE" in the .cfg file as well.  I finally had to ask Vmware support to get this parameter.  Couldn't find it anywhere on their web site.

Cory

-----Original Message-----
From: ed.tman@verizon.net [mailto:ed.tman@verizon.net]
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 9:21 PM
To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Subject: Re: [SLE] Vmware problems

** Reply to message from Derek Fountain <derekfountain@yahoo.co.uk> on Mon, 16
Apr 2001 14:10:31 +0100

> More importantly, when I run Vmware it complains it can't open the RTC
> device, which is odd because the /dev/rtc device is there. It has permissions
> of crw------- which is just the same as my old SuSE-6.4 installation which
> worked fine. Changing the permissions of /dev/rtc to crw-rw-rw- doesn't help.
> According to the Vmware website, WinNT and Win2K don't use the RTC, so I can
> leave it disconnected. Fine, but how do I set it up so it always starts
> disconnected?

As you can tell from my signature below, I am using vmware 2.0.3.  Works great.

1.      I solved the RTC thingy by compiling rtc into the kernel;  I don't remember
where it is in make xconfig, but it is there.

2.      I have used vmware for quite a while, never had a problem. 

When vmware-config.pl asks for locations of compilers, are you sure they are
there?

When it warns about local use of ip addresses, did you check the file it
mentions in the warning?

Ed Harrison broadcasting on
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