On Monday 10 January 2005 02:54 am, Richard wrote:
On Sunday 09 January 2005 6:31 am, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Sunday 09 January 2005 07:03 am, Anders Norrbring wrote:
Since VMware WS 4.5 doesn't officially support the kernel in SuSE 9.2, you need to run the VMware 5 beta to successfully set your system up. http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws5_beta.html
Or you could downgrade your running kernel.. :)
Although I *am* running the beta, I don't think it is true that the 4.5 version will not run under 2.6.x. I believe I had it running under a vanilla 2.6.9 kernel.
(and I guess I may have to go back to 4.5 to prove that to myself)
Though I am no expert, and only have my own experience, I suspect that the issue may be i386 vs x86_64. VMWare 4.5 flat out refused to install for me on 2.6.8.xx without employing the anyany... patch referenced in another email.
I had no problem before going to x86_64 processor and kernel.
Glad you mentioned that..... It makes a *major* difference.
Currently I run 2.6.8-24.5, have been loath to upgrade via online update to xxx-24.10 and have to hope the anyany patch will work again. I am sure I would have to re-compile, run it. Ditto for nvidia driver. Currently I stick my chin out and boldly say, "if it ain't broke..." Even at this, when opening VMWare it still warns me that my kernel is not supported, that results may be erratic and unreliable and that's just my tough luck until things get updated or I quit trying to run stuff that is not supported yet. Ok, not exactly those words. I am interested in how stable/useful the new beta is, particularly if using it may handle the USB problems I was never able to resolve: Win98SE guest could never recognize the USB port where my palm was, so could never sync it. It could only see my webcam, which it did not support or run anyway. My $.03. Richard