<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Christopher A. Williams wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:1213130532.9801.4.camel@spikehome.spikenet.local" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 15:01 -0400, max bianco wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Christopher A. Williams <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:chriswfedora@cawllc.com"><chriswfedora@cawllc.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I've been scouring the VMware communities and forums for this as well, but I thought I would also ask here. Has anyone else seen the following error on VMware Workstation 6.5b (build 91182) when trying to launch a virtual machine? ================================================ VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vcpu-0) VCPU 0 RunVM failed: Operation not permitted. A log file is available in "/opt/Virtual Machines/Windows XP Professional Test/vmware.log". A core file is available in "/<path to virtual machine>/core.#####". Please request support and include the contents of the log file and core file. To collect data to submit to VMware support, select Help > About and click "Collect Support Data". You can also run the "vm-support" script in the Workstation folder directly. We will respond on the basis of your support entitlement. Unable to change virtual machine power state: Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to. ï»¿================================================ Not sure what the problem is. Running on a Quad-core Intel with 4GB RAM, plus the latest F9 kernel and patches. Ideas welcome... </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">what does the log have to say? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> It's pretty long, and very routine. Here's what appears to be the key message though: Jun 10 14:38:26.427: vcpu-0| VCPU 0 RunVM failed: Operation not permitted. Jun 10 14:38:26.427: vcpu-0| Panic: can't get userlevel lock. After that, there are no other errors in the log. I'll do the VM Support Script and see what happens there as well... Cheers, Chris -- ==================================== "Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses." --George Washington Carver </pre> </blockquote> What are the permissions/ownerships on the VM directories/files? Are they adequate to run as the user you are trying to start the VM as? At one time there was a need to setuid the vmware executable also. Are you trying to run the virtual machine as root? If not, will it start if you do? Kevin </body> </html>