<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.26.0"> </HEAD> <BODY> Hi Paolo, I know it may not be a direct solution for you, but I was using VMWare server quite happily for a while on F8-F10 and Ubuntu and now moved to VirtualBox 2.2.4 on which I installed winXP to win2K8, F10, F11, SUSE, Debian and Ubuntu with no issues <IMG SRC="cid:1247671157.4985.2.camel@fugazi" ALIGN="middle" ALT=":)" BORDER="0"> Regards, Gescape <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> -----Original Message----- From: Paolo Galtieri <<A HREF="mailto:Paolo%20Galtieri%20%3cpgaltieri@gmail.com%3e">pgaltieri@gmail.com</A>> Reply-to: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@redhat.com> To: Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora. <<A HREF="mailto:%22Community%20assistance,%20encouragement,%20and%20advice%20for%20using%20Fedora.%22%20%3cfedora-list@redhat.com%3e">fedora-list@redhat.com</A>> Subject: Re: VMware Workstation in F11 Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:39:15 -0700 I installed VMware on F11 and the patch and it started fine for me, but when I tried to install WinXP as a guest OS my system locked up solid. By default vmware looks for files in ~./vmware if you moved it and didn't change the config you'll get this error. I also get the errors shown below during the install. Paolo Installing VMware Player 2.5.2 Copying files... Configuring... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit if self.shouldRollover(record): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format return fmt.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format s = self._fmt % record.__dict__ UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 93: ordinal not in range(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit if self.shouldRollover(record): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format return fmt.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format s = self._fmt % record.__dict__ UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 55: ordinal not in range(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit if self.shouldRollover(record): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format return fmt.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format s = self._fmt % record.__dict__ UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 64: ordinal not in range(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit if self.shouldRollover(record): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format return fmt.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format s = self._fmt % record.__dict__ UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 95: ordinal not in range(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit if self.shouldRollover(record): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format return fmt.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format s = self._fmt % record.__dict__ UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 64: ordinal not in range(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit if self.shouldRollover(record): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format return fmt.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format s = self._fmt % record.__dict__ UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 64: ordinal not in range(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit if self.shouldRollover(record): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format return fmt.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format s = self._fmt % record.__dict__ UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 64: ordinal not in range(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit if self.shouldRollover(record): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format return fmt.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format s = self._fmt % record.__dict__ UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 64: ordinal not in range(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit if self.shouldRollover(record): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format return fmt.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format s = self._fmt % record.__dict__ UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 64: ordinal not in range(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit if self.shouldRollover(record): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format return fmt.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format s = self._fmt % record.__dict__ UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 64: ordinal not in range(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit if self.shouldRollover(record): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format return fmt.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format s = self._fmt % record.__dict__ UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 64: ordinal not in range(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit if self.shouldRollover(record): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format return fmt.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format s = self._fmt % record.__dict__ UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 64: ordinal not in range(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit if self.shouldRollover(record): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format return fmt.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format s = self._fmt % record.__dict__ UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 64: ordinal not in range(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit if self.shouldRollover(record): File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format return fmt.format(record) File "/tmp/vmis.TWxHzJ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format s = self._fmt % record.__dict__ UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 95: ordinal not in range(128) Installing VMware Workstation 6.5.2 Copying files... I also see the following error during compile CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciQueuePair.o In file included from /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/./include/vmci_kernel_if.h:63, from /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciQueuePair.c:30: /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/./include/vm_basic_types.h:108:7: warning: "__FreeBSD__" is not defined In file included from /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciCommonInt.h:34, from /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciQueuePair.c:42: /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:329:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:333:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined This happens on several files. However, it does seem to work in the end. On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Matthew Saltzman <<A HREF="mailto:mjs@clemson.edu">mjs@clemson.edu</A>> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> I performed a fresh install of F11, then installed VMware-Workstation-6.5.2-156735.x86_64.rpm. Installed the patch for kernel-2.6.29 from <A HREF="http://communities.vmware.com/thread/203231">http://communities.vmware.com/thread/203231</A>. Now, when I try to start a VM, I get a message that the .vmdk file can't be found. The message pop-up lets me browse to the location of the file. File not found: xxx.vmdk This file is required to power on the virtual machine. If this file was moved, please provide its new location. But the file has not been moved, and when I select the file from the browser, VMware still refuses to start. Turning selinux to non-enforcing doesn't help. Problem occurs with Workstation and Player. Everything worked fine with F10, including with a 2.6.29 test kernel. Anybody seen this? Anybody know a solution? TIA. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu <A HREF="http://www.math.clemson.edu/%7Emjs">http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs</A> -- fedora-list mailing list <A HREF="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</A> To unsubscribe: <A HREF="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</A> Guidelines: <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE> -- fedora-list mailing list <A HREF="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</A> To unsubscribe: <A HREF="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</A> Guidelines: <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines</A> </PRE> </BODY> </HTML>