kernel-2.6.11-1.14_FC3 and vmware 4.5

[Bob Chiodini]

On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 22:49 -0600, kwhiskers wrote:
> I hate installing these fixes that come from 'somewhere'. I know that
> this guy had the fix when udev didn't work with vmware (I never needed
> it, however, because I figured out that the stop script was missing
> from rc.d/init.6, and also that udev could be make to learn about the
> vmnet* devices).
> 
> So... I guess it's probably ok. Now he has the gcc fix.
> 
> Thanks for the help. Have just downloaded it.
> 
> ***
> 
> Wonder how much longer vmware 4.5 will run on fedora anyway. Knowing
> the lifetime of commercial software, nice as it is, it was likely a
> waste of money. I only use vmware to run Corel Photo Paint (and Draw
> sometimes). Gimp is such a nuisance, with all those windows that open
> up and you can never get it to do much.
> 
> 
I got the VMWare 5 notice yesterday afternoon.  Presumably 4.x support
will ramp down, if it has not already.

Bob...