VMware Server Beta Refresh on FC5

Andreas Wahlert andreas.wahlert at gmx.de
Thu Mar 30 14:10:32 UTC 2006


Christopher A. Williams wrote:

>Has anyone found the magic incantation to get VMware Server Beta 1 fully
>functional on FC5? So far, I have:
>
>- Updated to the latest kernel (2.6.16-1.2080_FC5)
>- Installed kernel-devel
>- Installed xinetd
>- Downloaded and installed the vmware-update-any-any-update99 package
>
>Using the above, I am able to install and mostly configure it, but can
>not get the Management User Interface (MUI) to come up at all. The
>configuration script complains about port 902 already being in use (it's
>not) and I get a strange message back in the browser when trying to
>connect. It seems the VMware console itself does run.
>
>I've scoured the VMware forums with no luck. It seems like it almost
>wants to work, but something is stopping it in the end. I tried
>accounting for SELinux by temporarily switching it to "permissive" mode.
>No luck with that either.
>
>Thought I'd ask here before diving back into the VMware forums...
>
>Cheers,
>
>Chris
>
>  
>
Hmmm,

the latest Beta runs on my Desktop with your configuration (same Kernel 
/ same any-any Patch).

No probs.

what show's lsof -i??






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