VMWare on Fedora 8

[Michael Eager]

Greg Sieranski wrote:

> The work around was to set VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=no. This allowed me to 
> open up images I had previously created. Now when I tried to start up 
> the images I would get the "Version mismatch with vmmon module: 
> expecting 167.0, got 161.0". So I tried reinstalling vmware and not 
> running the any-any-update114 patch. Now, I do not get the version 
> mismatch error but my system just locks up and I have to hold down the 
> power button to reboot.
> 
> I tried downgrading to VMWare Workstation 6.0.0 and applying the 
> any-any-update114 but my system still locks up.

I have the similar behavior.  The keyboard and mouse respond,
and I can type into a terminal window, but no commands execute.
Eventually, the system hangs completely.

I wasn't able to find any patches for Workstation 6.x on the VMWare
website.  Can you send me a link?


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