VMWare 6.5 and Fedora 10

Christopher A. Williams chriswfedora at cawllc.com
Mon Dec 22 14:26:11 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 14:58 +0100, Alain Roger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there someone who experienced issue running Fedora 10 on VMWare
> 6.5 ?
> for example when i switch on the effects for desktop, everything
> becomes black or white... and i can reinstall the whole F10 :-(

Unfortunately, the VMware video drivers for F10 do not support the
required acceleration needed to run Desktop Effects when running F10 in
a VM on Workstation 6.5. That's why you're getting the blank white
screen.

F10 in a VM on Workstation 6.5 + Desktop Effects = Bad Idea.

Cheers,

Chris


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