F9 and Vmware : a working solution (kernel-2.6.25.3-18.fc9

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 00:26 +0200, Andras Simon wrote:
> On 5/18/08, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > OTOH when I try vmware *without* the extra packages, it runs the GUI but
> > on starting a (preexistent) virtual machine my entire desktop freezes
> > completely and I have to do a hard reset to recover.
> 
> If you have kvm-related kernel modules loaded, try removing (rmmod)
> them before you start vmware.

that did the trick. thanks.

now i seem to have lost the use of my shift key. it works within the
windows vm but not in linux. aaaaaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhh. i'd put a smiley
here but i can't type it ...

poc