OT: Re: VMware 5 does not install/work

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> On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 11:07 -0400, Matt Galvin wrote:
>> I tried to install VMware 5 on FC4T2 with all the latest updates
>> installed as of 20050421(today) and it does not work. Some parts of
>> the build fail... here is the relevant output.
>
> [snip]
>
>> and then it just hangs and does nothing.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a fix/work-around to get VMware working within
>> fc4t2?

Yes. WFM with kernel 1234.
Edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel and /boot/grub/menu.lst to fix yourself on that
kernel.

>
>   I haven't tried with the very latest updates, but if it doesn't work
> with update90, they you (we) will likely have to wait for another update
> from VMware.
>
> PS: Please remember to label posts about non-free software with "OT" for
> off topic, just as a curtesy.

He's asking whether a product will work on fedora-test, it's on-topic.
Other people have mentioned other non-free software.

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