> Did you untar the two files and make the necessary changes to the module > c files. Then re-tar them? > I can confirm that the two patches worked just fine for me. > yes, I needed to re-tar it Have a look at my post http://clunixchit.blogspot.com/2006/02/vmware-player-and-livecd.html -- http://clunixchit.blogspot.com