On Saturday 16 July 2005 05:47, Gerald Thompson wrote: > - initially I was having trouble finding the sources after upgrading to > kernel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 > - I could not install the nvidia driver or vmware module without the > sources > - I found that in the new kernel the sources were now in kernel- > devel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 > > I did a test installing kernel-devel > - nvidia driver is now able to install and it works fine > - still having problems with vmware > - vmware is able to build the kernel module now and install it > - bridged networking won't enable - constantly failed state > - also if vmware is installed I was unable to reboot the computer > - the system would only work properly after I uninstalled vmware, net > vmware networking components seem to conflict with the new kernel, or I > may have corrupted settings somewhere that I haven't located yet. > > Current Problem: > - So now my situation is that vmware can build the module > - the module appears to install correctly > - bridged networking fails to start > - when I try to run vmware it says it is not configured correctly and > that I have to run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl > - when I run it again it says the module is fine > - when I try to restart the computer it fails to shutdown - it times out > and just sits there > - I can't see where it is failing because I am not getting to see the > shutdown messages after upgrading the new kernel. > - on boot up it continues to say that vmware bridged networking has > failed or that vmware is not configured properly > - I decided to try telinit 3 so I could see the shut down messages > - the computer seems to be locking up on shutting down system logger > - if I uninstall vmware the computer is able to reboot properly. > > I was wondering if anyone else was having a problem like this, I am > thinking that there may be a corrupted file for the vmware configuration > somewhere on the system. It may have resulted from my switching back > and forth between kernels while I was trying to determine the issue with > kernel-devel > > I do use rpm to install vmware, so I was able to use rpm to erase it > too. > > I would appreciate any suggestions anyone may have. > > -- > Gerald Thompson > geraldlt@xxxxxxxxx I had the same issue with FC4. I found the solution on the vmware forum: http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?forumID=19&threadID=15583&messageID=166268#166268 So I installed vmware-any-any-update and it solved the issue. But it's FC4.... Best regards.
