On 4/27/06, alan <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Kam Leo wrote: > > > On 4/27/06, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 17:10, Kam Leo wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Tip # 4: Don't use your employer's email account. > >>>> > >>>> I was with you down to here. How do you know he isn't > >>>> asking because he needs/wants to use it for work? > >>>> > >>>> [snip] > >>>> > >> > >>> If he is doing this for work why wouldn't he contact VMware for > >>> support? Is he not using licensed software? > >> > >> Well, fedora is the one that broke things since it worked > >> as-is for versions before FC5, and I think you'll find few > >> commercial vendors that support anything regarding fedora. > >> (And fedora returns the favor by not supporting vmware > >> too...) > >> > >> But, chances are good he's using the free VMplayer or free > >> server version of VMware anyway which only have support > >> on their forum, and they don't know as much about fedora > >> as the people here. > >> > >> -- > >> Les Mikesell > >> lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > >> > > > > VMware's community forum is very active with Fedora and the other > > Linux distros. The fixes for problems encountered with rawhide builds > > were being discussed before FC5 was released. > > > > VMware Player uses pre-built appliances. Installation would not be a > > problem in this instance since someone has already done the > > configuration and setup of FC5. > > If the OP was using VMware Server he would have beta software hosting > > beta software. In that instance I believe he would have mentioned that > > he was using Server. > > I am using VMWare server and runtime with FC5 with no problems at all. > (VMWare runtime is running FC5 under Windows. Only way I stay sane at > work.) > Do you have the ability to install VMware-tools?
