On 4/4/07, frank wang <yixiaodafang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, All, Thank you very much for trying to help me to solve this problem. My VMware setup seems fine. They are the same between fedora 5 and fedora 6. It is my impatience prompt me to post the question several time since I am desperately need some help. As I posted from another email, I want to install fedora 6 on my old IBM A21p laptop. So I install it on vmware to get familiar on the installation process. I will follow the suggestion to install the kernel-devel package from the DVD insteat of using YUM. Thanks
Frank, After you have installed kernel-devel go to the VMware forum and search for the "vmxnet compile fix". The patch will let you use the vmxnet driver instead of pcnet. (Note: You can also boot from your CD/DVD and perform an upgrade of the existing FC6 client. Selecting the kernel development and programming language groups for installation will ensure that you pick up the major components.) I used pcnet on my FC6 32-bit client for over a month before patching vmxnet.c and did not encounter any problem getting gmail or yum to work. If using vmxnet fixes the problem you are encountering with gmail please let us know.
Frank
