From: Anders Norrbring (lists_at_norrbring.se)
Date: Sun Jan 23 2005 - 21:38:14 CET
From: "Anders Norrbring" <lists@norrbring.se> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 21:38:14 +0100 Message-Id: <20050123203814.CB9132269@mail.the-server.net> Subject: RE: [suse-sles-e] Hubert Mantel Kernels
> > Hello!
> > I'm trying to get VMware GSX up and running on SLES9, but it doesn't
> > work as expected.. Ok, I know that VMware officially doesn't support
> > 2.6 kernels, but after surfing the VMware forums, it should work.
> <snip>
>
> Anders,
>
> VMware won't work unless you have a functioning 3200 controller you
> know, regardless of the kernel you use! ;-)
>
> I would try to not use a Mantel kernel unless someone in support
> suggests using a specific one. They are very experimental, and if you
> read the changelog, you will see that patches are often updated/removed
> because they break things.
>
> I would suggest the following based on our own VMware experiences
> (probably much of this you already know):
>
> 1. Install the kernel and kernel-source packages via YaST and update to
> the latest.
> 2. Do not install the kernel-syms package.
> 3. Reboot.
> 4. As root:
> #cd /usr/src/linux
> #make clean
> This ^ step not needed if you have never run the next two commands below
> #make cloneconfig
> #make prepare
> #vmware-config.pl
> 5. If the installer is able to load the vmware modules, you should be
> all set. If not, download this package:
> http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/vmware-any-any-update89.tar.gz
> 6. Unpack the any any package to a temp directory, cd to that directory
> and as root run the runme.pl script, which will update your vmware
> installation.
> 7. Run vmware-config.pl again and see what's what.
>
> Note that SuSE just released another SLES9 kernel patch a day or so ago,
> after the SP1 release, so I'd run YOU to make sure you are indeed at
> the latest kernel level.
Whoii! The new 2.6.5-7.139 kernel works great so far! I've tried rebooting
3 times, and all VM's has stopped and restarted just as they should!
Thanks!
Anders.
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