Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-06 Thread John Austin
On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 13:57 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 05/02/14 05:57, John Austin wrote: > > On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 05:19 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA > > wrote: > >> On 04/02/14 20:42, Rick Stevens wrote: > For VMware Workstation 10 there's no patch neede

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-05 Thread poma
On 05.02.2014 22:57, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > I just assumed it would be better than the free open source application. > Maybe it is but I don't see much difference. I believe VMware deals with > the mouse/cursor a bit more conveniently, less messing with the right > CTRL key.

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-05 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 05/02/14 15:42, poma wrote: The application appears to be intended primarily for Windows users who > need to run Linux, etc. Linux users are not supported. Am I wrong? http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/pdf/VMware_HOS_Compatibility_Guide.pdf Do you see reference to Fedora?;) Once upon

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-05 Thread poma
On 05.02.2014 19:57, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: … > If it was readily available I would run the patch for 3.12, but I > haven't had much success finding it and even then when the next kernel > comes along I'm back searching for a patch again. It's not worth it to > me as long as vi

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-05 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 05/02/14 14:54, David wrote: In an earlier message you named the program and it ended with '.txt'. '.txt' is not an executable file it would be a 'text' document for Windows. IIRC the Linux version of VMware ends with '.bunch' Or something similar to that. -- David That is an application th

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-05 Thread David
On 2/5/2014 1:57 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > On 05/02/14 05:57, John Austin wrote: >> On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 05:19 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA >> wrote: >>> On 04/02/14 20:42, Rick Stevens wrote: > For VMware Workstation 10 there's no patch needed. Or at least

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-05 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 05/02/14 05:57, John Austin wrote: On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 05:19 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 04/02/14 20:42, Rick Stevens wrote: For VMware Workstation 10 there's no patch needed. Or at least I haven't needed one. I'm running Windows 7 in a VM with no issues. I run W

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-05 Thread John Austin
On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 05:19 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 04/02/14 20:42, Rick Stevens wrote: > >> > >> For VMware Workstation 10 there's no patch needed. Or at least I > >> haven't needed one. I'm running Windows 7 in a VM with no issues. > > > > I run Win7 and Win8 using

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-05 Thread Jorge Fábregas
On 02/04/2014 06:10 PM, Ambrogio De Lorenzo wrote: > I'm changing my PC (from an old Fedora 14) and I installed Fedora 20. > I need to have a Windows virtual machine Hi Ambrogio, I was on the same boat: using F14 until a couple of weeks ago (avoiding GNOM3 mainly) but now I'm using F20 along with

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-05 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 04/02/14 20:42, Rick Stevens wrote: For VMware Workstation 10 there's no patch needed. Or at least I haven't needed one. I'm running Windows 7 in a VM with no issues. I run Win7 and Win8 using libvirt straight out of the box on 64-bit F19 with no issues. Granted, I don't do anything fanc

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-04 Thread Rick Stevens
On 02/04/2014 05:32 PM, Mark C. Allman issued this missive: On Tue, 2014-02-04 at 19:11 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 04/02/14 19:01, Mark C. Allman wrote: What version of VMware are you trying to run? i686 or x86_64? I'm running VMware Player 6.0.1 build-1379776 / Worksta

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-04 Thread Mark C. Allman
On Tue, 2014-02-04 at 19:11 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 04/02/14 19:01, Mark C. Allman wrote: > > What version of VMware are you trying to run? i686 or x86_64? > > > > I'm running VMware Player 6.0.1 build-1379776 / Workstation 10.0.1 > > build-1379776. > > > > My system: 3

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-04 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 04/02/14 19:01, Mark C. Allman wrote: What version of VMware are you trying to run? i686 or x86_64? I'm running VMware Player 6.0.1 build-1379776 / Workstation 10.0.1 build-1379776. My system: 3.12.8-300.fc20.x86_64 -- Mark C. Allman, PMP, CSM I have workstation 9 and this is Fedora-20,

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-04 Thread Mark C. Allman
On Tue, 2014-02-04 at 17:27 -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 04/02/14 17:10, Ambrogio De Lorenzo wrote: > > Hi all, > > this is the everytime seen subject. > > I'm changing my PC (from an old Fedora 14) and I installed Fedora 20. > > I need to have a Windows virtual machine and

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-04 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 04/02/14 18:39, Lawrence E Graves wrote: It installed for me but unless you have the patch for the kernel it wont work. I gave up on VMware and simply use Virtualbox instead, I regret buying VMware! Bob I am using the Vmware Workstation 10 and have no problems with the install. I did

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-04 Thread Lawrence E Graves
On 02/04/2014 03:27 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 04/02/14 17:10, Ambrogio De Lorenzo wrote: Hi all, this is the everytime seen subject. I'm changing my PC (from an old Fedora 14) and I installed Fedora 20. I need to have a Windows virtual machine and until now I used a VmWar

Re: Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-04 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 04/02/14 17:10, Ambrogio De Lorenzo wrote: Hi all, this is the everytime seen subject. I'm changing my PC (from an old Fedora 14) and I installed Fedora 20. I need to have a Windows virtual machine and until now I used a VmWare virtual machine. Now I'm unable to install vmplayer and also vmwa

Fedora 20 and VmWare

2014-02-04 Thread Ambrogio De Lorenzo
Hi all, this is the everytime seen subject. I'm changing my PC (from an old Fedora 14) and I installed Fedora 20. I need to have a Windows virtual machine and until now I used a VmWare virtual machine. Now I'm unable to install vmplayer and also vmware workstation on fedora 20. I remember I had a