Re: F40 kernel 6.9.* and VMware 17.5.* question

2024-06-27 Thread Barry
I tried it a few years ago > using VirtualBox and ran into a brick wall with Microsoft. My experience was > more of a "go pound sand." I managed to move a vmware windows 10 to kvm and windows license, i think, needed to be reactivated in the normal way. Now running that vm as win

Re: F40 kernel 6.9.* and VMware 17.5.* question

2024-06-26 Thread Frank Bures
On 2024-06-26 16:41, Thomas Cameron wrote: On 6/26/24 2:56 PM, Mark C. Allman via users wrote: Not telling you how to compute, just curious: why not just use native KVM? I use KVM on my workstation to virtualize RHEL 7, RHEL8, RHEL9, Windows 2022, Windows 2019, Windows 10 and Windows 11. It J

Re: F40 kernel 6.9.* and VMware 17.5.* question

2024-06-26 Thread Mark C. Allman via users
On Wed, 2024-06-26 at 15:41 -0500, Thomas Cameron wrote: On 6/26/24 2:56 PM, Mark C. Allman via users wrote: Anyone have VMware Workstation or Player 17.5.1 or 17.5.2 working on the 6.9.* kernels? The kernel modules from VMware haven't worked in quite a while. They don't compile f

Re: F40 kernel 6.9.* and VMware 17.5.* question

2024-06-26 Thread ja
On Wed, 2024-06-26 at 15:41 -0500, Thomas Cameron wrote: > On 6/26/24 2:56 PM, Mark C. Allman via users wrote: > > Anyone have VMware Workstation or Player 17.5.1 or 17.5.2 working on the > > 6.9.* kernels? The kernel modules from VMware haven't worked in quite a > >

Re: F40 kernel 6.9.* and VMware 17.5.* question

2024-06-26 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 6/26/24 2:56 PM, Mark C. Allman via users wrote: Anyone have VMware Workstation or Player 17.5.1 or 17.5.2 working on the 6.9.* kernels? The kernel modules from VMware haven't worked in quite a while. They don't compile for the 6.9.* kernels, and, if I'm remembering correc

Re: F40 kernel 6.9.* and VMware 17.5.* question

2024-06-26 Thread ja
On Wed, 2024-06-26 at 15:56 -0400, Mark C. Allman via users wrote: > Anyone have VMware Workstation or Player 17.5.1 or 17.5.2 working on the > 6.9.* kernels? The kernel modules from VMware haven't worked in quite a > while. They don't compile for the 6.9.* kernels, and,

F40 kernel 6.9.* and VMware 17.5.* question

2024-06-26 Thread Mark C. Allman via users
Anyone have VMware Workstation or Player 17.5.1 or 17.5.2 working on the 6.9.* kernels? The kernel modules from VMware haven't worked in quite a while. They don't compile for the 6.9.* kernels, and, if I'm remembering correctly, they don't compile when running the 6.8.* kern

Re: Virtualbox vs VMware for Fedora?

2024-02-08 Thread murph nj
If you're still not interested in the QEMU/Libvirt route, this news may interest you, might lead to better compatibility. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39300317 On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 5:03 PM Sbob wrote: > > All; > > > I am running Fedora39, I have run VMware workst

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-14 Thread Jonathan Billings
> On Jan 12, 2024, at 20:59, Sherman Grunewagen via users > wrote: > > On 11/01/2024 13.48, Jonathan Billings wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 03:36:32PM -0800, Sherman Grunewagen via users >>> wrote: >>> Hello all. >>> >>> Does a

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-14 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2024-01-14 at 17:17 +1030, Tim via users wrote: > Tim: > > > Which I received base64 encoded, for reasons unfathomable. > > Dave Close: > > I wonder what did that. It wasn't sent that way: > >   Content-type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >   Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit > > These days

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-13 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> Which I received base64 encoded, for reasons unfathomable. Dave Close: > I wonder what did that. It wasn't sent that way: > Content-type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit These days, 8-bit mail ought to be able to traverse the internet unscathed (not need

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-13 Thread Sherman Grunewagen via users
On 12/01/2024 18.34, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 1/12/24 18:00, Sherman Grunewagen via users wrote: On 12/01/2024 17.58, Sherman Grunewagen via users wrote: Yes, the popup explicitly says that the 6.6.9 headers are needed (as I'm running kernel-6.6.9). Here's a screenshot of the popup: 

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-13 Thread Dave Close
Tim via users wrote: >I wrote: >> Speaking of email clients modifying received messages ... >> >> {This message was not written in HTML. If you are reading it as such, >>  the presentation is dishonest and not what the author intended.} >Which I received base64 encoded, for reasons unfathomable.

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-13 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2024-01-14 at 08:29 +1030, Tim via users wrote: > On Fri, 2024-01-12 at 21:33 -0800, Dave Close wrote: > > Speaking of email clients modifying received messages ... > > > > {This message was not written in HTML. If you are reading it as > > such, > >  the presentation is dishonest and not

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-13 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2024-01-12 at 21:33 -0800, Dave Close wrote: > Speaking of email clients modifying received messages ... > > {This message was not written in HTML. If you are reading it as such, >  the presentation is dishonest and not what the author intended.} Which I received base64 encoded, for reaso

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-12 Thread Dave Close
Samuel Sieb wrote: >Nothing to do with the list. That's your email client converting it. Speaking of email clients modifying received messages ... {This message was not written in HTML. If you are reading it as such, the presentation is dishonest and not what the author intended.} --

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-12 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 1/12/24 18:00, Sherman Grunewagen via users wrote: On 12/01/2024 17.58, Sherman Grunewagen via users wrote: Yes, the popup explicitly says that the 6.6.9 headers are needed (as I'm running kernel-6.6.9). Here's a screenshot of the popup:  . (I don't know how to

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-12 Thread Sherman Grunewagen via users
On 12/01/2024 17.58, Sherman Grunewagen via users wrote: On 11/01/2024 13.48, Jonathan Billings wrote: On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 03:36:32PM -0800, Sherman Grunewagen via users wrote: Hello all. Does anyone have VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.0 running with any of the later 6.6.X kernels? I&#

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-12 Thread Sherman Grunewagen via users
On 11/01/2024 13.48, Jonathan Billings wrote: On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 03:36:32PM -0800, Sherman Grunewagen via users wrote: Hello all. Does anyone have VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.0 running with any of the later 6.6.X kernels? I'm having a hard time getting it to run with a Fedo

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-12 Thread Frank Bures
On 2024-01-12 11:28, Sbob wrote: I am running Fedora 39 (Kernel 6.6.9-200) and VMWare workstation Pro 17.5.0 Here is what I do every time there is a new kernel: 1) run the dnf update and get the new kernel installed 2) reboot 3) open a terminal as root and run this script: #!/bin/bash

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-12 Thread Sbob
I am running Fedora 39 (Kernel 6.6.9-200) and VMWare workstation Pro 17.5.0 Here is what I do every time there is a new kernel: 1) run the dnf update and get the new kernel installed 2) reboot 3) open a terminal as root and run this script: #!/bin/bash VMWARE_VERSION=workstation-17.5.0

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-11 Thread Barry
> On 11 Jan 2024, at 02:43, Frank Bures wrote: > > You would not have to reinstall. Once you convert your VMWare disks to QEMU > disk and configure the QEMU virtual machine, it just boots the same way as it > used to in VMWare. That's the beauty of it. Yes this works

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-11 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 03:36:32PM -0800, Sherman Grunewagen via users wrote: > Hello all. > > Does anyone have VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.0 running with any of the > later 6.6.X kernels? > > I'm having a hard time getting it to run with a Fedora 38 > installation.

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-11 Thread Roger Heflin
On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 4:06 AM ja wrote: > > > I had host crashes with some kernels and just stayed with an older kernel. > The latest kernels are now working fine with WS 17.5.0 > It was really a kernel problem not a VMware problem. > See > https://github.com/mkubecek/vmw

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-11 Thread ja
On Wed, 2024-01-10 at 21:40 -0500, Frank Bures wrote: > On 2024-01-10 19:06, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > On 1/10/24 15:36, Sherman Grunewagen via users wrote: > > > Does anyone have VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.0 running with any of the > > > later 6.6.X kernels? > >

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-10 Thread Frank Bures
On 2024-01-10 21:03, Sherman Grunewagen via users wrote: On 10/01/2024 16.06, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 1/10/24 15:36, Sherman Grunewagen via users wrote: Does anyone have VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.0 running with any of the later 6.6.X kernels? I'm having a hard time getting it to run w

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-10 Thread Frank Bures
On 2024-01-10 19:06, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 1/10/24 15:36, Sherman Grunewagen via users wrote: Does anyone have VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.0 running with any of the later 6.6.X kernels? I'm having a hard time getting it to run with a Fedora 38 installation.  I'm fully updated as of

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-10 Thread Sherman Grunewagen via users
On 10/01/2024 16.06, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 1/10/24 15:36, Sherman Grunewagen via users wrote: Does anyone have VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.0 running with any of the later 6.6.X kernels? I'm having a hard time getting it to run with a Fedora 38 installation.  I'm fully updated as of

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-10 Thread Sherman Grunewagen via users
Thanks very much! I still have 6.6.7 on the machine. I'll try booting on that kernel and see if I can get VMware to work. On 10/01/2024 15.45, GMX wrote: Sorry to hear. The kernel-headers are mandatory, so you will have to wait for them or use another distribution which have them avail

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-10 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 1/10/24 15:36, Sherman Grunewagen via users wrote: Does anyone have VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.0 running with any of the later 6.6.X kernels? I'm having a hard time getting it to run with a Fedora 38 installation.  I'm fully updated as of 2 days ago, including the 6.6.9 kernel. 

Re: VMware woes

2024-01-10 Thread GMX via users
Antwoord-naar: Community support for Fedora users Aan: fedora users Cc: Sherman Grunewagen Onderwerp: VMware woes Datum: 11.01.2024 00:36:32 Hello all. Does anyone have VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.0 running with any of the later 6.6.X kernels? I'm having a hard time getting it to run w

VMware woes

2024-01-10 Thread Sherman Grunewagen via users
Hello all. Does anyone have VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.0 running with any of the later 6.6.X kernels? I'm having a hard time getting it to run with a Fedora 38 installation. I'm fully updated as of 2 days ago, including the 6.6.9 kernel. When I try to start Workstation directly af

Re: Help converting VMWare Workstation VM to Qemu/KVM

2023-12-12 Thread Barry
> On 12 Dec 2023, at 17:44, Sbob wrote: > > All; > > > I have installed Quemu/KVM/libvirt and I have it working, I was able to > install a new Fedora VM using the ISO as the disk image. > > Now I want to convert an existing VMWare workstation VM, here is

Help converting VMWare Workstation VM to Qemu/KVM

2023-12-12 Thread Sbob
All; I have installed Quemu/KVM/libvirt and I have it working, I was able to install a new Fedora VM using the ISO as the disk image. Now I want to convert an existing VMWare workstation VM, here is the file listing in the Directory for the VM I want to convert: $ ls /data/vmware/Dev

Re: Virtualbox vs VMware for Fedora?

2023-12-02 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 12/2/23 10:50, Sbob wrote: can I run OSX in QEMU/KVM/libvirt? Does the same mac unlocker work? Also, I might add, I have been doing consulting for 29 years now. I have never once need an OSx computer to play on. Their on line documentation is excellent. On the other hand, most of the O

Re: Virtualbox vs VMware for Fedora?

2023-12-02 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 12/2/23 10:50, Sbob wrote: can I run OSX in QEMU/KVM/libvirt? Does the same mac unlocker work? Yes. But first you must purchase Apple hardware to run it on or you are in violation of the terms and conditions of OSx. VM's are allow, but only on Apple hardware. As such, you will et little su

Re: Virtualbox vs VMware for Fedora?

2023-12-02 Thread Sbob
can I run OSX in QEMU/KVM/libvirt? Does the same mac unlocker work? On 12/1/23 19:11, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 12/1/23 15:32, Sbob wrote: How is the virtual networking in QEMU/KVM/libvirt? can I just click into settings and 'add' a network interface? Yes.  Lots of options https://im

Re: Virtualbox vs VMware for Fedora?

2023-12-01 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 12/1/23 15:32, Sbob wrote: How is the virtual networking in QEMU/KVM/libvirt? can I just click into settings and 'add' a network interface? Yes. Lots of options https://imgur.com/sOgQTvW.png -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.

Re: Virtualbox vs VMware for Fedora?

2023-12-01 Thread old sixpack13
... >   -  can I run the osx unlocker with virtualbox? > > >   - does virtualbox have the same issues where it needs a patch after > each kernel and sometimes >    just breaks with a new kernel , even with the patch? > I don't know if it also happens with OSX, but Vbox has issues with kernel

Re: Virtualbox vs VMware for Fedora?

2023-12-01 Thread Sbob
How is the virtual networking in QEMU/KVM/libvirt? can I just click into settings and 'add' a network interface? On 12/1/23 01:17, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 11/30/23 23:04, Jeffrey Walton wrote: I don't know how well QEMU/KVM/libvirt handle other disk images, like f

Re: Virtualbox vs VMware for Fedora?

2023-12-01 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 11/30/23 23:04, Jeffrey Walton wrote: I don't know how well QEMU/KVM/libvirt handle other disk images, like from VMware. I have done it. My Keeper: References: http://serverfault.com/questions/273982/virt-convert-ovf-to-kvm http://edoceo.com/notabene/ova-to-vmdk-to-qcow2

Re: Virtualbox vs VMware for Fedora?

2023-12-01 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 11/30/23 23:11, Thomas Dineen wrote: "osx unlocker so I can run mac VM's" Help me out here in that I have very little experience with MAC OS: Are you running MAC OS in a VM? if yes how do you purchase MAC OS License? Thomas Dineen Hi Thomas, The OSx license states that you can only run

Re: Virtualbox vs VMware for Fedora?

2023-11-30 Thread Thomas Dineen
b wrote: I am running Fedora39, I have run VMware workstation for years, and I have on and off had issues since VMware does not officially support Fedora, normally I run a patch after each kernel update and it mostly just works. I am also running the osx unlocker so I can run mac VM'

Re: Virtualbox vs VMware for Fedora?

2023-11-30 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 5:03 PM Sbob wrote: > > I am running Fedora39, I have run VMware workstation for years, and I > have on and off had issues since VMware does not officially support > Fedora, normally I run a patch after each kernel update and it mostly > just works. > &

Virtualbox vs VMware for Fedora?

2023-11-30 Thread Sbob
All; I am running Fedora39, I have run VMware workstation for years, and I have on and off had issues since VMware does not officially support Fedora, normally I run a patch after each kernel update and it mostly just works. I am also running the osx unlocker so I can run mac VM'

OT: Cannot cut/past from Fedore 35 host to VMware Fedora guest

2021-11-10 Thread Sbob
Hi all; I know this is off topic. I have installed Fedore 35 on a Levovo P73, it's running great! I installed VMware Workstation Pro 16, and it worked with no adjustments, but I cannot copy / paste between the Fedora 35 host and a Fedora 35 guest Thanks in advance for any sugges

Re: Keyboard shortcuts in VMware under Wayland

2021-09-17 Thread Matti Pulkkinen
to, 2021-09-16 kello 17:32 -0700, Samuel Sieb kirjoitti: > For non-native apps, it has to go through XWayland. I > think > you have the right key, but there's also a switch called > "org.gnome.mutter.wayland xwayland-allow-grabs" that you probably > have > to turn on first. This didn't quite f

Re: Keyboard shortcuts in VMware under Wayland

2021-09-16 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 9/16/21 03:01, Matti Pulkkinen wrote: When I try to run a VMware virtual desktop, my keyboard shortcuts (such as alt+tab) are all intercepted by the host OS (Fedora 34 Workstation) rather than going to the virtual desktop. This only happens if I'm using Wayland on the host OS, and

Keyboard shortcuts in VMware under Wayland

2021-09-16 Thread Matti Pulkkinen
Hello, When I try to run a VMware virtual desktop, my keyboard shortcuts (such as alt+tab) are all intercepted by the host OS (Fedora 34 Workstation) rather than going to the virtual desktop. This only happens if I'm using Wayland on the host OS, and goes away if I switch to Xorg. Lo

Re: Fedora & VMware on a mac - using the cisco vpn connection of the host, is it possible?

2020-12-22 Thread Barry
l emulator, terminal.app is weak. No idea what else you are trying to do that is triggering the rant. VMware fusion runs fedora well. Not sure why you would use f30 that is Eol. I run f32 and f33 in fusion. Barry > > > So... they will let me run VMware and I have installed Fedora 30 i

Re: Fedora & VMware on a mac - using the cisco vpn connection of the host, is it possible?

2020-12-22 Thread George N. White III
t versions that weren't available on RH. Macports had a large and active user community. > > > > So... they will let me run VMware and I have installed Fedora 30 in a > VM. However much of the content I need to access such as mail, internal > company web pages, etc are al

Re: Fedora & VMware on a mac - using the cisco vpn connection of the host, is it possible?

2020-12-22 Thread S Bob
Or even better, is there an easy way to either: a) setup some sort of tunnel from my Fedora laptop and use it to run firefox, email, etc all going through the cicso vpn b) clone the mac in its entirety, even the security bits and run it as a local VMware workstation VM (via the mac unlocker

Fedora & VMware on a mac - using the cisco vpn connection of the host, is it possible?

2020-12-22 Thread S Bob
tration and a t least one reboot. So... they will let me run VMware and I have installed Fedora 30 in a VM. However much of the content I need to access such as mail, internal company web pages, etc are all accessed via a cisco VPN and a usb key I use to log in. Is there any way for me to fire

Re: F29 to F30 VMware upgrade

2019-05-30 Thread CLOSE Dave
Chris Murphy wrote: > We'd need to look at LBA 0 on a broken system to do an autopsy. Once > it's fixed, the evidence of what stepped on it is wiped away. I have two more systems to upgrade, probably next week. If one of them fails in the same way, I'll capture the MBR and post here. --

Re: F29 to F30 VMware upgrade

2019-05-30 Thread Chris Murphy
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 4:00 PM Chris Murphy wrote: > > I'm pretty sure (been a while since I checked) that neither the > bootloader nor kernel care if the primary GPT header or table fail > checksum verification, they just use it in the blind anyway. No > fallback to the backup. And no fail. That

Re: F29 to F30 VMware upgrade

2019-05-30 Thread Chris Murphy
s > > one avoid using LBA 0? Doesn't the boot loader already have its own > > location? > > You could switch to using EFI if vmware supports that. Another option is using GPT with BIOSBoot partition. It's fairly straightforward to just convert MBR to GPT. The MBR ends up

Re: F29 to F30 VMware upgrade

2019-05-30 Thread Chris Murphy
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 11:07 AM CLOSE Dave wrote: > > Chris Murphy wrote: > > > Not sure what would corrupt it but there is competition for LBA 0, > > the MBR, in that there's a bootloader portion in the first ~440 bytes > > and then a partition table from that point until the 512th byte. So > >

Re: F29 to F30 VMware upgrade

2019-05-30 Thread Samuel Sieb
ome, no sharing. Interesting advice but it leaves me without a course of action. How does one avoid using LBA 0? Doesn't the boot loader already have its own location? You could switch to using EFI if vmware supports that. Otherwise you can't. The BIOS loads the initial boot

Re: F29 to F30 VMware upgrade

2019-05-30 Thread CLOSE Dave
Chris Murphy wrote: > Not sure what would corrupt it but there is competition for LBA 0, > the MBR, in that there's a bootloader portion in the first ~440 bytes > and then a partition table from that point until the 512th byte. So > whenever something changes a partition or a boot flag (active bi

Re: F29 to F30 VMware upgrade

2019-05-29 Thread Chris Murphy
On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 7:01 PM CLOSE Dave wrote: > > I have upgraded three VMware images previously running Fedora 29 to > Fedora 30 using system-upgrade. All the images are running on the same > ESC hardware and, so far as I know, use the same VMware foundation. The > first wo

F29 to F30 VMware upgrade

2019-05-29 Thread CLOSE Dave
I have upgraded three VMware images previously running Fedora 29 to Fedora 30 using system-upgrade. All the images are running on the same ESC hardware and, so far as I know, use the same VMware foundation. The first worked flawlessly. Both the second and third failed in exactly the same way: they

Re: vmware not working under vmware_t

2018-02-02 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/03/18 04:25, James Maugans wrote: > I will greatly appreciatte any help or advice in this matter. When it comes to selinux issues I've found the seli...@lists.fedoraproject.org much more helpful than the users list. -- A motto of mine is: When in doubt, try it out signature.asc Descri

vmware not working under vmware_t

2018-02-02 Thread James Maugans
Hello. I've been using Fedora and SELinux for over a year now. And so far I've been able to succesfully confine some apps with SELinux context types, however now I seem to be facing a challenge since I can't get vmware process to work under vmware_t domain. The process however

Re: VMware player with Fedora 26 (kernel module not loaded)

2017-09-03 Thread Mark C. Allman
On 09/02/2017 09:58 PM, Robbi Nespu wrote: > Hi everyone, anyone found workaround on getting VMware player loaded > without problem ? I saw people posted on VMware community board and > the respond are less, so I try my luck posting here. > > $ uname -a > Linux fedora26 4.12.8-

VMware player with Fedora 26 (kernel module not loaded)

2017-09-02 Thread Robbi Nespu
Hi everyone, anyone found workaround on getting VMware player loaded without problem ? I saw people posted on VMware community board and the respond are less, so I try my luck posting here. $ uname -a Linux fedora26 4.12.8-300.fc26.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Aug 17 15:30:20 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64

Re: I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-08-01 Thread InvalidPath
On Jul 31, 2017 11:37 PM, "Walter H." wrote: On Mon, July 31, 2017 16:20, InvalidPath wrote: > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Walter H. > wrote: > >> On Mon, July 31, 2017 14:00, InvalidPath wrote: >> > >> > Being a long time Vmware user, a shirt t

Re: I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-07-31 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/31/2017 01:08 AM, Walter H. wrote: > tried VMware Wkst. 12.5.6, also 12.5.7 ... no change ... > even the hack to get the additional virtual network interfaces, nothing > helped ... > > maybe the next release of VMware Wkst. 12.5.8 will run ... > > as VMware Wkst. is es

Re: I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-07-31 Thread Walter H.
On Mon, July 31, 2017 16:20, InvalidPath wrote: > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Walter H. > wrote: > >> On Mon, July 31, 2017 14:00, InvalidPath wrote: >> > >> > Being a long time Vmware user, a shirt time kvm user.. I still dont >> > underst

Re: I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-07-31 Thread PropAAS DBA
On 07/31/2017 08:20 AM, InvalidPath wrote: On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Walter H. <mailto:walte...@mathemainzel.info>> wrote: On Mon, July 31, 2017 14:00, InvalidPath wrote: > > Being a long time Vmware user, a shirt time kvm user.. I still dont > und

Re: I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-07-31 Thread InvalidPath
On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Walter H. wrote: > On Mon, July 31, 2017 14:00, InvalidPath wrote: > > > > Being a long time Vmware user, a shirt time kvm user.. I still dont > > understand why vmware is a must in your situation

Re: I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-07-31 Thread Walter H.
On Mon, July 31, 2017 14:00, InvalidPath wrote: > > Being a long time Vmware user, a shirt time kvm user.. I still dont > understand why vmware is a must in your situation. KVM for Windows? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproje

Re: I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-07-31 Thread InvalidPath
it is complete unuseable ... ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Being a long time Vmware user, a shirt time kvm user.. I still dont understand why vmware is a must in

Re: I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-07-31 Thread Walter H.
On Mon, July 31, 2017 10:58, Dr J Austin wrote: > On Mon, 2017-07-31 at 10:04 +0200, Walter H. wrote: >> On Sun, July 30, 2017 21:14, Dr J Austin wrote: >> > >> > Assuming you are running the linux version of WS 12.5.7 >> > and F26 kernel 4.11.11-300.fc26.x86_64 >> > Then I have w2k and windows 7 w

Re: I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-07-31 Thread Tom Horsley
dnsmasq and interfering with vmware? (Just a thought, I've never used vmware). ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-07-31 Thread Dr J Austin
On Mon, 2017-07-31 at 10:04 +0200, Walter H. wrote: > On Sun, July 30, 2017 21:14, Dr J Austin wrote: > > > > Assuming you are running the linux version of WS 12.5.7 > > and F26 kernel 4.11.11-300.fc26.x86_64 > > Then I have w2k and windows 7 working > > > > Have you found this > > http://rglinux

Re: I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-07-31 Thread Walter H.
, only the virtual network adapters for NAT or Host-Only Guests worked ... such a patchwork is not really acceptable, especially not when it doesn't work ... > On Sun, 2017-07-30 at 17:12 +, Zachary Snyder wrote: >> You are trying to get VMware running on linux to host windows or

Re: I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-07-30 Thread Mark C. Allman
On 07/30/2017 01:12 PM, Zachary Snyder wrote: > You are trying to get VMware running on linux to host windows or vice > versa? If you're trying to host windows inside linux is KVM/Qemu > > On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 1:10 PM Walter H. <mailto:walte...@mathemainzel.info>> w

Re: I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-07-30 Thread Dr J Austin
Assuming you are running the linux version of WS 12.5.7 and F26 kernel 4.11.11-300.fc26.x86_64 Then I have w2k and windows 7 working Have you found this http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1992 I followed the above URL Sorting out the libraries cp -r /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/lib/lib/libexpat.so

Re: I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-07-30 Thread Walter H.
On 30.07.2017 19:12, Zachary Snyder wrote: You are trying to get VMware running on linux to host windows or vice versa? No, the virtual machines must be compatible with other hosts running VMware ... If you're trying to host windows inside linux is KVM/Qemu No, because not any know

Re: I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-07-30 Thread Zachary Snyder
You are trying to get VMware running on linux to host windows or vice versa? If you're trying to host windows inside linux is KVM/Qemu On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 1:10 PM Walter H. wrote: > tried VMware Wkst. 12.5.6, also 12.5.7 ... no change ... > even the hack to get the additio

I give up, no change to bring VMware Workstation running after F25->F26 upgrade ...

2017-07-30 Thread Walter H.
tried VMware Wkst. 12.5.6, also 12.5.7 ... no change ... even the hack to get the additional virtual network interfaces, nothing helped ... maybe the next release of VMware Wkst. 12.5.8 will run ... as VMware Wkst. is essential for me, there is no way having Linux instead of Windows; the

Re: After Upgrade from F25 to F26 VMware Workstation is refusing anything ...

2017-07-15 Thread Walter H.
On 14.07.2017 00:26, Mark C. Allman wrote: On 07/13/2017 12:33 PM, Walter H. wrote: On 12.07.2017 21:27, Mark C. Allman wrote: On 07/12/2017 12:14 PM, Walter H. wrote: Hello, I did this as explained here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF_system_upgrade and after this I can't start V

Re: After Upgrade from F25 to F26 VMware Workstation is refusing anything ...

2017-07-13 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/13/17 00:14, Walter H. wrote: > Hello, > > I did this as explained here: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF_system_upgrade > > and after this I can't start VMware Workstation; > removing and installing VMware Workstation (latest release: 12.5.7) new > doesn&#

Re: After Upgrade from F25 to F26 VMware Workstation is refusing anything ...

2017-07-13 Thread Mark C. Allman
On 07/13/2017 12:33 PM, Walter H. wrote: > On 12.07.2017 21:27, Mark C. Allman wrote: >> On 07/12/2017 12:14 PM, Walter H. wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I did this as explained here: >>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF_system_upgrade >>&g

Re: After Upgrade from F25 to F26 VMware Workstation is refusing anything ...

2017-07-13 Thread Walter H.
On 12.07.2017 21:27, Mark C. Allman wrote: On 07/12/2017 12:14 PM, Walter H. wrote: Hello, I did this as explained here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF_system_upgrade and after this I can't start VMware Workstation; removing and installing VMware Workstation (latest release: 12.5.7

Re: After Upgrade from F25 to F26 VMware Workstation is refusing anything ...

2017-07-12 Thread Mark C. Allman
On 07/12/2017 12:14 PM, Walter H. wrote: > Hello, > > I did this as explained here: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF_system_upgrade > > and after this I can't start VMware Workstation; > removing and installing VMware Workstation (latest release: 12.5.7) > new do

After Upgrade from F25 to F26 VMware Workstation is refusing anything ...

2017-07-12 Thread Walter H.
Hello, I did this as explained here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF_system_upgrade and after this I can't start VMware Workstation; removing and installing VMware Workstation (latest release: 12.5.7) new doesn't help ... (the same as if I hadn't removed and installed new)

vmware-tray received an X Window System error

2017-03-29 Thread Dominik Kucher
Is that a bug? i have installed today the update to 12.5.5 The program 'vmware-tray' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)'. (Details: serial 2374408 error_code 141 request_c

VMWare and Kernel 4.10

2017-02-28 Thread Dominik Kucher
Hi! Has a VMWare with kernel 4.10 in use? I build kernel 4.10 for F25! -- Dominik Kucher signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le

Re: VMware Workstation vs KVM

2017-01-18 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
I don't either. But the performance is so bad under KVM that > I cannot even successfully run Windows Update, it takes too long to search > for updates and eventually times out (other network-related things work so > I know it's not my network connection). This does not

Re: VMware Workstation vs KVM

2017-01-17 Thread Tom Horsley
On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 00:42:52 + James Hogarth wrote: > Actually if that's a win7 VM you are doing it's nothing to do with being a > VM but rather that the updates process is semi broken from a clean SP1 > install. I remember a Windows 10 update that broke all updates as well. If you happened t

Re: VMware Workstation vs KVM

2017-01-17 Thread James Hogarth
On 17 Jan 2017 10:44 pm, "Greg Woods" wrote: On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > I really don't care about the performance of Windows. I Up to a point, I don't either. But the performance is so bad under KVM that I cannot even successfully run Windows Update, it takes too

Re: VMware Workstation vs KVM

2017-01-17 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 01/17/2017 08:01 AM, ProPAAS DBA wrote: I'm running Fedora 25 on a laptop with 16GB of ram. I'm frustrated with the VMware workstation reliably breaking every 2 to 3 kernel updates and sometimes with no reasonable fix in sight for some time. Not the end of the world and I get t

Re: VMware Workstation vs KVM

2017-01-17 Thread Tom Horsley
On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:42:16 -0700 Greg Woods wrote: > Up to a point, I don't either. But the performance is so bad under KVM that > I cannot even successfully run Windows Update, it takes too long to search > for updates and eventually times out If you look on windows forums, I think you'll find

Re: VMware Workstation vs KVM

2017-01-17 Thread Greg Woods
On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > I really don't care about the performance of Windows. I Up to a point, I don't either. But the performance is so bad under KVM that I cannot even successfully run Windows Update, it takes too long to search for updates and eventually times

Re: VMware Workstation vs KVM

2017-01-17 Thread Rick Stevens
I can only get > running on mac or windows. I'm actually testing virtualbox as we speak. > However I may be stuck with VMware to keep the mac VM's running > > - The issue of it breaking every 2-3 kernel updates is a little vague; > though this might simply be the ou

Re: VMware Workstation vs KVM

2017-01-17 Thread ProPAAS DBA
d lightweight tools (LXC -- Docker, LXD, etc)? I run mostly Linux VM's although I do have a couple of mac VM's and one windows VM for clients that force me to use VPN's that I can only get running on mac or windows. I'm actually testing virtualbox as we speak. However I may be s

Re: VMware Workstation vs KVM

2017-01-17 Thread Tom Horsley
On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:54:46 -0700 Greg Woods wrote: > when running > non-Linux VMs (such as Windows 7) under KVM on Fedora, the VMs perform like > crap, so I always end up installing VirtualBox. If you go to the trouble of digging up the different virtio disk and network drivers and QXL video dr

Re: VMware Workstation vs KVM

2017-01-17 Thread Greg Woods
On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 9:01 AM, ProPAAS DBA wrote: > - does anyone have experiences good and bad with KVM? We use it a lot here at work and it works quite well for us (under CentOS 7), but all our VMs are also Linux. In my experience at home, when running non-Linux VMs (such as Windows 7) unde

Re: VMware Workstation vs KVM

2017-01-17 Thread George N. White III
On 17 January 2017 at 12:01, ProPAAS DBA wrote: > Hi All; > > > I'm running Fedora 25 on a laptop with 16GB of ram. I'm frustrated with > the VMware workstation reliably breaking every 2 to 3 kernel updates and > sometimes with no reasonable fix in sight for some time

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