I'll post my config file I with kernel 2.2.10-mdk ??? and that runs VMWARE without problems on monday (it's on my office machine) Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 5:54 PM Subject: [expert] (More) problems with vmware and recompiled kernel > I've been trying to set up vmware (version 1.0.3), and in preperation, I've > recompiled my kernel from the src rpm (kernel-2.2.10-32mdk from Cooker -- a > couple of weeks old now). > > I compiled relatively light-weight kernel, to drive my Intel P2/BX chipset, > 64MB ram, IDE based system. I have no floppy, but I have an ls120. I missed > out pretty much anything that I don't need for this workstation. > > After running menu config I changed the tag string to 2.2.10-32mdk-sjm1, and > did 'make dep && make clean && make bzImage && make modules && make > modules_install'. The kernel runs the machine ok, but it won't run vmware. > > I have a Win98 installation on a FAT partition, and I was planning to run > this in vmware, but I get a segfault as soon as I "power up" the vitual > machine. > > How can I help to get this problem licked in time for MD6.1? I could post my > menuconfig files if that's interesting to the kernel-hackers at MD. Helpful > for me would be to see the config file from a kernel that works with vmware. > > Steven >
