I had actually read that, but assumed it was specifically for an SMP kernel.
I have since tried booting into 2.2.19 and 2.2.17 (my old 7.2 kernel) - with
the same error!
However, following your recommendation, I started looking back through the
mailing list archives.
I found a suggestion that removing the libsafe package enabled vmware to
work. I tried it, and it did!
It all works properly now, thankyou.
But, can anyone tell me what libsafe is supposed to do. I don't want my
system to break because I removed it.
Brian Schroeder.
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete Jordan)
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 FREQ and VMware, Mozilla etc.
>Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 22:49 +0100 (BST)
>
>Brian Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > This version of vmware is supposed to support Mandrake 8 and the 2.4
> > kernel. But is that 2.4.3 only?
> > Is there a problem with the 2.4.5 that comes with FREQ?
>
>Your problem is with vmnet which is a kernel module - I would not be at
>all surprised if this were a problem with 2.4.5 after what I went through
>getting it going with SMP 2.4.3.
>
>You're probably stuffed with the RPM unless it comes with the module
>rebuild scripts and sources; if you're feeling brave, search the archives
>for "HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3" for how I got round the
>problem using the 2.0.4 distribution from the VMware website.
>
>Pete
>
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