On 29/12/2013 19:29, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 27.12.2013 10:08, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: >> >> greets ... >> >> I was curious again and unmasked the hardmasked gnome-3.10-stuff as >> mentioned in https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486484 >> >> So far it works fine on both my desktop and thinkpad. >> >> The only issue I see right now is vmware-player crashing when I want to >> open/resume my small Windows-VM. This might have to do with gnome-3.10 >> or not, no idea! >> >> Does anyone else here have problems with the player lately? Couldn't >> find anything on bgo. >> >> Maybe I should install a small WM in parallel to check if it's gnome or >> not. Recommendations? >> >> The underlying reason for needing windows in a VM is the fact that I >> can't sync my Suunto Ambit2 watch with movescount.com as they don't >> provide a linux-binary and the moveslink-windows-binary does not install >> with wine here. > > ... installed virtualbox and converted that VM ... works for me. > Maybe I stay with this and remove vmware-player.
I'd second that idea. In the big picture, vbox works better for me all round: - I can create VMs in the app just like workstation does but without having to pay the workstation license - virtualbox-modules practically always just builds fine even on the latest greatest kernel. Vmware modules is stuck on 3.10 and doesn't build yet as shipped on 3.11 or 3.12 - vbox has a headless mode there's more, but overall I just find vbox does what I require on a desktop and doesn't make me jump through hoops to do it. -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
