On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 21:06 -0700, Vincent L. Damewood wrote: > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Michael C. Robinson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does anyone know why Vmware Player 2.5.3 bombs out on Fedora 12 trying > > to compile virtual ethernet support? Another thing, is Workstation 7 > > really $135+? I thought I had 6 on CD or DVD but I can't find it. > > Thought I would just ignore that problem and buy 7. Maybe not. > > I had a registration on VMware's site for Workstation 6 and it cost me > $99. Without upgrade pricing, VMware sells a download for $189. As far > as Workstation 7 on Fedora 12 goes, it works perfectly for me without > any patches or workarounds. Player 3.0 works fine as well, except that > there is a workaround required: Player crashes after three seconds or > so and the workaround causes problems with downloading VMware Tools > Also, Player 3.0.x has the ability to create VMs. > > Vincent Damewood > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
I'm on Fedora 12 and have noticed the crashes in 3 seconds problem. What is the workaround? As far as VirtualBox goes, yes that is an alternative if you aren't locked into vmware. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
