On Tue, 27 April 1999, Michael Perry wrote:
> Quoting Keith Snape on Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 07:32:21AM -0700:
> >
> > Has anyone actually gotten a decent version of VMware
> > to work? Personally, I tried it out after I got my new
> > computer, and even on a PII 400 with 128meg DIMM(s)
> > found that it ran incredibly slow (at least at first).
> > I then attempted to use an ATAPI cdrom driver, and
> > got a segmentation fault.... Was I going about this
> > wrong, or is it just meant not to work properly (like
> > anything else associated with MicroSlop?)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Keith Snape
> >
> > _________________________________________________________
> I use vmware daily and have not noticed anything really bad with it. IT
> does have a tendency not to load the vmnet bridged network interface on
> occasion for me. I use it on a Dell Insipiron Laptop and get decent
> performance. A few things though. Get the vmware-tools package and try
> running at full screen. A new beta is coming out soon according to vmware.
> I have not gotten a segfault using vmware although I did destroy the session
> and the config file by trying to rollup the window once. It seems to be
> quite sensitive about its window.
Don't forget: According to the VMWare Web Site, best performance
is only reallized by using the VMWare version of the X Server,
or patching and recompiling the source to your X Server. Since
X is such a vital component, I'd tend to follow thier suggestion.
-=|JP|=-
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