I have just the opposite, a website running on SUSE Linux in VMWare and testing it using WATiR. Not a single problem, although the client (desktop) version of VMWare doesn't like to persist in a idle state. In other words I cannot just turn the VM on and let it run indefinitely and not be actively hitting the website. VMWare shuts down and I have to restart it. Not a huge deal but slightly annoying. If you have the buck GSX-Ware (server version made by the same people who make VMWare) will continue to run in an idle start without turning off. In fact if your hardware will support it you can have multiple servers running on a single box simultaneously--very cool!
--Mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warren Pollans Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 4:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Wtr-general] [OT] running watir in a VM This about installing & running watir - part 2 :-) Instead of dual-booting XP and linux, I now realize that I could run XP, and therefore watir, out of a virtual machine via VMWare under linux. This would probably be more useful for me since the only reason for me to have XP is to run watir - I'd use watir more if I didn't have to reboot to get to it. QUESTION: Is anyone using watir in a setup like this? XP installed in a VM using VMWare under fedora 3 or 4? Thanks for your patience, I'll probably get this sorted out soon On Dec 5, 2005, at 11:42 AM, Warren Pollans wrote: > Hello, > > I've taken a few months away from watir to learn and use selenium under > linux. I'm ready to start using watir again - had been running watir > from an old win2k-pro box. I now have a new dell laptop that will > probably dual-boot XP and linux so I can use both selenium and watir. > > I'd like to use the latest and greatest version of watir. > > QUESTION: If I use the development version, can I revert to a more > stable version if there is a problem? Would it just be a question of > replacing some modules? Where would I get the development version? > CAUTION: I know ruby, but I'm barely literate when it comes to > windows. > > Thanks, > > Warren > > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general > _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
