Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:45:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:45:45 -0500 Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.4.62]:50604 "EHLO smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:45:31 -0500 Message-ID: <3A1D7ADD.8F243AA0@haque.net> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:15:25 -0500 From: "Mohammad A. Haque" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.0-test11 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Phil Stracchino CC: Linux-KERNEL , support@vmware.com Subject: Re: VMWare will not run on kernel 2.4.0-test11 In-Reply-To: <20001123120701.A1338@babylon5.babcom.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------E02D9A36ECED45007539BDEC" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------E02D9A36ECED45007539BDEC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Tiny patch for vmware-config.pl Phil Stracchino wrote: > > I just compiled and installed kernel 2.4.0-test11. Upon rebooting, > vmware-2.0.3-786 refused to run. Running vmware-config.pl resulted in a > the following message: > > "Your processor does not have a Time Stamp Counter. VMware will > not run on this system." > -- ===================================================================== Mohammad A. Haque http://www.haque.net/ mhaque@haque.net "Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Project Lead Don't drink and derive." --Unknown http://wm.themes.org/ batmanppc@themes.org ===================================================================== --------------E02D9A36ECED45007539BDEC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="vmware-config-2.4.0-test11.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="vmware-config-2.4.0-test11.patch" --- vmware-config.pl.old Thu Nov 23 15:12:32 2000 +++ vmware-config.pl Thu Nov 23 15:12:55 2000 @@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ if (direct_command(shell_string($gHelper{'grep'}) . ' ' . shell_string('^cpuid') . ' /proc/cpuinfo') eq '') { error('Your ' . (($gSystem{'smp'} eq 'yes') ? 'processors do' : 'processor does') . ' not support the cpuid instruction. VMware will not run on this system.' . "\n\n"); } - if (direct_command(shell_string($gHelper{'grep'}) . ' ' . shell_string('^flags.* tsc') . ' /proc/cpuinfo') eq '') { + if (direct_command(shell_string($gHelper{'grep'}) . ' ' . shell_string('^features.* tsc') . ' /proc/cpuinfo') eq '') { error('Your ' . (($gSystem{'smp'} eq 'yes') ? 'processors do' : 'processor does') . ' not have a Time Stamp Counter. VMware will not run on this system.' . "\n\n"); } } --------------E02D9A36ECED45007539BDEC-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/