Monthly Archives: October 2015

VMware – 12.0.1 released – OK with Kernel 4.3.. Update: Crashes Windows 7 – And a Solution..

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UPDATE: After more tests, I found a solution.. Rather than ‘update’ from 12.0.0 to 12.0.1, you have to deinstall 12.0.0 first: # vmware-installer –uninstall-product vmware-workstation – remembering to answer ‘yes‘ to the ”Do you wish to keep your configuration files?” message. Then install 12.0.1 as a new install.. # ~/VMware-Workstation-Full-12.0.1-3160714.x86_64.bundle Now everything seems to be working OK, … Continue reading →

phpMyAdmin – Another Blank Window Fix..

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Installed Mariadb, Apache etc, and phpMyAdmin on the Fedora 22 Intel i7 system, and the database was all OK, but phpMyAdmin showed a blank window.. Searching for this issue produced a wealth of reasons – usually ‘operator/config’ problems..   My config was just a clone of a known/good system, and I eventually found a simple reason for the … Continue reading →

VMware – Now a Patch for Kernel 4.3

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Thanks to info from zezaocapoeira, there is a patch – from efferre79 – for VMware vmmon to fix the compile problem with kernel 4.3.. https://github.com/efferre79/vmware/blob/master/app-emulation/vmware-modules/files/308-4.03-00-misc_deregister.patch I have tested the vmmon part of this with Workstation 12 and Kernel 4.3-rc5, and everything now compiles and loads/runs OK.. VMware vmci for Workstation 12 is now included with the standard … Continue reading →