{"id":1589,"date":"2015-10-30T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T16:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=1589"},"modified":"2015-10-31T20:13:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T20:13:14","slug":"vmware-12-0-1-released-ok-with-kernel-4-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=1589","title":{"rendered":"VMware – 12.0.1 released – OK with Kernel 4.3.. Update: Crashes Windows 7 – And a Solution.."},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

After more tests, I found a solution..<\/p>\n

Rather than ‘update’ from 12.0.0 to 12.0.1, you have to deinstall<\/span> 12.0.0 first:<\/p>\n

\r\n# vmware-installer --uninstall-product vmware-workstation<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\n
– remembering to answer ‘yes<\/strong>‘ to the ”Do you wish to keep your configuration files?<\/em>” message.<\/p>\n
Then install 12.0.1 as a new install..<\/p>\n
# ~\/VMware-Workstation-Full-12.0.1-3160714.x86_64.bundle<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\n
Now everything seems to be working OK, again..<\/p>\n
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The Problem:
\nAs soon as I tried to resize the (win7) guest to fullscreen, windows froze, and then flashed an error message in a small blue box in a black screen, and then slowly<\/span> displayed the fullscreen window.\u00a0\u00a0 When I tried to run Photoshop, it kept freezing, and then I actually got the famous blue screen of death with a ‘page fault’ error..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I have tried this on two different x86_64 systems, with similar results..<\/p>\n
So…\u00a0 I am uninstalling<\/em> VMware 12.0.1<\/p>\n
vmware-installer --uninstall-product vmware-workstation<\/code><\/pre>\n
– and (re)installing 12.0.0, for the time being !<\/p>\n
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VMware 12.0.1<\/strong> has just been released, and I have tested this with Kernel 4.3<\/strong> (4.3-rc6) and it compiles\/loads\/runs OK- at first.\u00a0 There is no need for the vmmon ‘patch’ any more..<\/p>\n
Release notes are here:\u00a0 https:\/\/pubs.vmware.com\/Release_Notes\/en\/workstation\/12pro\/workstation-1201-release-notes.html<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No specific mention is made of Kernel 4.3 compatibility..<\/p>\n
This is good timing, as Kernel 4.3 ‘Final’ is due to be released soon..<\/p>\n
Robert Gadsdon.\u00a0\u00a0 October 30, 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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, …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15,19,20,25],"tags":[1212,1204,1211,1213,343,1175,1210],"class_list":["post-1589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kernel","category-linux-2","category-opinion","category-performance-2","category-vmware","tag-crashed-windows-7","tag-kernel-4-3","tag-no-need-for-vmmon-patch","tag-page-fault","tag-solution","tag-success","tag-vmware-12-0-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1589"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1594,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589\/revisions\/1594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}