Description of problem: VMWare Player running over FC5 cannot load Windows virtual machine. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): VMware-player-1.0.1-19317.i386.rpm kernel-2.6.16-1.2096_FC5.i686.rpm or kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.i686.rpm How reproducible: A virtual machine which loads under RHEL 4.0u3 or FC4 doesn't work under FC5. The VM begins the load process with the Windows logo but never shows the desktop. Furthermore, VMPlayer hangs the desktop. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install VMWare Player, apply patch, compile modules. 2. Start vmplayer application 3. Start a Virtual Machine Actual results: System hangs. Expected results: The virtual machine Desktop (In this case, Windows 2000 Professional) Additional info: I have tested several Virtual Machines, but none worked. I think the problem is incompatibilities with new/modified kernel features.
Could you check if this works after running setenforce 0 or booting with selinux=0? I'm seeing this same problem with rawhide and it looks like vmware is just spinning on creating a thread which is isn't allowed to do. Snippet from the log: Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| MX: init lock: rank(intrLock)=65532 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| DISK: OPEN ide0:0 '/home/vms/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmdk' persistent R[(null)] Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| FILEIO: Found a previous instance of lock file '/home/vms/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmdk.WRITELOCK'. It will be removed automatically. Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| MX: init lock: rank(IOGGlobalLock)=65535 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| MX: init condvar: IOGPendingOps Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| AIOGNRC: Starting 4 I/O threads. Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| AIOGNRC: Failed to create thread 0. Permission denied Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| ASSERT /build/mts/release/bora-19175/bora/lib/thread/vthreadUL.c:524 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace: Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[0] 0xbf8bd068 eip 0x805cb30 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[1] 0xbf8bd488 eip 0x80d128b Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[2] 0xbf8bd4a8 eip 0x806e3d0 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[3] 0xbf8bd578 eip 0x81e8761 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[4] 0xbf8bd5a8 eip 0x81e8b5b Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[5] 0xbf8bd5e8 eip 0x808e42f Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[6] 0xbf8bd618 eip 0x81aeb83 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[7] 0xbf8bd648 eip 0x81aed10 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[8] 0xbf8bd688 eip 0x808e42f Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[9] 0xbf8be728 eip 0x8160e06 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[10] 0xbf8bf7a8 eip 0x82440e0 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[11] 0xbf8bf818 eip 0x824570a Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[12] 0xbf8bf858 eip 0x8245af3 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[13] 0xbf8bf888 eip 0x824af12 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[14] 0xbf8bf958 eip 0x81760dd Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[15] 0xbf8bf9a8 eip 0x817b268 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[16] 0xbf8bfa28 eip 0x80836c1 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[17] 0xbf8bfa98 eip 0x809e298 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[18] 0xbf8bfaf8 eip 0x80a1ded Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[19] 0xbf8bfb48 eip 0x80a215a Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[20] 0xbf8bfbb8 eip 0x809fd3d Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[21] 0xbf8bfbe8 eip 0x80a0026 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[22] 0xbf8bfc08 eip 0x80d9bc2 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[23] 0xbf8bfc28 eip 0x80d0aa7 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[24] 0xbf8bfc58 eip 0x80d096c Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[25] 0xbf8bfca8 eip 0x804fddc Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[26] 0xbf8bfcd8 eip 0x804ed90 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[27] 0xbf8bfd38 eip 0x48c5a794 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Backtrace[28] 00000000 eip 0x804df11 Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Dumping core... Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| Msg_Post: Error Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| [msg.vthreadPosix.createThreadFailed] Cannot start thread: Permission denied Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| [msg.log.error.unrecoverable] Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vmx) Jun 07 13:26:29: vmx| ASSERT /build/mts/release/bora-19175/bora/lib/thread/vthreadUL.c:524
Just wanted to clarify that this was with VMWare Workstation 5.5.x latest.
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
I've moved on to FC6-to-be so I can't retest. VMware Workstation works just fine with the latest rawhide kernels though.
I am using 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 and VMwarePlayer-1.0.2-29634 and it works. The only problem I encountered was that yum initially installed kernel-devel package for i586, while I needed the i686. Manually getting it and installing made it possible to compile the vmware modules. Closing the bug as fixed.