Description of problem:System freezes after a few minutes of running vmware workstation or Vmplayer Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): No problems under 2.6.18 kernel Definitely a problem under 2.6.19 and 2.6.20 on a dual core x86_64 e.g. Turion x2 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Logon to Gnome 2. Start VMware workstation or vmplayer with a guest operating system e.g. Windows XP. 3. Wait 2 to 10 minutes Actual results: PC freezes No response to any keys including Ctr-Alt-F1 A powercyle is required. Expected results: Vmware and Fedora carry on working normally Additional info: only message in /var/log/messages which occurs before each freeze is this one: kernel: ioctl32(vmware-vmx:4668): Unknown cmd fd(145) cmd(40109980){00} arg (ff8e52d0) on /proc/bus/usb/003/001 with values 4668 and ff8e52d0 replaced by different ids on each occasion. see vmware logs in vmware forums http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=610690 http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=608877 http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=610583
Could this be linked to this issue ? http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/4/390
My vmware-player crashed when opening a virtual machine. After uninstalling the fedora virtualization packages and rebooting, vmware-player worked again. I am also using x86_64.
Forgot to mention that I am using Fedora 8 completely up-to-date.
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