Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc-2.3.2_pre1 breaks vmware-workstation

[Stephan van Maris <svmaris@e-village.nl>]

I've downloaded the VMWare 4.0 beta from the website and it appears to work on 
the latest (pre-)glibc. Note that you can't use your existing license with it 
(you'll have to get a beta serial from the site).

On Wednesday 26 February 2003 16:37, Stuart Bouyer wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:21:23 +0100 (MET)
>
> Anders Hasselqvist <hassel@acc.umu.se> wrote:
> > On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Gertjan wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I emerged glibc-2.3.2_pre1 and noticed that it breaks
> > > vmware-workstation. I read somewhere on the web that it has to do
> > > with errno related functions. The error I get from VMware is:
> > >
> > > XIO:  fatal IO error 0 (Success) on X server ":0.0"
> > >       after 2831 requests (2830 known processed) with 99 events
> > >       remaining.
> > >
> > > When I downgrade back to glibc-3.2.1-r3 the problem dissapears.
> >
> > I have the same problem. Anyone now about a solution other than
> > downgrading glibc? I unfortunately need vmware to use my internet bank
> > and I'm too lazy to downgrade glibc ;)
> >
> > Regards,
> > --
> > Anders Hasselqvist
> > http://good-deed.dhs.org/
> >
> >
> > --
> > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
>
> I found a fix on vmware.linux.experimental
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=m37kcfo38v.fsf%40fi
>schman.org
>
> I followed these instructions and it solved the problem, however vmware
> only runs when I'm root. I'll let you know if I find a way around this.
>
> Stu

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