[gentoo-user] Re: vmware - help

[Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>]

Adam Carter <adamcarter3 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> My principle for using vmware on Gentoo is; use the latest vmware, do not use
the latest kernel.I'm using Workstation 7.1.2, which works well with 2.6.34,
also works with 2.6.35 (but wants to rebuild one kernel module every time it
runs, which I havent tried to fix).

Hi,

thanks for the suggestions - unfortunately I have to use it since we've started
giving VMWare images out internally for service guys to get software updates
easily.  And I'm also asking work to pay for an upgrade.


I just tried 7.1.2 and I get similar results :/

$ vmware
*** glibc detected *** vmware: malloc(): memory corruption: 0x08fa63a0 ***

(it hangs - ctrl-c to kill it) or:

$ VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force vmware
*** glibc detected *** vmware: malloc(): memory corruption: 0x0886b3a0 ***

(it hangs again), or:

$ vmware-netcfg # (and after the password is entered):
vmware-netcfg: malloc.c:3096: sYSMALLOc: Assertion `(old_top == (((mbinptr)
(((char *) &((av)->bins[((1) - 1) * 2])) - __builtin_offsetof (struct
malloc_chunk, fd)))) && old_size == 0) || ((unsigned long) (old_size) >=
(unsigned long)((((__builtin_offsetof (struct malloc_chunk, fd_nextsize))+((2 *
(sizeof(size_t))) - 1)) & ~((2 * (sizeof(size_t))) - 1))) && ((old_top)->size &
0x1) && ((unsigned long)old_end & pagemask) == 0)' failed.

I think this is indicating some problem with my system, but what?

Behaviour is identical with a fresh user.

(sorry about the gmane reply, deleted the originals! gmane seems to think a
mixed-quote reply is top posting - bah)

thanks :)
Iain.