Bug 202925

Summary:	vmware-workstation-5.5.5.56455 crashes machine with kernel 2.6.22 or higher
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Jakob Schiotz <schiotz>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Jakob Schiotz 2007-12-21 10:27:37 UTC

vmware-workstation-5.5.5.56455 (the latest stable on amd64) cause the host to lock up with kernel 2.6.22-gentoo-r9 or higher, but not with kernel 2.6.20-gentoo-r8.  It typically happens when running Internet Explorer in the guest (Windows XP).  The whole machine locks up.

This may be the same as bug 189062 although that refers to vmware-server.  In that case the bug is certainly not fixed yet.

/Jakob


Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start vmware-workstation, boot into Windows XP
2. Run Internet Explorer
3.

Actual Results:  
The whole machine locks up, logging in across the network is not possible, only the off switch works.



I am running on a dual core Lenovo Thinkpad T60 with 64-bit linux installed.
The guest operating system is a 32-bit Windows XP SP2.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-12-21 10:29:56 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 189062 ***