Summary: | Kernel Panic when executing vmware with $DISPLAY redirected to another machine. | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Vali "Blue" Dragnuta <blue> |
Component: | [OLD] Core system | Assignee: | Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) <wolf31o2> |
Status: | RESOLVED NEEDINFO | ||
Severity: | critical | CC: | bdmagnuson |
Priority: | High | ||
Version: | 1.4 | ||
Hardware: | x86 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
Whiteboard: | |||
Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
Attachments: | kernel,hardware and my config. |
Description
Vali "Blue" Dragnuta
2004-02-27 18:20:19 UTC
Created attachment 26494 [details]
kernel,hardware and my config.
Details about my system : kernel,hardware and my config.
Unfortunately, VMWare isn't really a userland process. It has kernel modules that can cause serious headaches. I'll see what I can come up with. Is there any way you can test with a 2.6 kernel? maybe the vanilla or gentoo-dev-sources? I just want to make sure it isn't kernel specific. The 2.4.22-gentoo-r5(-r6,-r7) kernels all use the same patchset with minor differences, so I need to rule that out. Possibly even 2.4.25 vanilla, too. Well, I know that vmware is not an entirely userland process due to its modules loaded into the kernel. However, the exception occurs in userland. Anyway, I will test on vanilla-sources to see if the problem apears again. I will also try to use another video card. I will also try to change the video card and see if the problem persists. I'll be back with new details in a few hours. Just repeated the experiment using vanilla 2.4.25 kernel. The system does not crash any more. So, there must be something in the gentoo patches. I heared people complaining about the preempt patch with vmware, however I am not quite sure about that being the problem in my case. I will try to further investigate the problem. If I find something else, I will post again. I still want to run the gentoo kernel because I need a few of it's features (ipsec is one of them). Can you see if there is still a problem using the new 4.5.1 ebuild in portage and report back to me? Well, it's been a few weeks and no word, so I am resolving this bug. If you arestill having problems with the new version of VMWare, then reopen this bug. |