Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | Date | Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:15:25 -0500 | From | "Mohammad A. Haque" <> | Subject | Re: VMWare will not run on kernel 2.4.0-test11 |
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Tiny patch for vmware-config.pl
Phil Stracchino wrote: > > I just compiled and installed kernel 2.4.0-test11. Upon rebooting, > vmware-2.0.3-786 refused to run. Running vmware-config.pl resulted in a > the following message: > > "Your processor does not have a Time Stamp Counter. VMware will > not run on this system." >
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===================================================================== Mohammad A. Haque http://www.haque.net/ mhaque@haque.net
"Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Project Lead Don't drink and derive." --Unknown http://wm.themes.org/ batmanppc@themes.org =====================================================================--- vmware-config.pl.old Thu Nov 23 15:12:32 2000 +++ vmware-config.pl Thu Nov 23 15:12:55 2000 @@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ if (direct_command(shell_string($gHelper{'grep'}) . ' ' . shell_string('^cpuid') . ' /proc/cpuinfo') eq '') { error('Your ' . (($gSystem{'smp'} eq 'yes') ? 'processors do' : 'processor does') . ' not support the cpuid instruction. VMware will not run on this system.' . "\n\n"); } - if (direct_command(shell_string($gHelper{'grep'}) . ' ' . shell_string('^flags.* tsc') . ' /proc/cpuinfo') eq '') { + if (direct_command(shell_string($gHelper{'grep'}) . ' ' . shell_string('^features.* tsc') . ' /proc/cpuinfo') eq '') { error('Your ' . (($gSystem{'smp'} eq 'yes') ? 'processors do' : 'processor does') . ' not have a Time Stamp Counter. VMware will not run on this system.' . "\n\n"); } } |  |