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peque

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From: Denmark - Møn

Registered: 2005-06-26

Posts: 441

VMware freezes totally

Hery Forum.

Just installed VMware-server on Arch - Getting the latest from AUR .

But duting the installation of a Virtual machine ( In this Windows) it tottally freezes my IBM X60S Thinkpad

Looking thorough all logfiles etc.etc This was what I found:
everything.log
Jun  6 21:18:42 quark dhcpcd[6407]: eth0: renewing lease of 172.16.0.23
Jun  6 21:18:42 quark dhcpcd[6407]: eth0: leased 172.16.0.23 for 600 seconds
Jun  6 21:18:42 quark dhcpcd[6407]: eth0: adding IP address 172.16.0.23/16
Jun  6 21:18:42 quark dhcpcd[6407]: eth0: adding default route via 172.16.0.1 metric 0
Jun  6 21:23:42 quark dhcpcd[6407]: eth0: renewing lease of 172.16.0.23
Jun  6 21:23:42 quark dhcpcd[6407]: eth0: leased 172.16.0.23 for 600 seconds
Jun  6 21:23:42 quark dhcpcd[6407]: eth0: adding IP address 172.16.0.23/16
Jun  6 21:23:42 quark dhcpcd[6407]: eth0: adding default route via 172.16.0.1 metric 0
Jun  6 21:23:51 quark /dev/vmmon[6731]: host clock rate change request 83 -> 1043
Jun  6 21:24:01 quark /dev/vmmon[6731]: host clock rate change request 1043 -> 83

syslog:
Jun  6 21:28:38 quark syslog-ng[6392]: Log statistics; processed='center(queued)=1755', processed='center(received)=639', processed='destination(console)=0', processed='destination(mail)=0', processed='destination(user)=0', processed='destination(uucp)=0', processed='destination(messages)=527', processed='destination(news)=0', processed='destination(iptables)=0', processed='destination(everything)=636', processed='destination(lpr)=0', processed='destination(cron)=0', processed='destination(syslog)=5', processed='destination(authlog)=3', processed='destination(errors)=3', processed='destination(kernel)=559', processed='destination(daemon)=22', processed='source(src)=639'

vmware/vmwareserverd.log: (when I started the machine)
Jun 06 20:54:18: app| SP: Retrieved username: pbj
Jun 06 20:54:22: app| SP: Retrieved username: pbj
Jun 06 20:54:58: app| SP: Retrieved username: pbj
Jun 06 20:54:58: app| SP: Retrieved username: pbj
Jun 06 20:54:58: app| SP: Retrieved username: pbj
Jun 06 20:54:58: app| SP: Retrieved username: pbj
Jun 06 20:55:00: app| Adding to list of running vms: /var/lib/vmware/Virtual_machines/WindowsXP/WindowsXP.vmx
Jun 06 20:55:00: app| Attempting to launch vmx : /var/lib/vmware/Virtual_machines/WindowsXP/WindowsXP.vmx
Jun 06 20:55:01: app| New connection on socket server-vmxvmdb from host localhost (ip address: local) , user: pbj
Jun 06 20:55:01: app| Connection from : /var/lib/vmware/Virtual_machines/WindowsXP/WindowsXP.vmx
Jun 06 20:55:01: app| Setting up autoDetect info.
Jun 06 20:55:01: app| VMServerdConnect: connecting to /var/lib/vmware/Virtual_machines/WindowsXP/WindowsXP.vmx
Jun 06 20:55:01: app| Connected to /var/lib/vmware/Virtual_machines/WindowsXP/WindowsXP.vmx
Jun 06 20:55:01: app| SP: Retrieved username: pbj
Jun 06 20:55:01: app| SP: Retrieved username: pbj
Jun 06 20:55:01: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOn.
Jun 06 20:55:01: app| SP: Retrieved username: pbj
Jun 06 20:55:01: app| cleanup: cleaned up 2 objects
Jun 06 20:55:19: app| VmsdRegister: Config file has changed: /var/lib/vmware/Virtual_machines/WindowsXP/WindowsXP.vmx
                                                                                                                         
errors.log:
Jun  6 18:07:36 quark intel_rng: FWH not detected
Jun  6 18:08:08 quark dhcpcd[6435]: eth1: timed out
Jun  6 18:08:08 quark dhcpcd[6442]: eth2: ioctl SIOCGIFHWADDR: No such device
Jun  6 18:48:48 quark intel_rng: FWH not detected
Jun  6 18:49:21 quark dhcpcd[6377]: eth1: timed out
Jun  6 18:49:21 quark dhcpcd[6384]: eth2: ioctl SIOCGIFHWADDR: No such device
Jun  6 19:28:58 quark intel_rng: FWH not detected
Jun  6 19:29:30 quark dhcpcd[6389]: eth1: timed out
Jun  6 19:29:30 quark dhcpcd[6396]: eth2: ioctl SIOCGIFHWADDR: No such device
Jun  6 19:47:43 quark vmware-authd[6731]: The "/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx" process did not start properly.  Exit 0x0
Jun  6 20:38:38 quark intel_rng: FWH not detected

Does anybody have a clue - It seems like earliere tody i got a problem with the network about getting a DHCP on the wireless network - But nothing serious. But could that be something wrong with the dhcpcd ???

THanks

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ziggy

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From: Riga, Latvia

Registered: 2007-04-28

Posts: 23

Re: VMware freezes totally

Similar situation here.
I can start VMWare successfuly, but after a couple of minutes it completely freezes my PC , even keyboard doesn't work
Only option to get out of this, is press Reset button on my system block and restart PC.
So I don't have any logs, I guess...

peque

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From: Denmark - Møn

Registered: 2005-06-26

Posts: 441

Re: VMware freezes totally

Well the problem is - that is only the VMware machine that freezes - not the Linux - but if the mouyse is placed inside the VMware -. you can't get it out.

SO any good ideas or suggestion are apreciated!

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jbinto

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Registered: 2007-06-16

Posts: 2

Re: VMware freezes totally

See http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=34027