Richard Fairfield wrote: > > Hello – > > I have installed the VMware-server-1.0.5-80187.i386.rpm package on a > CentOS 5.1 system. I then ran the vmware-config.pl program. I chose > mostly default answer, except that I did not choose the NAT option; I > saw no errors. > > I used the VMware Server Console to create a Red Hat Linux VM. I also > copied an externally created VM into the '/var/lib/vmware/Virtual > Machines/' directory. I cannot power-on either of these VMs. The VM's > console is blank for several minutes, after which the following > message appears in a pop-up window: > > Unable to change virtual machine power state: The > "/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx" process did not start properly > Try running "/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx /var/lib/vmware/Virtual > Machines/Red Hat Linux/Red Hat Linux.vmx" from the command-line on the > server.. > > I tried running it from the command line, as the message suggests. > That just hangs forever. I don't see anything other than the above > error message in the /var/log/vmlog/vmware-serverd.log file. > > I've tried rebooting, and uninstalling and reinstalling the VMware > Server software. I even tried installing from tar file, instead of the > RPM. Nothing changes. > > I'm completely stuck. Can anyone help me with this? > What kernel are you running on your VMware server? (What does "uname -a" show?) You can't run the "kernel-xen" kernel and have VMware work; if that's the case, switch to the regular kernel and try that... -Greg