[COLUG] Re: VMWare Server vs CentOS?

[Austin Godber]

Hmm ... googling the power state error suggests permissions  
problems ... or are you running a Xen kernel with centos?  I am not  
sure about how vmware runs on a Xen kernel.  If you are running the  
xen kernel, you might try installing the non-xen kernel and booting  
off that.  And of course make sure that the user you connect as with  
vmware-server-console has the appropriate permissions on the VM you  
are trying to run.  I would just make sure that the vm is owned by the  
user and the directories are writable by that user.

Austin

On Apr 15, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Joshua Kramer wrote:
>
> Okay, here are a few more details.
>
> I created a new VM, on my primary SATA disk.  30G, all pre-created.   
> Same result.  Even before installing an OS, on bootup the vmware-vmx  
> process pegs the CPU and I get a window with this msg:
>
> Unable to change virtual machine power state: The "/usr/lib/vmware/ 
> bin-debug/vmware-vmx" process did not start properly
> Try running "/usr/lib/vmware/bin-debug/vmware-vmx /home/os/vmware/ 
> WindowsVistaUltimate/Windows Vista Ultimate.vmx" from the command- 
> line on the server..
>
> I attempted enabling debug logs, but could not find any logs in the  
> VM's directory.  Might this have something to do with the fact that  
> the PC is a Celron and not a Pentium?
>
> [root at home-av-server proc]# cat cpuinfo
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 15
> model           : 3
> model name      : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz
> stepping        : 4
> cpu MHz         : 2405.578
> cache size      : 256 KB
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 3
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat  
> pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe constant_tsc  
> up pni monitor ds_cpl cid xtpr
> bogomips        : 6018.19
>
> Thanks,
> -J
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