Description of problem: I recently updated to kernel 3.10.24 (I was with 3.8.13.4). After update and reboot, VMware-Workstation9 ceased to work. I updated to Workstation10 but I did not work either. VMware cannot provide help since Mageia is not supported. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel 3.10.24 How reproducible: always PANIC in Workstation10: "PANIC /build/mts/release/bora-1379776/bora/lib/unicode/unicodeCommon.c:330" Steps to Reproduce: 1. start vmware 2. 3. Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce:
CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud, tmb
btw, kernel 3.10.25 is in testing, you could give a try.
I have the same problem with 3.10.24. I rebooted to kernel 3.8.13-desktop-1.mga3, but I get the same PANIC error message with VMware-Player-6.0.1-1379776
CC: (none) => martin
OK, I fixed the problem. It's 2 steps process. First, VMware Workstation9 do not compile with newer kernels. VMware must be patched to fix the problem. ref: http://mysticalzero.blogspot.fi/2013/07/vmblock-patch-for-linux-310-vmware.html But even then, an error occur when starting VMware: > PANIC /build/mts/release/bora-1031769/bora/lib/unicode/unicodeCommon.c:330 > Abandon To fix that one, I used a trick from Oden Eriksson in Bug9739: #mv /etc/vmware/icu/icudt44l.dat /etc/vmware/icu/icudt44l.dat.bak Now it works (for Workstation9) The problem exist also in other distros. VMware is too slow to adapt to recent kernel changes. I have yet to find patches for Workstation10.
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => FIXED