
Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems
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Found an installed version of the VMware SVGA driver for
XFree86 4. Some versions of this driver included with the
XFree86 4 distributions do not work properly. Would you
like to install a stable (but possibly older) version of
the driver over the currently installed one?
If you plan to dual boot the virtual machine, answer Yes to allow the driver to be
installed. Answer Yes again to back up the existing video driver files and also copy the
XF86Config-4.dist file to XF86Config-4.vm. The latter file is used when
dual booting the virtual machine.
If you do not intend to dual boot the virtual machine, answer No to keep the existing
driver.
Enabling Sound After Installing Red Hat Linux 7.3
VMware GSX Server: The sound device is disabled by default and must be enabled
with the virtual machine control panel (VM > Settings) after the operating system has
been installed. To set up the virtual machine to play sound, see Configuring Sound in
the GSX Server documentation.
Known Issues
Guest Screen Saver
VMware Workstation or VMware GSX Server: On a Linux host with an XFree86 3.x X
server, it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system. Guest screen
savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to
freeze.
Migration to a Different Processor
VMware Workstation or VMware GSX Server: VMware recommends you do not
migrate a Red Hat Linux 7.3 virtual machine between hosts when one host is running
on an AMD processor and the other is running on an Intel processor.
During the Red Hat Linux 7.3 installation, Red Hat 7.3 chooses a kernel that is
optimized for the specific processor on which it is running. The kernel may contain
instructions that are only available for that processor. These instructions can have
adverse effects when run on a host with the wrong type of processor.
Thus, a Red Hat Linux 7.3 virtual machine created on a host with an AMD processor
may not work if migrated to a host with an Intel processor. The reverse is also true: a
Red Hat Linux 7.3 virtual machine created on a host with an Intel processor may not
work if migrated to a host with an AMD processor.
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