Hi,

I did install 2.06 and launch the Client (Windows 7 working with 2.05) and Oups!

Kernel Panic

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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 174669 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: FC25514E-49FE-411B-AD87-C8AD6F3FDDA8

Fri Oct 2 12:49:32 2009
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x2a6ac2): Kernel trap at 0x0028e7a8, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0x00000000, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x6b637366, ECX: 0x00010080, EDX: 0x00000000
CR2: 0x00000000, EBP: 0x88a23828, ESI: 0x098836d0, EDI: 0xffffffff
EFL: 0x00010246, EIP: 0x0028e7a8, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x09880010
Error code: 0x00000000

Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x88a235e8 : 0x21acfa (0x5ce650 0x88a2361c 0x223156 0x0)
0x88a23638 : 0x2a6ac2 (0x590a50 0x28e7a8 0xe 0x590c1a)
0x88a23718 : 0x29c968 (0x88a23730 0x10080 0x88a23828 0x28e7a8)
0x88a23728 : 0x28e7a8 (0xe 0x88a20048 0x88a20010 0x6b630010)
0x88a23828 : 0x272917 (0x218d66 0x40 0x0 0x1c199e30)
0x88a239d8 : 0x49f743 (0x1ea37980 0x0 0x4000 0x13)
0x88a23a28 : 0x2cd445 (0x1ea37980 0x0 0x4000 0x3)
0x88a23b28 : 0x2ce821 (0xbe03f000 0x0 0x4000 0x8d)
0x88a23b68 : 0x423eb9 (0x1f2b4818 0x1ea37980 0x0 0xbe03f000)
0x88a23be8 : 0x2f3ca2 (0x88a23c0c 0x88a23cb4 0x88a23c38 0x49f8ff)
0x88a23c38 : 0x4cd886 (0x1f2b4818 0x1ea37980 0x0 0xbe03f000)
0x88a23ca8 : 0x24fb04 (0x1f2b4818 0x1ea37980 0x0 0xbe03f000)
0x88a23cf8 : 0x2502b2 (0x1c414dd4 0xbe03f000 0x0 0xbe03f000)
0x88a23d48 : 0x255956 (0x1c414dd4 0xbe03f000 0x0 0x1000)
0x88a23df8 : 0x257b3b (0x1c04b784 0xbe03f000 0x0 0x1)
0x88a23f38 : 0x2a639c (0x1322d3d8 0x64fe7000 0x0 0x1)
0x88a23fc8 : 0x29c7ca (0x14fbcde0 0x0 0x10 0x0)

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: vmware-vmx-debug

Mac OS version:
10B504

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.0.0: Fri Jul 31 22:47:34 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1456.1.25~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacPro1,1 (Mac-F4208DC8)

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Model: MacPro1,1, BootROM MP11.005C.B08, 4 processors, Dual-Core Intel Xeon, 2.66 GHz, 12 GB, SMC 1.7f10
Graphics: ATI Radeon X1900 XT, ATY,RadeonX1900, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: global_name
Bluetooth: Version 2.2.1f7, 2 service, 1 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

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Thanks

Peloche,

There's no explicit mention of the "lost mouse focus+Snow Leopard" issue in the 2.0.6 Release Notes. The Notes state that over 20 bugs are fixed but the "Resolved Issues" section lists only 5 bugs. Earlier threads in this forum suggested that the root cause of this bug had been found and that the fix was going to be in the next release.

Can anyone confirm whether this really annoying bug is fixed in 2.0.6?

~ Steven

Thanks for the lightning-fast confirmation! That's very promising. Any impressions about stability or performance of 2.0.6 compared to 2.0.5 yet?

I used the 2.0.6 beta and was encouraged that the pointer issues were fixed and the speed seemed to have picked up a bit. I just installed the non-beta 2.0.6 and things are back to slooow again. Launching apps seems to take forever. Once they are launched, the responsiveness within the app seems reasonable, although still kind of like a pre-Pentium PC. Time will tell, but I'm not sure that build 196839 is actually better than 193216.

One thing that seems fixed is when in Unity mode, there are no longer multiple icons per application that appear on the dock. I was getting two Explorer icons and two Word icons, each labeled slightly differently, e.g., "Microsoft Office Word - WinXP 2" and "Microsoft Office Word - WinXP 3".

I simply don't understand why VMware can't figure out what is making Fusion so slow.

I'm getting the following errors when upgrading from 2.0.4 to 2.0.6. I'm running the latest Snow Leopard on my Mac.

"/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/kexts/vmmon.kext" was installed improperly and cannot be used. Please try reinstalling it, or contact the product's vendor for an update.

"/System/Library/Extensions/DisplayLinkDriver.kext" was installed improperly and cannot be used. Please try reinstalling it, or contact the product's vendor for an update.

I have tried deleting these two files, rebooting, but I still cannot get the Install to complete.

Any help?

tpau17: you inspired me. After running the BETA 2.0.6b1, and the finished 2.0.6, I was really dissatisfied with the performance of Fusion, so I just downgraded to 2.0.5. So far, it is performing as it did under OS X 10.5.x; I am currently running Snow Leopard 10.6.1.

Also, even though I uninstalled 2.0.6 before re-installing 2.0.5, when I went to install the VMWare Tools under 2.0.5, it saw that there was a newer version of the Tools installed, and I opted to keep the newer VMWare Tools for now. I also found that I had to choose "Cancel VMWare Tools Installation" from the Virtual Machine menu, even though no installer was apparently running.

I'll keep you posted if I have any problems with 2.0.5 under 10.6.1.

Hopefully, VMWare will resolve the sluggish performance issues with 2.0.6, and I'll be patient. So long as I don't have any problems with 2.0.5, I'll keep running it, as it performs as I expect it to -- which means that running Fusion is usably responsive on startup, shutdown, and resume from suspend.

scottmk: sorry, but what is d/l'ing? I guess it's "downloading" now that I ask... But what can you do if you've already installed 10.6.1?

Mike