Host: openSUSE 11.4 x64 WS verstion 7.1.3 for Linux
I tried to update WS 7.1.3 to VMware WS 7.1.4 from inside the program. All the VMware tools and the program downloaded. The upgrade failed because the installer complained it could not lock the mouse for authenication. "Try again" did not work - had to close the WS program.
Downloaded the standalone version of of 7.1.4. Tried to install that because the installer should have removed the previous version. Uninstall failed and locked up the machine forcing a reboot. Tried to uninstall 7.1.3 using vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation - failed and required a reboot of Linux.
Followed instructions in KB 1306 about how to recover from a failed uninstall from Linux host.
First step - login as su then run /etc/init.d/vmware stop. Command would not execute because it said there was an instance of VMware Player running (shouln't this command have stopped it?!). Ran ps -A and killed the vmware processes that still were running. Ran lsmod | grep vm and it displayed some processes as [permanent]. Could not kill them even after reboot. Tried to continue with the instructions by mv* moduels to /tmp. That was OK (no error msg)
Then ran rmmod vmnet.o
Returned
ERROR: Module vmnet is in use by [permanent]
Any suggestgions on how to remove the program and install ver 7.1.4 - short of reinstalling the OS.?
Marty
Marty Felker
