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Jan777
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The Workstation Player freezes periodically on Linux host with the kernel 4.15.* and later.

Hi,

I have problem with the Player since I installed the kernel 4.15 on my host.

Host: Notebook Samsung RV511, Fedora 28 x64 (earlier 27), kernel 4.15, 4.16, 4.17

Player: VMware-Player-14.1.1-7528167.x86_64.bundle

Guest: Fedora 27 , Windows 7

Problem:

When I start the guest, I can work well only few minutes.

Then the guest hangs for about 10-20 seconds, then the guest become responsive only for 1-5 seconds and again freezes

An again, and again….

It is well visible when I try to move a window with a mouse – window is moving only inch or two and then the guest freezes.

This started after I installed kernel 4.15 in January 2018 on my host.

Now, on kernel 4.17 the error still exists.

I have to use old kernel 4.14.18 no my host – the guest works perfectly for that kernel.

The problem also exists on a Debian host with kernel 4.15, and Linux and Windows guests.

Anybody can help?

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