I discovered occasional 'kernel stack overflow' error with RIP register pointing to function 'VNetBridgeNotify'.

Then I took a look into the source code and found there may be a bug in vmnet/bridge.c:

--- bridge.c 2017-05-14 02:24:23.764324763 +0800

+++ bridge_new.c 2017-05-14 02:24:20.494352085 +0800

@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@

void *data) // IN: device pertaining to event

{

VNetBridge *bridge = list_entry(this, VNetBridge, notifier);

- struct net_device *dev = (struct net_device *) data;

+ struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(data);

 

switch (msg) {

case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:

It can be found in other similar source code that 'netdev_notifier_info_to_dev' is used to extract the struct net_device. For example, linux/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c - Elixir - Free Electrons

I have a HP DL380 G8 that has PSOD twice in the past 24 hours ours with the same error. I installed ESXI 6 update 3 yesterday and the error re-appeared today. Any updates on your findings would be much appreciated.

We are running HP Proliant DL360 gen 8 and gen 9. After upgrading, the sensor work, but I'm seeing way less sensors than with 6.0. For example, in 6.0 you saw the individual memory banks. Now with 6.5 it only display total memory, not individual banks. Also, some sensors in the tree even don't expand when you click on them.

For whatever it is worth, Windows 98 is in the drop-down list of Windows version when I choose to Create VM in Player 12.5.

If you want to be doubly sure before you upgrade any of 32-bit Windows 8, suggest you find a machine that already has Windows 10 x64 (or maybe even a Linux x64) and download the Workstation Player 12.5 there and create a Windows 98 VM.

It appears I've lost all my word files...they do not appear in the Library snd I cannot get vmware to run...first msg was cannot find vmware and then after uninstalling and reinstalling  I niw get csnnot open msg.

How can I get it to run sn recovervall my files?

Because I sm elderly I need a simple computer solution that I can understand and employ..  

Hi,

A VMware Tools that can be installed in Windows 98 for VMware Player 6.0.7 can be found here

Note that you have to untar it (using 7zip or something similar)

Then run the executable in the host OS.

That will give you an .iso file that contains the VMware Tools you need.

Mount the .iso file as a CD and run the VMware Tools installer.

good luck!

--
Wil

I will not give you any link to Windows 98 SE as that would be illegal.

What you can you do to transfer data into the Windows 98 VM is to convert the USB drive to ISO format and mount the ISO as CD drive in the Windows 98 VM (I am assuming you can connect ISO file as CD drive of a VM in VMware Player 6).

To get data out of the Windows 98 VM, you add the VMDK of the Windows 98 VM as another virtual disk to another VM (maybe 32-bit Ubuntu 13) that has proper USB device support. Or you can search of other ways to read the VMDK. I am not sure if VMware Player has built-in ability to mount VMDK as drive for the host machine; if it does then you don't have to go through such lengths of creating another VM.

What the following command return, if you run it directly from ESXi server console?

     esxcfg-scsidevs -a

Hi

I have tried both, add CDrom & mount CDrom actions although I think I only need the Mount CD-Rom action..

However, both actions return with the error

(Failed to convert external resource "vm name". Script action com.vmware.vcac.asd.mappings/mapToVCVM failed.)

I don't know what is missing but I even tried to run the workflow from vRO & when it prompts for the VM name  & I give any name for any vm in my vCenter,

the vRO can't find them although it is connected to them as endpoint.

I appreciate your help.

Best Regards

Hi Dennisluvm,

just to add my 5 cents to overall picture and suggest few improvements to 6.5 Web client:

1. Self-Adjusting TREE view on left side is by all means counter-intuitive. I do not like tree branches and options disappearing and appearing by themselves. I like to have my selected structure intact on left, so I can easily switch from sub-items in a branch by my will - not to follow the will of some counter-intuitive logic of Web interface, which shows and hides items as I click them. So please, add an option to left tree menu to SHOW ALL sub-tree items, not just ones I clicked recently.
   Also "MORE XY" in navigation tree just wastes space. It has the same effect as clicking the main branch, so please, get rid of it.
2. I do not know who suggested you DATASTORE BROWSER design, but the very right-hand sub-window (which shows clicked file ICON) is by my opinion useless. Or at least on the wrong place. Maybe you could put it into LOWER TRAY section of datastore browser? Doing so, I would have all longer filenames always visible in top 3 sub-windows:
   - STORE in first left-hand window
   - FOLDERS in 2nd window
   - and folder CONTENT / FILES in 3rd window
   I think we do not need 4th window in datastore browser.
3. NETWORKING tab should show topology of all vSwitches. This was the main advantage of thick client in previous versions against Hyper-V, so please, add it again. Like it is showing topology when you click on each individual network vSwitch, the main NETWORKING tab should have overview of them all.

Thanx

One of the recent security patches must have installed a fresh kernel, or modules, or both on my Fedora Core 25 machine, because Workstation 12 has all of a sudden stopped launching:

[alex@gtw ~]$ vmware

cat: /vmware/modules/modules.xml: No such file or directory

/usr/bin/vmware-modconfig: line 46: /vmware/bin/vmware-modconfig: No such file or directory

[alex@gtw ~]$

Linux kernel version: 4.10.14-200.fc25.x86_64

But the files are there:

[alex@gtw ~]$ locate modules/modules

/usr/lib/vmware/modules/modules.xml

[alex@gtw ~]$ locate vmware-modconfig

/usr/bin/vmware-modconfig

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-modconfig

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-modconfig-console

/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-modconfig-console.so

/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-modconfig.so

/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-modconfig-console.so/libvmware-modconfig-console.so

/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-modconfig.so/libvmware-modconfig.so

[alex@gtw ~]$

If I explicitly define $LIBDIR the launcher doesn't echo anything, just exits:

[alex@gtw ~]$ export LIBDIR=/usr/lib

[alex@gtw ~]$ vmware

[alex@gtw ~]$

I ran an strace to see what's going on:

[alex@gtw ~]$ strace vmware

execve("/usr/bin/vmware", ["vmware"], [/* 52 vars */]) = 0

brk(NULL)                               = 0x5633bb5a1000

mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f395dcfb000

access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3

fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=125849, ...}) = 0

mmap(NULL, 125849, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f395dcdc000

close(3)                                = 0

open("/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3

read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0 \5\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832

fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=2115824, ...}) = 0

mmap(NULL, 3955040, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f395d712000

mprotect(0x7f395d8cf000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0

mmap(0x7f395dace000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1bc000) = 0x7f395dace000

mmap(0x7f395dad4000, 14688, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f395dad4000

close(3)                                = 0

mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f395dcda000

arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f395dcda700) = 0

mprotect(0x7f395dace000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0

mprotect(0x5633ba4e8000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0

mprotect(0x7f395dcfd000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0

munmap(0x7f395dcdc000, 125849)          = 0

brk(NULL)                               = 0x5633bb5a1000

brk(0x5633bb5c2000)                     = 0x5633bb5c2000

brk(NULL)                               = 0x5633bb5c2000

open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3

fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=112823232, ...}) = 0

mmap(NULL, 112823232, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f3956b79000

close(3)                                = 0

execve("/usr/local/bin/bash", ["bash", "/usr/bin/vmware"], [/* 52 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

execve("/usr/local/sbin/bash", ["bash", "/usr/bin/vmware"], [/* 52 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

execve("/usr/bin/bash", ["bash", "/usr/bin/vmware"], [/* 52 vars */]) = 0

brk(NULL)                               = 0x5560cbfe3000

mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f3bfe944000

access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3

fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=125849, ...}) = 0

mmap(NULL, 125849, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f3bfe925000

close(3)                                = 0

open("/lib64/libtinfo.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3

read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\240\331\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832

fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=180200, ...}) = 0

mmap(NULL, 2275584, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f3bfe4f5000

mprotect(0x7f3bfe51c000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0

mmap(0x7f3bfe71c000, 20480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x27000) = 0x7f3bfe71c000

close(3)                                = 0

open("/lib64/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3

read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\240\r\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832

fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=19720, ...}) = 0

mmap(NULL, 2109680, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f3bfe2f1000

mprotect(0x7f3bfe2f4000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0

mmap(0x7f3bfe4f3000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2000) = 0x7f3bfe4f3000

close(3)                                = 0

open("/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3

read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0 \5\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832

fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=2115824, ...}) = 0

mmap(NULL, 3955040, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f3bfdf2b000

mprotect(0x7f3bfe0e8000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0

mmap(0x7f3bfe2e7000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1bc000) = 0x7f3bfe2e7000

mmap(0x7f3bfe2ed000, 14688, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f3bfe2ed000

close(3)                                = 0

mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f3bfe923000

arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f3bfe923700) = 0

mprotect(0x7f3bfe2e7000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0

mprotect(0x7f3bfe4f3000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0

mprotect(0x7f3bfe71c000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0

mprotect(0x5560ca278000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0

mprotect(0x7f3bfe946000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0

munmap(0x7f3bfe925000, 125849)          = 0

open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)     = 3

close(3)                                = 0

brk(NULL)                               = 0x5560cbfe3000

brk(0x5560cc004000)                     = 0x5560cc004000

brk(NULL)                               = 0x5560cc004000

open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3

fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=112823232, ...}) = 0

mmap(NULL, 112823232, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f3bf7392000

close(3)                                = 0

getuid()                                = 1000

getgid()                                = 1000

geteuid()                               = 1000

getegid()                               = 1000

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0

brk(NULL)                               = 0x5560cc004000

sysinfo({uptime=1147, loads=[9792, 17728, 12576], totalram=33673990144, freeram=30786801664, sharedram=20582400, bufferram=153542656, totalswap=16907235328, freeswap=16907235328, procs=617, totalhigh=0, freehigh=0, mem_unit=1}) = 0

rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=0}, 8) = 0

rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, 8) = 0

rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=0}, 8) = 0

rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, 8) = 0

rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=0}, 8) = 0

rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, 8) = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0

rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, 8) = 0

uname({sysname="Linux", nodename="gtw", ...}) = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0

open("/usr/lib64/gconv/gconv-modules.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3

fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=26254, ...}) = 0

mmap(NULL, 26254, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0) = 0x7f3bfe93d000

close(3)                                = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0

stat("/home/alex", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0

stat(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0

getpid()                                = 19393

getppid()                               = 19391

stat(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0

stat("/usr/local/bin/bash", 0x7ffe73cd9df0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

stat("/usr/local/sbin/bash", 0x7ffe73cd9df0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

stat("/usr/bin/bash", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1072008, ...}) = 0

stat("/usr/bin/bash", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1072008, ...}) = 0

geteuid()                               = 1000

getegid()                               = 1000

getuid()                                = 1000

getgid()                                = 1000

access("/usr/bin/bash", X_OK)           = 0

stat("/usr/bin/bash", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1072008, ...}) = 0

geteuid()                               = 1000

getegid()                               = 1000

getuid()                                = 1000

getgid()                                = 1000

access("/usr/bin/bash", R_OK)           = 0

stat("/usr/bin/bash", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1072008, ...}) = 0

stat("/usr/bin/bash", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1072008, ...}) = 0

geteuid()                               = 1000

getegid()                               = 1000

getuid()                                = 1000

getgid()                                = 1000

access("/usr/bin/bash", X_OK)           = 0

stat("/usr/bin/bash", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1072008, ...}) = 0

geteuid()                               = 1000

getegid()                               = 1000

getuid()                                = 1000

getgid()                                = 1000

access("/usr/bin/bash", R_OK)           = 0

getpgrp()                               = 19391

rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {sa_handler=0x5560c9fd5080, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, 8) = 0

getrlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC, {rlim_cur=128362, rlim_max=128362}) = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0

open("/usr/bin/vmware", O_RDONLY)       = 3

ioctl(3, TCGETS, 0x7ffe73cda110)        = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device)

lseek(3, 0, SEEK_CUR)                   = 0

read(3, "#!/usr/bin/env bash\n#\n# Copyrigh"..., 80) = 80

lseek(3, 0, SEEK_SET)                   = 0

getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, {rlim_cur=1024, rlim_max=4*1024}) = 0

fcntl(255, F_GETFD)                     = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor)

dup2(3, 255)                            = 255

close(3)                                = 0

fcntl(255, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)         = 0

fcntl(255, F_GETFL)                     = 0x8000 (flags O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE)

fstat(255, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=3387, ...}) = 0

lseek(255, 0, SEEK_CUR)                 = 0

read(255, "#!/usr/bin/env bash\n#\n# Copyrigh"..., 3387) = 3387

open("/etc/vmware/bootstrap", O_RDONLY) = 3

fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=19, ...}) = 0

read(3, "BINDIR=\"/usr/bin\"\n\n", 19)  = 19

close(3)                                = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0

pipe([3, 4])                            = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0

lseek(255, -1936, SEEK_CUR)             = 1451

clone(child_stack=NULL, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x7f3bfe9239d0) = 19394

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0

close(4)                                = 0

close(4)                                = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor)

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0

clone(child_stack=NULL, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x7f3bfe9239d0) = 19395

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0

close(3)                                = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0

rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {sa_handler=0x5560c9fd1f80, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, 8) = 0

wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 19394

wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 1}], 0, NULL) = 19395

rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, {sa_handler=0x5560c9fd1f80, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, 8) = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0

close(3)                                = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor)

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0

--- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=19394, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} ---

wait4(-1, 0x7ffe73cd97d0, WNOHANG, NULL) = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)

rt_sigreturn({mask=[]})                 = 0

read(255, "\n# Only run the GUI if DISPLAY i"..., 3387) = 1936

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0

pipe([3, 4])                            = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0

lseek(255, -177, SEEK_CUR)              = 3210

clone(child_stack=NULL, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x7f3bfe9239d0) = 19396

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0

close(4)                                = 0

close(4)                                = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor)

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0

clone(child_stack=NULL, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x7f3bfe9239d0) = 19397

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0

close(3)                                = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0

rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {sa_handler=0x5560c9fd1f80, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, 8) = 0

wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 19396

wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 19397

rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, {sa_handler=0x5560c9fd1f80, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, 8) = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0

close(3)                                = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor)

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0

--- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=19396, si_uid=1000, si_status=0, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} ---

wait4(-1, 0x7ffe73cd97d0, WNOHANG, NULL) = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)

rt_sigreturn({mask=[]})                 = 0

read(255, "\nif \"$BINDIR\"/vmware-modconfig -"..., 3387) = 177

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [], 8) = 0

lseek(255, -8, SEEK_CUR)                = 3379

clone(child_stack=NULL, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x7f3bfe9239d0) = 19398

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0

rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {sa_handler=0x5560c9fd1f80, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, 8) = 0

wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 255}], 0, NULL) = 19398

rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {sa_handler=SIG_DFL, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, {sa_handler=0x5560c9fd1f80, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7f3bfdf60990}, 8) = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0

--- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=19398, si_uid=1000, si_status=255, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} ---

wait4(-1, 0x7ffe73cd96d0, WNOHANG, NULL) = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)

rt_sigreturn({mask=[]})                 = 0

read(255, "\nexit 1\n", 3387)           = 8

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0

exit_group(1)                           = ?

+++ exited with 1 +++

[alex@gtw ~]$

If anyone can help me troubleshoot this I would appreciate it.

Thank you,

Alex

My current setup:

ESXi 6.5a (latest)

Processor: Intel i7-3930k

HDD: 1 SSD, 2 SATA

Graphics: HIF HD Radeon 6670 1GB GDDR5

RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 Pro

I have been able to run ESXi just fine.  Setup two VMs which also run perfectly fine.  The issue I am having is getting the Radeon graphics to passthrough to the guest OS.  I can see the card in the Hardware tab of the ESXi configuration.  The device shows up in the hardware passthrough list as:

Advance Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Turks XT [Radeon HD 6670/7670]

It says "not compatible" on the right hand side.  However, I have read stories of people setting up home ESXi servers with this specific card.  They were using other versions of ESXi though and i wonder if that could be the issue.  Does anyone have any ideas on how to make this work?

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Thanks.

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A guest with NAT works fine.

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Run virtual network editor, click on “change settings” to be able to access all options that are greyed out, and then click on “Restore Defaults”.

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kindly, provide the support for esxtop scheduling ??

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F**K! Just when I thought I fixed all this, IT STARTS THRASHING AGAIN.

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