************************************************************ Get Linux procfs ready and initialize vmmon/vmnet as follows: ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/vmware.sh start then you'll be ready to start vmware. Don't forget to load the kernel module aio.ko, or options VFS_AIO in the kernel. Otherwise expect problems. If you have fairly recent 5.x system or running vmware3 on FreeBSD 4.x, make sure that you have sysctl kern.ipc.shm_allow_removed set to 1, otherwise you will get Cannot attach shared memory segment: Invalid argument. Failed to initialize SVGA device. errors on "Power On". You can add the following to /etc/sysctl.conf: --- cut here --- kern.ipc.shm_allow_removed=1 --- cut here --- Don't miss the documents installed: vmware(1) ${PREFIX}/share/doc/vmware/* ************************************************************