F11: getting Vmware Workstation 6.5.3 build-185404 running

[linux.ninjas groupadmin]

The QA team at Vmware is apparently not really using Fedora 11 as a
test-bed as lately any updates to Vmware workstation require
troubleshooting and debugging before they work on Fedora 11.

This is the latest solution for getting Vmware workstation 6.5.3
build-185404 running on Fedora 11.
The culprit this time is having a ... gcc compiler available ...
So before you install, rename the gcc compiler to something else (I
used the .bundle to install)


mv /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/gcc.VMWAREQASUCKS

./VMware-Workstation-6.5.3-185404.i386.bundle

mv /usr/bin/gcc.VMWAREQASUCKS /usr/bin/gcc

now start vmware workstation and it will automatically compile the
modules, if you did not forget to rename your gcc compiler back to
it's original name.


As Redhat KVM virtualisation works out of the box everytime, maybe
somebody should be a bit more worried ...