Re: DragonFly hung up in Vmware

[David Cuthbert <dacut@xxxxxxxxx>]

a1rsupp1y wrote:
> i install DragonFly in vmware, and at install stage,it will sudden hung 
> up, dont know why, i have to reboot and reinstall. after reboot and 
> reinstall 3 times, i  install it ok. and at cvsup phase,it hung up 
> again, then i try ssh login, it's ok, i can remote login. and can 
> control it again. but i can't control through console. i dont know if 
> it's a bug.

This is a bug in VMware on Linux (possibly Windows, too), triggered by 
something unusual DragonFly is doing.  I've seen it on both 4.0.2 and 4.0.5.

Basically, VMware's console becomes extremely sluggish -- it can take 
minutes for keypresses to register or output to update.  I've managed to 
reboot VMware under such a circumstance, and the slugishness continues 
into the boot phase and BIOS setup screen, which pretty much nails it as 
a VMware bug.

I've been chasing what in DF causes this for a couple weeks now, but to 
no avail.

Dave