Upgrade Edgy to Kernel 2.6.20
Ok, so I ran into a problem with the latest Edgy kernel (2.6.17xxx) and VMWare. The problem is any network activity in the VMware guest OS causes the VM to lock up and if my host is fully engaged in the VM the host is locked also, for a period of exactly 5 minutes.
The problem is very mysterious and no one has really found a solid “fix”, even in the VMware forums. However, after I upgraded to the newest kernel via Feisty Beta the problem disappeared. This led me to beleive that the problem is the kernel. So, because I don’t want to run a beta right now on my system, since I cannot get Beryl working, and other reasons, I’m going to attempt to update just my kernel to 2.6.20xx.
After a post on www.UbuntuForums.org, I was directed to a thread here (thanks to NeoLithium): http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=311158
So I’m following this guide and will post back my progress and success/challenges.