/home/dunkel> cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.32-431.el6.i686 (mockbuild@c6b8.bsys.dev.centos.org) (gcc version 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-4) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Fri Nov 22 00:26:36 UTC 2013
Please let me know what command you prefer to describe the running kernel version. I checked /usr/bin/vmplayer which was installed by the version 6 VMware Player installation. Its text output on the black screen-of-death is different from my previous description. But it reliably crashes the system. If you describe your working Linux kernal/VMplayer combination, I might be able to reproduce it.
