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haz
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 Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject: vmware-server from overlay |
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I'm trying to get started with the excellent vmware overlay as per this page.
Everything went smoothly, but trying to run | Code: | | /opt/vmware/server/lib/bin/vmware |
or vmware-server-console gives me the following error three times and then dies:
| Code: | | /opt/vmware/server/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/server/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) |
To fix this, I moved the libpng12 libraries out of the way and created symlinks to the /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0. This has made the errors go away, but now both programs just die with no output. Does anyone know what's going on? I should just be able to run vmware-server-console right? |
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massimo
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:59 am Post subject: |
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Well, maybe some revdep-rebuild can solve your problem. I use the same overlay without any problems.
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haz
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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Nope, revdep-rebuild doesn't help. Ok, different question... once it's installed, how do i install and configure a guest OS? Should I be trying to use the web interface? Because that was configured and setup to run on 902, but connecting to localhost:902 takes ages and then fails with this error:
| Code: | | 220 VMware Authentication Daemon Version 1.10: SSL Required, MKSDisplayProtocol:VNC |
which is really weird because I do have ssl in my use flags but not vnc.
Anyway, can someone help with this error or tell me how I should normally be trying to install a guest OS? I'm thinking maybe vmware and vmware-server-console are for once a virtual machine exists to control. |
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haz
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm, still not much interest. Maybe I'm asking too many random questions.
Let me make all this into one clear question:
* If someone has used the latest version from the overlay successfully, can you tell me what steps you took to begin working with it after vmware-server, vmware-server-console and vmware-modules were installed and the two config.pl scripts run? Is it just a matter of running vmware or vmware-server-console, and should this program just die with no output if it's given no arguments?
Please help if you have it working, I'm getting close to giving up  |
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massimo
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Did you run vmware-config.pl before running vmware-server?
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jschellhaass
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| Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Are you in the vmware group?
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haz
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| Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:23 am Post subject: |
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| Yes and yes, config perl script was run and user is in vmware group. Still stumped for now. |
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massimo
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Which version of vmware-server is set up on your system? You should check your installation - unlike your installed version does mine, vmware-server-1.0.0.28343, link against /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.
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cazze
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:07 am Post subject: |
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i got the same problem. Any sollution for this? Did you ever get it running?
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devsk
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| cazze wrote: | | i got the same problem. Any sollution for this? Did you ever get it running? |
is your problem described like this: you run 'vmware' and it just exits without any output or windows? the vmware wrapper script is little wierd and hides the underlying error. The error is most likely that DISPLAY env. variable is not set. Set it 'export DISPLAY=localhost:0' and then run vmware. remember 'sudo' should be done on the script which will set the DISPLAY. Setting DISPLAY and then doing 'sudo' on 'vmware' will not work because DISPLAY will not pass on to the actual 'vmware' wrapper script. If you are running as root, while X session is running user 'joe', you need to do 'xhost +localhost' in joe's xterm window.
PS: Its a security feature of sudo that only certain env. vars (HOME, SHELL, USER, LOGNAME, and bare min PATH) are passed onto the forked process, others are unset. Only TERM is passed as it is.
Edit: don't forget to put a 'SOLVED' in subject if it resolves your issue. |
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