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jbdubbs
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 Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:14 pm Post subject: VMWare libpng Problem |
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Both stable and ~ releases of VMWare are refusing to start either as root or user with the following errors:
dubbs jbdubbs # /opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware
/opt/vmware/workstation/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified
/opt/vmware/workstation/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/opt/vmware/workstation/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified
For fun, I downgraded to stable versions of cairo, glitz, and gtk, but nothing works as of yet.
Ideas? |
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xoomix
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| Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Does running revdep-rebuild -av say or suggest that you have some dependencies/libraries/modules that need to be rebuilt? |
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jbdubbs
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| Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:50 am Post subject: |
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| revdep-rebuild comes up clean, both before and after downgrading those packages. |
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jbdubbs
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| bump... ideas? |
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Seron
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:44 am Post subject: |
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I have this when I start vmware but it still works: | Code: | /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/opt/vmware/workstation/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/opt/vmware/workstation/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) |
I do not get Xlib connection messages.
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crowe
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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I have solved this using:
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export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK='yes'
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The problem seemed to be caused after an upgrade of too many things to narrow it down to one thing but reading the VMWARE VMTN discussion it could be caused by a glib/gcc upgrade? I tried (re)emerging gtk+, libcairo and running revdep-rebuild, none of which helped.[/code]
I still get the error:
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/opt/vmware/workstation/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
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but this does not seem to cause a failure.
jbdubbs: does this help? |
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kiesa
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| Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm having this error too, any solutions? |
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crowe
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:06 am Post subject: |
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I have since upgraded much since I had the problem (as part of natural emerge -D world). In particular I think I remerged as portage upgrades happen and I now have:
* app-emulation/vmware-modules 1.0.0.15-r1
* app-emulation/vmware-workstation 5.5.3.34685
I no longer need to use
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export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK='yes'
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But I still have the warning
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/opt/vmware/workstation/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
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this seems not to cause a problem when I run it. |
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sgarcia
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm. After reading this thread, I added | Code: | | VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK='yes' |
to my .bashrc and not only did vmplayer start working, but the error message from libcairo stopped as well.
I'm using vmware-player, not vmware-workstation, but I am (and have been since this problem surfaced) using
app-emulation/vmware-modules 1.0.0.15-r1
The player version is
app-emulation/vmware-player-1.0.3.34682
which is the most current in portage. That particular combination does seem to require setting the environment variable. |
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younker
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:46 am Post subject: |
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| crowe wrote: |
But I still have the warning
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/opt/vmware/workstation/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
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this seems not to cause a problem when I run it. |
I have this problem too, these days, I upgraded libpng |
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potatoface
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| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:36 am Post subject: |
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| crowe wrote: | | Code: | | VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK='yes' |
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i cant start vmware, it seems that some of you have solved the problem, but how? 
regards,
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jbdubbs
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:06 am Post subject: |
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| Ran into this problem again after upgrading VMWare to Beta 6 outside of using portage, then downgrading to portage version. Turns out that the libpng warnings aren't fatal, and deleting ~/.vmware works just fine. |
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drescherjm
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) |
Just delete /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0 and it will use your gentoo installed libpng.
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LoSeR_5150
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 4:26 am Post subject: |
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drescherjm: now that suggestion is what i'm talking about.  that worked great. thx
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