vmware player fails to start due to cairo png errors and missing images /opt/vmware/player/lib/bin/vmplayer: /opt/vmware/player/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) Failed to open file '/usr/lib/vmware/share/pixmaps/upgrade-hw.png': No such file or directory This was fixed by copying the latest png lib cp /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.13.0 libpng12.so.0 The images were fixed by creating a sym link there maybe a way to change this in the config Also there is no vmplayer copied to /usr/bin Also there is no .desktop file for the app ln -s /opt/vmware/player/lib /usr/lib/vmware /opt/vmware/player #equery uses cairo [ Searching for packages matching cairo... ] [ Colour Code : set unset ] [ Legend : Left column (U) - USE flags from make.conf ] [ : Right column (I) - USE flags packages was installed with ] [ Found these USE variables for x11-libs/cairo-1.2.4 ] U I + + X : Adds support for X11 - - directfb : Adds support for DirectFB layer (library for FB devices) - - doc : Adds extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc) - - glitz : Build with glitz support + + png : Adds support for libpng (PNG images) + + svg : Adds support for SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG ). This option is mainly intended for users that tend to browse multimedia sites frequently.
*** Bug 157635 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Appears to be a duplicate of bug #155433. According to http://forums.gentoo.org//viewtopic-t-512688-highlight-vmplayer.html, running vmplayer with an argument of the location of the VMX file you want to use will allow you to run as non-root.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 155433 ***
