Bug 19692 – VMWare Workstation 4.0 LIBC issues (vmnet-natd does not start) with USE=nptl

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Mike Jones 2003-04-20 16:22:12 UTC]

Hi there.  VMWare Workstation 4.0.xxxx works fine under glibc >2.3, with one
exception: vmnet-natd fails to start (complaining about lacking GLIBC_2.0
symbols in libc) when USE includes nptl.

[root@ashmodai:~]# /opt/vmware/bin/vmnet-natd
/opt/vmware/bin/vmnet-natd: relocation error: /opt/vmware/bin/vmnet-natd: symbol
errno, version GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference
[root@ashmodai:~]# /lib/libc.so.6 | egrep -i "(c library|nptl)"
GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.2, by Roland McGrath et al.
NPTL 0.29 by Ulrich Drepper

Works fine on my non-NPTL (read: nvidia card installed :-) boxes.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. USE=nptl
2. /etc/init.d/vmware start
3. watch networking bomb

Actual Results:  
vmnet-natd didn't start

Expected Results:  
...it should have started :-)

Yea yea, I know that NPTL is experimental, don't shoot me :-)

[Comment 1 Seth Chandler 2003-04-22 03:08:34 UTC]

ahh...you're really going to have to take this up with the nvidia folks i think...

[Comment 2 Brad Laue (RETIRED) 2003-05-03 18:27:45 UTC]

Marking this one invalid for two reasons:

1) The conditions are highly experimental

2) The resolution would have to come from upstream

[Comment 3 Tibor Gemes 2004-03-29 05:54:54 UTC]

Upgrading to vmware-workstation 4.5.1.7568 eliminated this problem for me.