Bug 157633

Summary:	app-emulation/vmware-player-1.0.2.29634 fails to start
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Paul Austin <paul>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo VMWare Bug Squashers [disabled] <vmware+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	martin
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Paul Austin 2006-12-09 11:22:11 UTC

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.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-12-09 13:06:45 UTC

*** Bug 157635 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Martin Smith 2006-12-12 18:37:00 UTC

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.

Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-12-13 08:37:45 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 155433 ***