When i try to enter the serial number for vmware 6 its crashes to prompt with no errors. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Help -> Enter Serial Number Actual Results: ~ $ strace vmware read(255, "ing a symbol in gtkmm instead of"..., 8192) = 2302 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0 pipe([3, 4]) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0 _llseek(255, -1769, [8725], SEEK_CUR) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7d7c708) = 6498 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0 close(4) = 0 close(4) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor) rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7d7c708) = 6499 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0 close(3) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x807a130, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 waitpid(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 1}], 0) = 6499 waitpid(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0) = 6498 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {0x807a130, [], 0}, 8) = 0 close(3) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor) rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- waitpid(-1, 0xbfee9b5c, WNOHANG) = -1 ECHILD (No child processes) sigreturn() = ? (mask now []) rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 read(255, "\nif [ \"$VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK\" "..., 8192) = 1769 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 pipe([3, 4]) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [], 8) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7d7c708) = 6504 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- waitpid(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], WNOHANG) = 6504 waitpid(-1, 0xbfee8f4c, WNOHANG) = -1 ECHILD (No child processes) sigreturn() = ? (mask now []) rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {0x8079530, [], 0}, {0x8079530, [], 0}, 8) = 0 close(4) = 0 read(3, "/opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/"..., 128) = 128 read(3, "lib/libgnomecanvasmm-2.6.so.1:/o"..., 128) = 128 read(3, "0\n", 128) = 2 read(3, "", 128) = 0 close(3) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x807a130, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {0x807a130, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0 pipe([3, 4]) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [INT CHLD], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [INT CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7d7c708) = 6511 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0 close(4) = 0 close(4) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor) rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7d7c708) = 6516 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0 close(3) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x807a130, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 waitpid(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 1}], 0) = 6516 waitpid(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0) = 6511 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {0x807a130, [], 0}, 8) = 0 close(3) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor) rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- waitpid(-1, 0xbfee93bc, WNOHANG) = -1 ECHILD (No child processes) sigreturn() = ? (mask now []) rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0 pipe([3, 4]) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7d7c708) = 6517 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0 close(4) = 0 close(4) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor) rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7d7c708) = 6522 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0 close(3) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x807a130, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 waitpid(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 1}], 0) = 6522 waitpid(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0) = 6517 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {0x807a130, [], 0}, 8) = 0 close(3) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor) rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- waitpid(-1, 0xbfee95ac, WNOHANG) = -1 ECHILD (No child processes) sigreturn() = ? (mask now []) rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [], 8) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7d7c708) = 6523 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x807a130, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 waitpid(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0) = 6523 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- waitpid(-1, 0xbfee97bc, WNOHANG) = -1 ECHILD (No child processes) sigreturn() = ? (mask now []) rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {0x807a130, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 read(255, "", 8192) = 0 exit_group(0) = ? Expected Results: Some type of dialog box. ~ $ emerge --info Portage 2.1.3.19 (default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.13GHz Timestamp of tree: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:47:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r6 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.22-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo ftp://mirror.iawnet.sandia.gov/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo/ ftp://cudlug.cudenver.edu/pub/mirrors/distributions/gentoo/ http://gentoo.ccccom.com ftp://gentoo.ccccom.com http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://gentoo.netnitco.net ftp://gentoo.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/gentoo/source/ http://mirror.espri.arizona.edu/gentoo/ http://mirrors.acm.cs.rpi.edu/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/gentoo/" LINGUAS="en_US" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa arts asf ati berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cairo cdinstall cdr cli cracklib crypt curl dbus dri dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode esd evo fam firefox flac flash fortran ftp gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 iconv isdnlog java jpeg kde kerberos mad midi mikmod mmx mmxext mozilla mp3 mpeg mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg openal opengl openmp osc oss pam pcre pdf perl png pppd python qt qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection samba scanner sdl session spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb videos vorbis win32codecs x86 xml xorg xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="intel8x0 intel8x0m usb-audio" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="mouse keyboard evdev synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en_US" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx radeon" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Hiya, could you please verify that gtkmm has been built with USE=acessibility, and that libview and libsexy were rebuilt afterwards? Finally please also check that your installed libview is version 0.6.1... That'll help us determine if it's a known problem or not, and let us fix up the ebuild accordingly. If all of those are correct then we'll have to start doing some deeper investigation.
Yes gtkmm was recompiled with accessibility and libview and libsexy where then recompiled as well to get the program to load. The libview version that is installed is libview-0.6.1 -debug. If i can pull any more information let me know.
I did notice something strange.... ldd /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libvmwareui.so.0/libvmwareui.so.0 claims it can not find libexpat.so.0, i tried linking it into the /usr/lib which fixed the missing lib but did not solve the issue.
Hmmm, Well, I'll have a look around the vmtn and see if anyone else has encountered this. Also, could you please see if the same issue exists when using vmware-workstation-6.0.1? Hopefully we can still get to the bottom of this... 5:)
I am not going to be able to test the 6.0.1 as i do not have the binaries for that version... Not sure if they are available on vmwares site as I have not upgraded my 5.5 license yet. Kind of wanted to make sure it worked with Gentoo before getting my boss to shell out the cash. Anyway let me know if there is anything else i can try.
(In reply to comment #4) > Well, I'll have a look around the vmtn and see if anyone else has encountered > this. Also, could you please see if the same issue exists when using > vmware-workstation-6.0.1? Hopefully we can still get to the bottom of this... Hi, same problem here. After upgrading kernel 2.6.23 to 2.6.24 today vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1 didn't compile anymore. So I tried to upgrade my vmware-workstation 5.5.5 to 6.0.2. I compiled gtkmm with the accessibility use flag and recompiled libview and libsexy afterwards. libview is v0.6.1. vmware-workstation crashes without any error message when trying to enter the serial number. # emerge --info Portage 2.1.4.4 (default-linux/x86/2007.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.24-gentoo-r3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.24-gentoo-r3 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz Timestamp of tree: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:30:02 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17-r1 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.4 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r9 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo/" LANG="de_DE.utf8" LC_ALL="POSIX" LINGUAS="de" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac aalib acl acpi alsa apache2 arts artswrappersuid asf audiofile bash-completion binary-drivers browserplugin bzip2 caps cdparanoia cdr chm cli cpudetection cracklib crypt css cups dbm dbus dmi doc dri dts dvd dvdnav dvdr dvdread emacs encode esd exif expat extrafilters fam fbcon ffmpeg firefox flac fontconfig foomaticdb fortran ftp gd gdbm gif gimp gimpprint glitz glut gmp gnutls gphoto2 gpm gs gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal hddtemp iconv icq id3 idn ieee1394 imagemagick imap imlib insecure-savers java javascript jikes jpeg jpeg2k kde kdehiddenvisibility kipi lame lm_sensors logitech-mouse logrotate logwatch lzo mad mbox midi mikmod milter mime mjpeg mmx mmxext mng moneyplex mono motif mozsvg mp3 mpeg mpeg2 mplayer msn mudflap musicbrainz mysql mysqli ncurses nls noamazon nptl nptlonly nsplugin offensive ogg ole openexr opengl openmp oss pam pcre pda pdf perl pmu png posix ppds pppd print python pyzor qt-static qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime razor rdesktop readline real reflection rtc samba sasl scanner sdl sensord session sharedmem slang smp snmp sockets sox spell spl sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg syslog tcl tcpd tetex tidy tiff tk toolbar tools truetype unicode usb userlocales v4l v4l2 vcd vim-syntax vim-with-x visualization vorbis win32codecs wxwindows x86 xcomposite xft xine xinetd xml xorg xosd xpm xscreensaver xv xvmc zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CAMERAS="canon" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia vesa fbdev vga v4l" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS I'm currently downloading v6.0.1 and will try that version.
Hi, it's me again. Tried vmware-workstation-6.0.1.55017, but the problem still exists. v6.0.1 crashes when selecting Help/Enter serial number. Unfortunately this means I have to go back to kernel 2.6.23-r9 since I need vmware-workstation every day. Oliver
Hi Oliver, I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner, I've been moving house and jobs the past couple of weeks. Thanks very much for testing out workstation-6.0.1, that's very useful feedback. I also encountered this problem when setting up my new machine. Unfortunately I can't determine from the strace what's going wrong, and as you've seen, vmware offers no message about what's going wrong. Sadly that leaves me fairly unable to fix the problem. However, I can look into getting vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1 working with 2.6.24 (which appears to be bug 197636, which I'd thought was fixed, if not could you please add some comments to that bug, and I'll reopen it). Given that entering a serial number is generally a one-off event, you could try running vmware from a terminal by: VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK="yes" vmware That should run and allow you to access the serial number dialog. Once you've entered it, you can start vmware as normal, and hopefully will not encounter any problems. It's a nasty workaround, but it's what I used for my recent install. Otherwise the best I can do is continue checking VMTN to try and find a solution, sorry... 5:(
Hi Mike, 3 hours isn't that bad for a reply ;-) Sorry about the confusion, vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1 compiles fine with kernel 2.6.24 running. It was a fault on my side. I was using an overlay for vmware-modules to be able to include vmware-any-any-update115 which fixed a bug that was causing error messages in /var/log/messages. The bug fix from 01/26/08 didn't increase the release number so I missed that patch. The standard vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1 compiled fine after I removed my overlay. The problem with vmware-workstation 6.0.1/.2 remains, but I can still live with v5.5.5 for a while. Oliver
VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK="yes" vmware Seems to work well for me as a work around/dirty hack. I still think the problem needs to be addressed however it will get me rolling for the time being.
You're quite right Alex, but at the moment I'm shooting in the dark as I've got no clues as to what's going wrong. Sadly, the same issue still occurs with 6.0.3, so I'm open for any solutions people would like me to try. I have the unfortunate feeling it's just a crossed wire somewhere as vmware use all their own compiled binaries rather than system binaries to run, compiled with different versions of gcc, and requiring libraries no longer in portage (libexpat.0). All in all, it's a case of wait and see if something changes I'm afraid... 5:(
Just a bit of good news. This issue seems to have been cured! Unfortunately, it's cured in workstation-6.5 beta (which is now ready for testing by the brave in the overlay), so it doesn't look like there's ever going to be a cure for the current 6.0.x series...
*** Bug 221737 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
(In reply to comment #8) > Given that entering a serial number is generally a one-off event, you could try > running vmware from a terminal by: > > VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK="yes" vmware > > That should run and allow you to access the serial number dialog. Once you've > entered it, you can start vmware as normal, and hopefully will not encounter > any problems. It's a nasty workaround, but it's what I used for my recent > install. Workaround also works for vmware-6.0.4.
(In reply to comment #14) > (In reply to comment #8) > > Given that entering a serial number is generally a one-off event, you could try > > running vmware from a terminal by: > > > > VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK="yes" vmware > > > > That should run and allow you to access the serial number dialog. Once you've > > entered it, you can start vmware as normal, and hopefully will not encounter > > any problems. It's a nasty workaround, but it's what I used for my recent > > install. > > Workaround also works for vmware-6.0.4. > Workaround does not work for me for vmware-workstation vmware-workstation-6.0.4.93057. schlepptop ~ # VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes vmware /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/bin/vmware: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1: undefined symbol: FT_Select_Size schlepptop ~ # VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force vmware /bin/bash: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1: undefined symbol: FT_Select_Size /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/bin/vmware: error while loading shared libraries: libvmwarebase.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory schlepptop ~ # emerge --info Portage 2.2_rc1 (default/linux/x86/2008.0, gcc-4.3.1, glibc-2.8_p20080602-r0, 2.6.26-HAUIHAU i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.26-HAUIHAU-i686-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_CPU_T7200_@_2.00GHz-with-glibc2.0 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 22 Jul 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I can confirm the problem with "Enter Serial Number..." in 6.0.5 build-109488. Using the workaround (VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK="yes") is successful. Comment #15 seems to be about a different problem. FT_Select_Size is a FreeType call.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 185444 ***
