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From: "ifj. Stefán István" <istefan@××××.hu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] vmplayer wont start
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:30:24
Message-Id: 4E687CF2.1010507@stef.hu
1 Hello!
2
3 I've installed vmware-player, but can't start it. It outputs a lot of
4 messages (none of them seems to be error msgs) and gives back the prompt:
5
6 localhost ~ # vmplayer
7 Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-8401.log
8 filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmmon.ko
9 supported: external
10 license: GPL v2
11 description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
12 author: VMware, Inc.
13 depends:
14 vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
15 filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmnet.ko
16 supported: external
17 license: GPL v2
18 description: VMware Virtual Networking Driver.
19 author: VMware, Inc.
20 depends:
21 vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
22 filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmblock.ko
23 supported: external
24 version: 1.1.2.0
25 license: GPL v2
26 description: VMware Blocking File System
27 author: VMware, Inc.
28 srcversion: B89EB740A79434530BAB81F
29 depends:
30 vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
31 parm: root:The directory the file system redirects to. (charp)
32 filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmci.ko
33 supported: external
34 supported: external
35 license: GPL v2
36 description: VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI).
37 author: VMware, Inc.
38 depends:
39 vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
40 filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vsock.ko
41 supported: external
42 license: GPL v2
43 version: 1.0.0.0
44 description: VMware Virtual Socket Family
45 author: VMware, Inc.
46 srcversion: CC633F42818AB6B4476CF99
47 depends: vmci
48 vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
49 filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmmon.ko
50 supported: external
51 license: GPL v2
52 description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
53 author: VMware, Inc.
54 depends:
55 vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
56 localhost ~ #
57
58 Content of the log file:
59 szept 08 10:21:19.939: app| Log for VMware Workstation pid=8401
60 version=6.5.5 build=build-328052 option=Release
61 szept 08 10:21:19.939: app| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
62 szept 08 10:21:19.939: app| Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-8401.log
63
64 I use version app-emulation/vmware-player-2.5.5.328052.
65 It wont start even if I add a virtual machine config file parameter to
66 vmplayer.
67 Is there any trick to start it?
68
69 Thanks,
70 István

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Re: [gentoo-user] vmplayer wont start Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] vmplayer wont start Michael Higgins <linux@×××××××.org>