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From: "ifj. Stefán István" <istefan@××××.hu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] vmplayer wont start
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:31:10
Message-Id: 4E6DB503.8040104@stef.hu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] vmplayer wont start by Mick
1 2011-09-08 23:07 keltezéssel, Mick írta:
2 > On Thursday 08 Sep 2011 09:29:38 ifj. Stefán István wrote:
3 >> Hello!
4 >>
5 >> I've installed vmware-player, but can't start it. It outputs a lot of
6 >> messages (none of them seems to be error msgs) and gives back the prompt:
7 >>
8 >> localhost ~ # vmplayer
9 >> Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-8401.log
10 >> filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmmon.ko
11 >> supported: external
12 >> license: GPL v2
13 >> description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
14 >> author: VMware, Inc.
15 >> depends:
16 >> vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
17 >> filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmnet.ko
18 >> supported: external
19 >> license: GPL v2
20 >> description: VMware Virtual Networking Driver.
21 >> author: VMware, Inc.
22 >> depends:
23 >> vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
24 >> filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmblock.ko
25 >> supported: external
26 >> version: 1.1.2.0
27 >> license: GPL v2
28 >> description: VMware Blocking File System
29 >> author: VMware, Inc.
30 >> srcversion: B89EB740A79434530BAB81F
31 >> depends:
32 >> vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
33 >> parm: root:The directory the file system redirects to. (charp)
34 >> filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmci.ko
35 >> supported: external
36 >> supported: external
37 >> license: GPL v2
38 >> description: VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI).
39 >> author: VMware, Inc.
40 >> depends:
41 >> vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
42 >> filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vsock.ko
43 >> supported: external
44 >> license: GPL v2
45 >> version: 1.0.0.0
46 >> description: VMware Virtual Socket Family
47 >> author: VMware, Inc.
48 >> srcversion: CC633F42818AB6B4476CF99
49 >> depends: vmci
50 >> vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
51 >> filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmmon.ko
52 >> supported: external
53 >> license: GPL v2
54 >> description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
55 >> author: VMware, Inc.
56 >> depends:
57 >> vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
58 >> localhost ~ #
59 >>
60 >> Content of the log file:
61 >> szept 08 10:21:19.939: app| Log for VMware Workstation pid=8401
62 >> version=6.5.5 build=build-328052 option=Release
63 >> szept 08 10:21:19.939: app| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
64 >> szept 08 10:21:19.939: app| Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-8401.log
65 >>
66 >> I use version app-emulation/vmware-player-2.5.5.328052.
67 >> It wont start even if I add a virtual machine config file parameter to
68 >> vmplayer.
69 >> Is there any trick to start it?
70 > Have you tried starting it as a plain user, or is vmplayer meant to be started
71 > as root?
72 >
73 Yes, I1ve tried starting it as a simple user also.