Re: [gentoo-user] vmplayer wont start

[Mick]

On Thursday 08 Sep 2011 09:29:38 ifj. Stefán István wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I've installed vmware-player, but can't start it. It outputs a lot of
> messages (none of them seems to be error msgs) and gives back the prompt:
>
> localhost ~ # vmplayer
> Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-8401.log
> filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmmon.ko
> supported:      external
> license:        GPL v2
> description:    VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
> author:         VMware, Inc.
> depends:
> vermagic:       2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
> filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmnet.ko
> supported:      external
> license:        GPL v2
> description:    VMware Virtual Networking Driver.
> author:         VMware, Inc.
> depends:
> vermagic:       2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
> filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmblock.ko
> supported:      external
> version:        1.1.2.0
> license:        GPL v2
> description:    VMware Blocking File System
> author:         VMware, Inc.
> srcversion:     B89EB740A79434530BAB81F
> depends:
> vermagic:       2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
> parm:           root:The directory the file system redirects to. (charp)
> filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmci.ko
> supported:      external
> supported:      external
> license:        GPL v2
> description:    VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI).
> author:         VMware, Inc.
> depends:
> vermagic:       2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
> filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vsock.ko
> supported:      external
> license:        GPL v2
> version:        1.0.0.0
> description:    VMware Virtual Socket Family
> author:         VMware, Inc.
> srcversion:     CC633F42818AB6B4476CF99
> depends:        vmci
> vermagic:       2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
> filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmmon.ko
> supported:      external
> license:        GPL v2
> description:    VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
> author:         VMware, Inc.
> depends:
> vermagic:       2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions
> localhost ~ #
>
> Content of the log file:
> szept 08 10:21:19.939: app| Log for VMware Workstation pid=8401
> version=6.5.5 build=build-328052 option=Release
> szept 08 10:21:19.939: app| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
> szept 08 10:21:19.939: app| Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-8401.log
>
> I use version app-emulation/vmware-player-2.5.5.328052.
> It wont start even if I add a virtual machine config file parameter to
> vmplayer.
> Is there any trick to start it?

Have you tried starting it as a plain user, or is vmplayer meant to be started 
as root?

-- 
Regards,
Mick