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From: David Relson <relson@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-player problem
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:29:51
Message-Id: 20110914182820.5bea26b9@osage.osagesoftware.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-player problem by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:45:58 +0300
2 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
3
4 > On 09/14/2011 03:00 PM, David Relson wrote:
5 > > Using files pointed to from BGO, I have successfully installed
6 > > vmware-player and vmware-modules-238-r1 on my 64-bit gentoo system
7 > > running kernel 2.6.39-gentoo-r2
8 > >
9 > > However, vmware-player won't start. Checking in
10 > > /var/tmp/vmware-relson, I found the following message:
11 > >
12 > > Could not
13 > > open /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware.so/libvmware.so
14 > >
15 > > The message is correct, libvmware.so does not exist at the path
16 > > above (or anywhere else).
17 >
18 > Try installing vmware-workstation and try again.
19 >
20
21 vmware-workstation costs more $$ than I'm willing to pay.
22
23 Of course, vmware-server also exists. However it depends on
24 vmware-modules-208 which doesn't support my 2.6.39 kernel.

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[gentoo-user] Re: vmware-player problem Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>