vmware-server-console and gtk problem

[sdahlin]

Apparently with the 1.0.5 release of vmware-server-console and 8.0.4 Hardy heron there is a problem with gtk. When the /usr/bin/vmware-server-console script executes it calls /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh prior to calling /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console. The wrapper-gtk24.sh returns an exitcode of 1 in the vm_run() section.

I used earlier posts dealing with vmware-server (i.e., http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=613976) to get vmware-server up and running. I tried also providing symbolic links

sudo ln -sf /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0

as well as trying various settings (yes,no,force) for the $VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK var to no effect. Has anyone else dealt with this?

Thanks,
Steve

[Kokopelli]

Apparently with the 1.0.5 release of vmware-server-console and 8.0.4 Hardy heron there is a problem with gtk. When the /usr/bin/vmware-server-console script executes it calls /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh prior to calling /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console. The wrapper-gtk24.sh returns an exitcode of 1 in the vm_run() section.

I used earlier posts dealing with vmware-server (i.e., http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=613976) to get vmware-server up and running. I tried also providing symbolic links

sudo ln -sf /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0

as well as trying various settings (yes,no,force) for the $VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK var to no effect. Has anyone else dealt with this?

Thanks,
Steve

Can you try and run console from a command line and post whatever errors occur?

[sdahlin]

Unfortunately, it gives no error messages. It just simply quits. The scripts will give error messages for certain types of problems but a failure of the type I describe gives nothing. The process just ends.

[leafpaul]

Unfortunately, it gives no error messages. It just simply quits. The scripts will give error messages for certain types of problems but a failure of the type I describe gives nothing. The process just ends.


When running vmware-server-console from the command line I get the following:

/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh: 316: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: not found

/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh: 370: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: not found

Sounds like the same issue. Any ideas?

vmware-server-console is in the path specified despite the not found. Running as root gives the same error.

[fjgaude]

What do you get from just running vmserver, not -server-console?

[leafpaul]

What do you get from just running vmserver, not -server-console?

The vmserver is on another machine I was doing a standalone install of the console on hardy.

[kvasimongo]

When running vmware-server-console from the command line I get the following:

/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh: 316: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: not found

/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh: 370: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: not found

Sounds like the same issue. Any ideas?

vmware-server-console is in the path specified despite the not found. Running as root gives the same error.

I get the same error messages trying to run vmware-server-console on hardy.

[turn1200]

I'm getting the error as well. I may try installing the full server as well to see if it helps since I might use that anyway.

[turn1200]

I'm using 64bit so I had to install ia32-libs.

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

[turn1200]

I then had to run

sudo cp /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.2/libgcc_s.so /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1

then

sudo cp /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libpng12.so.0/

I should mention I performed the steps in the last two posts instead of installing the server portion of vmware.

[fjgaude]

Has folks here tried the Sticky, exactly, at the top of this Forum?

[turn1200]

Not me. I ended up fixing the problem without.

[leafpaul]

The fix described by turn1200 sorted me out too