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    Re: HowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server

    Sq322

    Don't know why it says so, but this should get you rid of the error
    Code:
    sudo chown username.username -R /home/username/.vmware
    It gives you the permissions of the .vmware directory and all underlying files. Which is save, since all files in your homedirectory normally should be yours.

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    Re: HowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server

    Thx Peturrr...I assume this does it permanently
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    Re: HowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server

    How do I uninstall VMware Server? I installed it following the instructions in this thread, that is, I used the apt-get command. It doesn't show up in either of my two GUI installers -- Autmatix or Synaptic --.

    Can someone tell me how to get rid of all the stuff that got downloaded with my spt-get so that I get a nice clean uninstall?

    Many thanks

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    Re: HowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server

    For the life of me I cannot seem to get my networking, Internet connection, and USB drives to work. I've setup VMware server and installed XP just fine but I cannot get the 3 above mentioned items working. My ethernet adapter says it cannot be started yet I have no problem with it in Kubuntu? anyone?

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    Re: HowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server

    Quote Originally Posted by SteveHoffmanUK View Post
    How do I uninstall VMware Server? I installed it following the instructions in this thread, that is, I used the apt-get command. It doesn't show up in either of my two GUI installers -- Autmatix or Synaptic --.

    Can someone tell me how to get rid of all the stuff that got downloaded with my spt-get so that I get a nice clean uninstall?

    Many thanks
    Code:
    apt-get remove --purge packagename

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    Re: HowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server

    Thx to you Peturrr, i am now up and running off of the existing windows install on my laptop
    Last issue is the fact that when i boot into windows from vmware it asks about activating my copy of windows
    ...what gives?

    One thing i also still cannot do is mount the existing install unless i run Sudo
    Last edited by Sq322; July 17th, 2006 at 09:29 PM.
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    Re: HowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server

    Great tut! Installing XP as I write this.

    The only thing I had to do was install the linux headers and I was all set with the rest.

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    Re: HowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server

    To Eric_T:
    thanks for the uninstall code; I really appreciate it.

    to oolunchbox:
    Join the club! I installed Vmware server according to this Howto. It seemed to be working fine when I installed XP, but it just won't "see" either of my two USB disks (small memory stick and an 80Gb external hdd). That means I have no very practical way of exchanging data with my Ubuntu system and is therefore completely useless to me.

    No one has answered my request for help, so I have no choice but to uninstall it. Maybe you will have better luck.

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    Re: HowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server

    To Eric_t:

    I tried your code and got this result:
    Code:
    steve@steve-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge vmware
    Password:
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree... Done
    E: Couldn't find package vmware
    Yet, when I type in "vmware", I get this:
    Code:
    steve@steve-desktop:~$ vmware
    /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
    steve@steve-desktop:~$
    But the next thing that happens is that my VM comes up! What's going on? What is the server package called if it's not "vmware"?

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    Re: HowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server

    I did discover how to use the USB devices, you have to start the virtual machine, then click the VM menu> removable devices> USB and set them up. It took me a while to get my USB drive to show up in windows but it's finally working. I'm still having trouble with the networking.

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