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thejasper110
May 22nd, 2011, 10:11 AM
I'm trying to install VMware 7.1.3 on ubuntu ( 2.6.38 ) but I ran into some problems.
I installed a patch -> link to instructions (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VMware#VMware_modules_and_patches)

But when I try to run vmware workstation the GUI doesn't show up.
This problem is also descrbied on the same site (link (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VMware#VMware_7.xx_gui_won.27t_start))
They say: "This seems to be a problem with glibmm-2.28, downgrade glibmm to 2.24.2.1, and it should work."

I have no idea how to do this. Most sites refer to gtkmm..
Can someone give me instructions on how to uninstall a previous version and how to install the correct version?

thejasper110
May 22nd, 2011, 07:38 PM
Hmm, now it works. If anyone has the same problem.. I don't know why it now starts up.
In the meantime I installed some applications like vlc, tmux, rtorrent but I didn't try anything special to fix it.

Let's hope that it keeps working :)
Thanks