HOWTO: Setup VMware Server 1.0.4 on Gutsy (3 Steps, no fuss)

[SilverWave]

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HOWTO:

Install VMware Server 1.0.4 on Ubuntu 7.10.

*Hardy Heron 8.04 users with VMware server 1.0.5 (see note at bottom of page).
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1 - Download VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz from www.vmware.com/download/server/

2 - Issue these commands:
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo apt-get install xinetd
cd /home/YOU/MyDownloads
tar -vxzf VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz
cd /home/YOU/MyDownloads/vmware-server-distrib
sudo ./vmware-install.pl

3 - Answer the questions - defaults are ok.

Applications> System Tools > VMware Server Console

Done

Cheers

Note: If you need a serial number for VMware-server get it here:
http://register.vmware.com/content/registration.html




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Confirmed fixes:
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1 - USB not working: VM > Removable Devices > USB > BLANK
From: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=588225

Issue the following command:
gksudo gedit /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh

Before:

	#
	# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work
	#
	#mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
	#domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
	#ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
	#mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

Uncomment the lines as below:

After:

	#
	# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work
	#
	mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
	domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
	ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
	mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

Restart and your usb devices will be recognised


2 - VMware Wide Screen Issue: missing resolution 1680x1050 (for a new SAMSUNG SyncMaster 226BW).

From: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=316381&page=2
Based off: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/mic...xternalId=1003

Using regedt32 I searched for "Resolution.0" and found two of them in CurrentControlSet.
In each location I created a Binary Key "Resolution.11" .
Added this data to key:
31 36 38 30 78 31 30 35
Rebooted the VM of XP and new resolution showed up, worked like a charm

Details:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Video\{C90973F8-2114-4C78-BB94-FD8721591CCF}\0000
Resolution.11
31 36 38 30 78 31 30 35
1680x1050.




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Possible fixes:
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From: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=337040

1 - Unable to get the last modification timestamp of the destination file /etc/vmware/ssl/rui.key. Execution aborted.

sudo touch /etc/vmware/ssl/rui.key
sudo touch /etc/vmware/ssl/rui.crt

2 - The serial number XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX is invalid.

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
sudo /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl

Note: See 8 - as well.


3 - /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx: error while loading shared libraries: libX11.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

4 - Unable to get the last modification timestamp of the destination file /etc/vmware/ssl/rui.key.

sudo apt-get install libc6-i386

5 - A previous installation of VMware software has been detected - Failure - Execution aborted.

Go into vmware-server-distrib/bin and find the file called "vmware-uninstall.pl"
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...41&postcount=6


6 - Issue with xinetd with Edubuntu or an LTSP setup, clients unable to log in to the server.

Don't use the command "sudo apt-get install xinetd" in these cases.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...4&postcount=17


7 - Unable to get the access rights of source file "./vmware-vix/bin". Execution aborted.

In directory ./vmware-vix create symbolic link to ../bin
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-260159.html


8 - Following packages have unsatisfied dependencies (after sudo apt-get install ia32-libs).

Following packages have unsatisfied dependencies:
ia32-libs: Depends on: lib32gcc1 but it is not installable
Depends on: lib32stdc++6 but it is not installable
Depends on: lib32asound2 but it is not installable
Depends on: lib32ncurses5 but it is not installable

Could be a problem with the repository.
System > Administration > Software Source
Try switching to the UK or US one.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu...question/15484




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Notes:

Not Tested - May not apply to server... etc., etc.
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From: http://communities.vmware.com/messag...D60748B1CDA433

1 - If you issue the command: vmware

The following EM is displayed: /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)

ericberm may have an answer but I am not sure it applies to Server as well as Workstation. Also server works regardless

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*Hardy Heron 8.04 users with VMware server 1.0.5*
This post worked for me:
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/05/...ntu-804-hardy/
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Also 64 bit required the following:
sudo sed -i -e ’s/usr\/l3232/usr\/l32/g’ /usr/lib32/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loader-files.d/libgtk2.0-0.loaders
fixes em: Unable to load image-loading module: /usr/l3232/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so:

and to fix em: “.vmware/preferences permission denied”
/home/USER/.vmware/preferences
Permissions were root but needed to be reset to whoever the user is.



Best of luck

[bryhhh]

Many thanks. That got me much further than I had managed before, however it doesn't manage to complete for me.

The installation of the VMware VmPerl Scripting API succeeded.

Generating SSL Server Certificate

Unable to get the last modification timestamp of the destination file
/etc/vmware/ssl/rui.key.

Execution aborted.

The file /etc/vmware/ssl/rui.key doesn't exist

Does anyone have a fix for this, or know where I should start trying to work out what has gone wrong?

[SilverWave]

This could resolve the issue:

sudo touch /etc/vmware/ssl/rui.key
sudo touch /etc/vmware/ssl/rui.crt

From this post:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=337040

Best of luck

[bryhhh]

I'm running on 64 bit Ubuntu 7.10, and I've seen other people suggest that, however somebody that posted in this thread http://communities.vmware.com/thread/32130 had the following errors after touching the file

sh: /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx: Accessing a corrupted shared library
The serial number xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx is invalid.

I've followed the advice in that thread (purely because I saw that before I saw your reply), and that allowed me to complete the install.

All I had to do was execute

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

There are reports that the 32 bit packages of libxrender and pam need installing, it doesn't seem to be an issue for me, but I'm not running an X server.

Thanks for your help, I couldn't even get past the kernel module stage until I saw your post.

EDIT: Just followed the link in your last post, which makes most of this post redundant. - Sorry, I should learn to read before typing.

[linux4all]

Hello!

after this:

sudo ./vmware-install.pl

I got This:

A previous installation of VMware software has been detected.

Failure

Execution aborted.

This is a new instalation of gutsy. no home folder .vmware. no etc.
I dont understend this!
any help? thanks

[Athanasius]

If it says that then it means that vmware was installed on your system at one time, maybe vmware player?

If you download vmware server go into vmware-server-distrib/bin and find the file called "vmware-uninstall.pl"

[brawa]

Thank you very much for the guide, but I get the following error message:

Unable to get the access rights of source file "./vmware-vix/bin".

Execution aborted.

Any ideas? Sorry I am very new to this all, and thanks in advance.

[linux4all]

If it says that then it means that vmware was installed on your system at one time, maybe vmware player?

If you download vmware server go into vmware-server-distrib/bin and find the file called "vmware-uninstall.pl"

Solved! I just did sudo vmware-uninstall.pl
I tried again and was OK!

Tanks for the help!!

[Athanasius]

What does xinetd do? I have installed vmware server before but never with that program, what is the purpose of it?

[infinite84]

I´ve got stuck here, wich i have been almost every time i tried to install vmware.
I´m running a clean install of 7.10 server. Anyone who have a solution?

The correct version of one or more libraries needed to run VMware Server may be
missing. This is the output of ldd /usr/bin/vmware:
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7f67000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7f63000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7f4a000)
libX11.so.6 => not found
libXtst.so.6 => not found
libXext.so.6 => not found
libXt.so.6 => not found
libICE.so.6 => not found
libSM.so.6 => not found
libXrender.so.1 => not found
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7f34000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7dea000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f92000)

This program cannot tell for sure, but you may need to upgrade libc5 to glibc
before you can run VMware Server.