On Thursday 08 Sep 2011 09:29:38 ifj. Stefán István wrote: > Hello! > > I've installed vmware-player, but can't start it. It outputs a lot of > messages (none of them seems to be error msgs) and gives back the prompt: > > localhost ~ # vmplayer > Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-8401.log > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmmon.ko > supported: external > license: GPL v2 > description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor. > author: VMware, Inc. > depends: > vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmnet.ko > supported: external > license: GPL v2 > description: VMware Virtual Networking Driver. > author: VMware, Inc. > depends: > vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmblock.ko > supported: external > version: 1.1.2.0 > license: GPL v2 > description: VMware Blocking File System > author: VMware, Inc. > srcversion: B89EB740A79434530BAB81F > depends: > vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions > parm: root:The directory the file system redirects to. (charp) > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmci.ko > supported: external > supported: external > license: GPL v2 > description: VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI). > author: VMware, Inc. > depends: > vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vsock.ko > supported: external > license: GPL v2 > version: 1.0.0.0 > description: VMware Virtual Socket Family > author: VMware, Inc. > srcversion: CC633F42818AB6B4476CF99 > depends: vmci > vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmmon.ko > supported: external > license: GPL v2 > description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor. > author: VMware, Inc. > depends: > vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions > localhost ~ # > > Content of the log file: > szept 08 10:21:19.939: app| Log for VMware Workstation pid=8401 > version=6.5.5 build=build-328052 option=Release > szept 08 10:21:19.939: app| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8 > szept 08 10:21:19.939: app| Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-8401.log > > I use version app-emulation/vmware-player-2.5.5.328052. > It wont start even if I add a virtual machine config file parameter to > vmplayer. > Is there any trick to start it?
Have you tried starting it as a plain user, or is vmplayer meant to be started as root? -- Regards, Mick
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