After much cursing, I'm slowly making progress while trying to install this sucker. Removing everything in the /etc/vmware dir seemed to just mess things up for Adept. Plus, it didn't work here, so I don't recommend it.
Here's my recipe so far: 1) Using the Adept Manager, install the vmware-player-kernel-modules package to match your kernel's release and build (in my case, these were version 2.6.17-12).¹ If you get stuck with Adept Manager to the point where it doesn't let you install stuff, enter "dpkg --configure -a" in your terminal.² ³ 2) Possibly unneeded, issue a "dpkg --configure -a"² ³. 3) Load some needed kernel modules by issuing these commands²: modprobe vmmon modprobe vmnet modprobe bridge 4) Install or reinstall the vmware-player package issuing: "apt-get install vmware-player"². Answer "yes" (or just press Return) to all questions. These are the results on my machine: Starting VMware services: Virtual machine monitor done Virtual ethernet done Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 failed Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 failed invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-player, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing vmware-player (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: vmware-player As you see, there are still errors (namely on bridged networking and NAT) but I still don't know if they affect services that I need. The program starts OK, I haven't tried to load any VM so far. Will keep you posted if I encounter more problems. Notes: ¹ To find out your kernel's release/build numbers, issue "uname -a" in your terminal. ² All terminal commands given here must be issued as root. ³ Ignore the errors returned here, if any. -- Package should not install over existing tar installation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/47538 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
