You can run VMWare Server in Gutsy if you download and manually install it. There is some information in various forums about what worked for different people.
I can verify that if you have upgraded from Feisty where you already had VMWare Server installed and configured, the manual installation process described at http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/09/26/how-to-install-vmware-server-on-ubuntu-710/ works just fine. However when trying the same process on a brand new cleanskin machine with a fresh Ubuntu 7.10 installation I found that there were extra steps required. After installation, when you try to run VMWare Server and start a VM, you will get errors such as: "Unable to change virtual machine power state: The process exited with an error: End of error message.". You will also get Version Missing error messages when starting the server via the terminal console. I found that this occurred regardless of the nature of the VM - I created new VMs designed to boot off the live CD, and WIndows VMs and the errors were the same. Many forums reported that the problem was specific to Windows VMs, but none of the Authors mentioned whether they had tried to power on alternative VMs to test the problem. Problem 1: Console Error: =================== Occurs when launching vmware from terminal: >vmware or >sudo vmware Symptom: /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) This appears to be a bug in the VMWare installer process. Solution(s) ======== Solved by the following commands: >sudo cp /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/ - OR - better still, create a link to the file >sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/ (please >check before running this!! - My memory aint so grand) Problem 2: Permissions Error - Unable to change virtual machine power state... ========================================================== Occurs when attempting to power on ANY VM Symptom: ======== Dialog appears: "Unable to change virtual machine power state: The process exited with an error: End of error message." Solution ====== This thread provides some steps and clues http://communities.vmware.com/message/696730#696730 I found that my installation problem was solved by setting permissions on /home/<user>/.vmware directory and contents to allow the current user to have read-write permissions. Being somewhat a recent user of linux systems, I'm still a bit on my console commands for things like CHMOD and CHOWN, so I fell back to the GUI: >gksudo nautilus will enable you to run the file browser as super-user and set permissions (sometimes). Perhaps someone else will supply an appropriate console command to achieve the desired result. -- vmware not present in gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155362 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
