OK this thread got a bit messy. As a newbie I try to summarize how I
fixed my VMWare player installation (Xubuntu 7.04, Compaq Deskpro, no
Atheros chipset):
===SYMPTOM=== (after VMWare player package installation. As described by saads
above)
Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor failed
Virtual ethernet failed
Module vmnet is not loaded. Please verify that it is loaded before
running this script.
===SOLUTION=== (quoting Jonathan Gordon & Corey):
1. Back up: sudo cp /usr/lib/vmware-player/net-services.sh
/usr/lib/vmware-player/net-services.sh.orig
2. Edit script: sudo mousepad /usr/lib/vmware-player/net-services.shecho done >
/usr/lib/vmware-player/net-services.sh
Comment out four lines as in the snip :
-- snip --
# Commented out by myself on 05-sept-07 to get vmplayer out of half-installed
state
# vmware_exec 'Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet'"$vHubNr" \
# vmware_start_bridge "$vHubNr" "$interface"
exitcode=$(($exitcode + $?))
elif [ -n "$hostaddr" -a -n "$netmask" ]; then
vmware_create_vmnet "$vHubNr"
vmware_bg_exec 'Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet'"$vHubNr"
\
vmware_start_hostonly "$vHubNr" 'vmnet'"$vHubNr" \
"$hostaddr" "$netmask" 'yes'
exitcode=$(($exitcode + $?))
eval 'nat="$vmdb_answer_VNET_'"$vHubNr"'_NAT"'
if [ "$nat" = 'yes' ]; then
# vmware_exec 'NAT service on /dev/vmnet'"$vHubNr" \
# vmware_start_nat "$vHubNr"
exitcode=$(($exitcode + $?))
-- snip --
3. Complete installation: sudo dpkg --configure -a
(script may prompt to overwrite 4 files, choose no)
4. Restore: sudo cp /usr/lib/vmware-player/net-services.sh.orig
/usr/lib/vmware-player/net-services.sh
As experienced by Bensin, step 3 first failed: I got the same error again. So I
fiddled around with the packages, I added other
vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.XX.XX-X using synaptic. I repeated step 3 and
magically somehow it worked on the 3rd attempt - I could finally start VMWare
player from the apps menu.
Would be great if this could be fixed soon, since it's not quite
encouraging for beginners... (I need VMWare in an early stage as I
intend to use it for a smooth migration from Windows to Linux)
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install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/57957
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