On Wed, November 7, 2007 9:16 am, Roger Searle wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: >> On Wed, November 7, 2007 6:10 am, Roger Searle wrote: >> 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 => /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7ed6000) >> libdl.so.2 => /lib32/libdl.so.2 (0xf7ed2000) >> libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7eb9000) >> 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 => not found >> libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf7d6e000) >> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7f0e000) >> >> >> >> don't search forums. search packages.ubuntu.com. Enter the name of the >> missing file in the second search box and use it to find the package you >> are missing. install it. rinse and repeat. >> >> and maybe stick to your distro's packaging for all packages? >> > Issues are that these libraries are actually on the system, it is just > that VMWare doesn't seem to be able to know where they are, the hacks > suggested by Volker and others are beyond my capability (and available > time). I am following the suggestion where ever possible to use $DISTRO > packages but at this point it Gutsy doesn't have vmware available. > > It's a brand new Gutsy install, I have invested maybe 2 hours max in it > so far (has otherwise gone really well) and am thinking of other > virtualisation options or replacing it with 32bit. I see Rob's thread > on virtualbox which is something I have seen suggested elsewhere for a > "fix" for the situation I have. I'll be watching that thread with > interest, and considering other options to keep with Gutsy generally. > > Roger
Sorry reading the thread more closely I see the libraries are indeed installed. Sorry it looks like a 64/32 bit problem to my uneducated eye, and I don't have any 64 bit experience. NRR > > -- Nick Rout
