Public bug reported:
Running 'vmplayer' as a normal user does not start the VMWare Player.
The same goes for the "VMWare Player" entry in my applications menu.
Running 'sudo vmplayer', however, succeeds. I do not believe this
behavior is intended, since README.Debian does not mention the need for
superuser privileges to launch the program.
This happens in Kubuntu Dapper and Edgy.
Some warnings are reported when I run 'vmplayer', but those same
warnings appear with 'sudo vmplayer'. Also, 'sh -x /usr/bin/vmplayer'
and 'sh -x /usr/bin/vmplayer' both result in the exact same output.
The warnings I get (though I do not believe them to be related to this
problem) are:
/usr/lib/vmware-player/bin/vmplayer:
/usr/lib/vmware-player/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information
available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
(vmplayer:10279): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/vmware-player/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not
found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)
** Affects: vmware-player (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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VMWare Player only runs with root privileges
https://launchpad.net/bugs/67460
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