Hi Marc, Excellent, thank you for this, all worked a treat!
-- daragh mc grath (+61) 0450-298897 www.flickr.com/djmagra www.twitter.com/daraghmcg Sent from Brisbane, Qld, Australia On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Marc <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's the reason why it hangs and a workaround: > http://communities.vmware.com/message/1350962#1350962 > > -- > [karmic] VMware-Player-2.5.3-185404.x86_64 does not complete installation > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442782 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “vmware-player” package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: vmware-player > > When I try to install VMware-Player-2.5.3-185404.x86_6 (or any other 2.5 > release) on Karmic, I end up with the installer hanging indefinitely on the > 'Configuring VMWare' screen. > > System details: > > Linux squires 2.6.31-11-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 2 11:06:40 UTC 2009 > x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Full update has just been run > > Using VMware-Player-2.5.3-185404.x86_64.bundle, recently downloaded from > vmware.com > > Here is the output of /var/log/vmware-installer: > > Using UI type gtk > Opening database file /etc/vmware/database > Using UI type gtk > Opening database file /etc/vmware/database > [vmware-player 2.5.3] Installation failed, rolling back installation. > Stopping VMware services: > Virtual machine communication interface done > Virtual machine monitor done > Blocking file system done > Usage: > gconftool-2 [OPTION...] - Tool to manipulate a GConf configuration > > Help Options: > -h, --help Show help options > --help-all Show all help options > --help-client Show client options > --help-key-type Show key type options > --help-load Show load/save options > --help-server Show server options > --help-install Show installation options > --help-test Show test options > --help-schema Show schema options > > Application Options: > -v, --version Print version > > Top level exception handler > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/tmp/vmis.XpeRmy/install/vmware-installer/vmis/core/transaction.py", > line 267, in RunTransaction > txn.Run() > File "/tmp/vmis.XpeRmy/install/vmware-installer/vmis/core/transaction.py", > line 55, in Run > self.get()() > File "/tmp/vmis.XpeRmy/install/vmware-installer/vmis/core/common.py", line > 104, in Show > wrap(i.PostTransaction, txn.opts['ignoreErrors']) > File "/tmp/vmis.XpeRmy/install/vmware-installer/vmis/util/__init__.py", line > 26, in wrap > func(*args, **kwargs) > File "/tmp/vmis.XpeRmy/install/vmware-installer/vmis/core/install.py", line > 215, in PostTransaction > self._installer.PostTransactionInstall(**self.args) > File "/tmp/tmpTCFCTd/.installer/vmware-player.py", line 159, in > PostTransactionInstall > elif run(BINDIR/'vmware-modconfig', '--console', '--install-all') == 0: > File "/tmp/vmis.XpeRmy/install/vmware-installer/vmis/util/shell.py", line > 109, in run > return run_(program, args, kwargs) > File "/tmp/vmis.XpeRmy/install/vmware-installer/vmis/util/shell.py", line > 88, in run_ > processLine(stdout, p.stdout) > File "/tmp/vmis.XpeRmy/install/vmware-installer/vmis/util/shell.py", line > 59, in processLine > for line in fileobj.readlines(): > IOError: [Errno 4] Interrupted system call > /tmp/vmis.XpeRmy/install/vmware-installer/vmis/ui/gui.py:673: GtkWarning: > gtk_progress_set_percentage: assertion `percentage >= 0 && percentage <= 1.0' > failed > progress.set_fraction(fraction) > -- [karmic] VMware-Player-2.5.3-185404.x86_64 does not complete installation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442782 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs -- universe-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs
