On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 4:52 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> VMWare Workstation stopped working on ~amd64. And I don't know which of > the updated packages broke it. Before I start reverting all emerges I made > in the last 20 days or so (it's a BIG list according to qlop), has someone > already figured out what broke it? > > When I say "stopped working", I mean nothing happens: > > $ vmware > $ > > (No output. Doesn't start.) > > If I enable the "bundled-libs" USE flag, I get: > > $ vmware > Loop on signal 11 > > $ > > And nothing happens after that error message. > There's two hacks i use to make workstation run on ~amd64; cp /lib64/libz.so.1 to /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libz.so.1/ And unset VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_LIBS && vmware & I am under the impression that i needed +bundled-libs with the unset VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_LIBS.but that seems counter intuitive so would be worth checking.
