Re: [Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2009-02-24 Thread Jwednesday
ok, this is not an issue any longer

On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:53:06 -0500, duanedesign   
wrote:

> We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need
> to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments.
> Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't
> hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report
> you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change
> the Status back to "New". Thanks again!
>
> ** Changed in: vmware-player (Ubuntu)
>Status: Incomplete => Invalid
>
> ** Tags added: gbj-oklahoma-0902
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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2009-02-22 Thread duanedesign
We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need
to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments.
Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't
hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report
you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change
the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

** Changed in: vmware-player (Ubuntu)
   Status: Incomplete => Invalid

** Tags added: gbj-oklahoma-0902

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Re: [Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2008-09-14 Thread Jwednesday
I am not sure

On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:33:08 -0400, Daniel T Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:

> Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 alpha?   Which version(s) of
> the external vmware-player?
>
> ** Changed in: vmware-player (Ubuntu)
>Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2008-09-13 Thread Daniel T Chen
Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 alpha?   Which version(s) of
the external vmware-player?

** Changed in: vmware-player (Ubuntu)
   Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-09-04 Thread quadra
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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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-09-03 Thread saxamo
I've tried all methods on here and nothing has worked for me so far. I
just want vmware-player OUT of my system and out of my terminal! Is
there any way of  deleting files in nautilus or something?

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-08-29 Thread Martin Menschner
Jonathan's instructions didn't work for me. I get:

Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitorfailed
   Virtual ethernet   failed
done
invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-player, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing vmware-player (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 vmware-player

Vmplayer seems to have some trouble with Atheros chipsets. I used a
tar.gz installation before and it stopped working after I installed an
Atheros PCI WiFi card and bridged vmnet0 (or any vmnet, for that matter)
to ath0. Whenever I did that it would tell me vmplayer wasn't properly
configured. The tar.gz install still does work fine when bridged to
eth0.

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-06-21 Thread Jonathan Gordon
It's been a while since I worked through this so I can't say I exactly
recall how I found the offending file. I think I just worked backwards
from the fact that the /etc/init.d/vmware-player script was throwing the
error. Reading that file I think it was relatively simple to track down
the other files it called. Then it was just a matter of searching in the
file for the text of the error message.

If you're really at a loss, one brute force way to find files that throw 
specific error messages is to do something like the following:
# sudo find / -iname "*vmware*" -type f -exec grep -H "Bridged networking on" 
{} \;

This will search all files that have vmware in their name (case
insensitive), then grep through them for a specific piece of text, in
this example "Bridged networking on".

Hope that helps.

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-06-13 Thread skibum58
Jonathan Gordon's instructions worked well for me to preserve a
functioning VMWare Player ver. 1 install from Applications | Add/Remove.

It may be helpful if Mr. Gordon let us know how to go about finding
these wayward scripts, when we see this error being returned (I'm a
Linux newbie).

I found a few different installs which had this problem, when I was
researching my own VMWare issue.  They were found via a Google search
for "subprocess post-installation script returned error".  Among them
was JRE, oss-linux, etc., many on the Ubuntu forums.

Most of the references deal with uninstalling the offending software,
which makes sense as it's probably a botched install which causes the
script error.  I was lucky enough to get mine working and use this
method to shut down the triggering script.  I didn't try Corey's last
modification.

Skibum

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-06-05 Thread Corey
I modified Jonathan Gordon's instructions to:

1. sudo cp /usr/lib/vmware-player/net-services.sh 
/usr/lib/vmware-player/net-services.sh.orig
2. sudo echo echo done > /usr/lib/vmware-player/net-services.sh
3. sudo dpkg --configure -a
4. sudo cp /usr/lib/vmware-player/net-services.sh.orig 
/usr/lib/vmware-player/net-services.sh

I'm running Feisty with an Atheros card. Doing this worked fine for me

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-05-12 Thread anco
I also have these vmware install problems on a atheros wifi card. Since
edgy I'm not able to install via synaptic. Took another computer with an
intel wificard. So both laptops ubuntu 7.04 the one with atheros card
not working, the other one working directly. there is defenitely a
problem related to the atheros card and no easy solution I found until
now. I tried some things writen above, by others, but I hope that
someday it is fixed and i can install via synaptic again. I will be just
patient.

Thank you guys programmers and in depth testing people. I only see that
atheros doesn't work and intel does for me...

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-04-30 Thread Vuen
Oops, before you purge the player you need to complete the installation.
So basically, execute the following three commands to free apt:

echo|sudo tee /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl
sudo apt-get install
sudo aptitude purge vmware-player

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-04-30 Thread Vuen
I have an atheros chipset, and I have exactly the same problem.

If apt is still broken, you can execute the following command:

echo|sudo tee /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl

This blanks the vmware config script which allows apt to proceed with
the installation. This won't make the player work! It just frees apt.
You should now purge the player like so:

sudo aptitude purge vmware-player


It's possible to install the player directly from a tarball from the VMware 
website instead of from the repositories, but as far as I know you have to 
disable all networking to get it to work on atheros chipsets, which sort of 
defeats the purpose of a virtual machine. Here's hoping this bug gets fixed 
soon.

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-04-24 Thread Jonathan Gordon
I don't have a WLAN chipset. I'm on a desktop machine with a cheap
ethernet card (Intel?) and using the e100 module. My problem arose when
I tried to uninstall and then reinstall vmware. Just wanted to be clear
that there's likely more to this problem than just the wireless issue.
Thanks.

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-04-24 Thread Ali Sabil
I also do have an atheros WLAN chipset.

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-04-24 Thread Ryan Rawdon
For what its worth, my laptop and desktop also both have an atheros
wireless chipset in them (yes, the desktop does too) and both of them
have this problem with vmware player.

What about other people here?  Is this just a coincidence that two of us
have an atheros WLAN chipset, or do more people here also have one?

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-04-24 Thread BullCreek
I tend to agree about this problem needing to be fixed sooner rather
than later if possible since it essentially breaks apt.  I ran into it
recently, and there is no easy workaround other than to hack the scripts
enough to make apt-get "remove" work as mentioned above.

FWIW, I believe the root of this problem in my case is caused by having
an atheros (mad-wifi) based WLAN card in my laptop (see related Bug
#92938).  Similarly, also see wishlist Bug #99393 talking about player
version 1.0.3 rather than the 1.0.2 version we are getting that is both
dated and broken.

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-04-24 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
** Changed in: vmware-player (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-04-21 Thread Jordan
Why is this package still in the repositories in Feisty with the same
problem if it has been a known issue for so long?

I would like to add that this has been causing me to have to wait > a
minute for the postint script to fail _every_ time I do anything with
apt and the package cannot even be removed without editing the offending
script .

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-04-21 Thread Jwednesday
still having the same problems as everyone else.  Semi-newbie here and
not sure what to do. I have tried to install and uninstall and the darn
things tries to re-install.  I am using a AMD 3300 + processor.  Please
help ...  I just upgraded to 7.04 and it still is an issue as of today

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-02-18 Thread Ryan Rawdon
Still seeing the same problem here in feisty.  Is any progress being
made on this?

As far as I can remember, I've never seen this package install
successfully all the way back to dapper

** Changed in: vmware-player (Ubuntu)
   Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2006-11-01 Thread Antonio Moratilla
I'm having the same problem as Bensin, can you tell me what repositories
had you added?

thnx

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2006-11-01 Thread Antonio Moratilla
I'm having the same problem as Bensin, can you tell me what repositories
had you added?

thnx

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2006-10-30 Thread Bensin
However... After adding some more repositories and dowloading later
versions I got it to work.

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2006-10-28 Thread Bensin
Doesn't work for me. I got the same error message after following your
instructions.

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2006-10-17 Thread Jonathan Gordon
Well, the only way I was able to find resolution on this problem was to
do the following:

1. Found the script that was throwing the errors. In my case it was:
/usr/lib/vmware-player/net-services.sh

2. Backed up the file and then commented out the parts that were causing
the problems. In my case it was the following lines:

-- snip -- 
# Commented out by jmg on 10/6/06 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 [ "$nat" = 'yes' ]; then
# Commented out by jmg on 10/6/06 to get vmplayer out of half-installed state
#  vmware_exec 'NAT service on /dev/vmnet'"$vHubNr" \
# vmware_start_nat "$vHubNr"
  exitcode=$(($exitcode + $?))
-- snip --

3. Ran the following command:
dpkg --configure -a

The script ran clean and the package was now listed as cleanly
installed.

4. Backed up the edited file and clobbered with the original.

Everything's working hunky dory now!

Jonathan.

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2006-10-16 Thread Bensin
Not sure if my problem is the same as the others. In my case vmware-
player does not install using synaptic package manager on either of my
two computers.

Error notice given at the end:

"
E: vmware-player: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit 
status 1
"

Attached is the output from the console.

** Attachment added: "error message from console"
   http://librarian.launchpad.net/4861769/err_mess_vmware.txt

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2006-09-14 Thread Jonathan Gordon
I am having a similar problem when install via adept. I'm running
Kubuntu 6.06 LTS Dapper Drake. Though vmplayer actually does now work,
the install is listed as failing and actually prevents any other updates
from being applied. So my first question is how can I get adept to
ignore what it construes as problems with vmware-player install. I've
tried to uninstall and purge, but since the cleanup script fails I seem
stuck in this loop.

More info:
I believe I got into this situation in the first place because I attempted to 
install vmplayer on kernel 2.6.15-26 without any modules for that kernel. After 
getting module loading errors, I did some searches and saw the recommended 
approach was to install 2.6.15-23 and the associated vmware modules. Then I 
attempted to reinstall vmplayer and ran into the above issue. 

The full set of log messages is below:

#

Now configuring VMware Player.  (This may take some time...)
Configuring a bridged network for vmnet0.

Configuring a NAT network for vmnet8.

Probing for an unused private subnet (this can take some time)...

The subnet 172.16.9.0/255.255.255.0 appears to be unused.

The file /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf that this program was about to
Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 
929.
install already exists.  Overwrite? [yes]
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
The file /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases that this program was about to
Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 
929.
install already exists.  Overwrite? [yes]
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
The file /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases~ that this program was about to
Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 
929.
install already exists.  Overwrite? [yes]
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
The file /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat/nat.conf that this program was about to install
Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 
929.
already exists.  Overwrite? [yes]
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Configuring a host-only network for vmnet1.

Probing for an unused private subnet (this can take some time)...

The subnet 172.16.115.0/255.255.255.0 appears to be unused.

The file /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf that this program was about to
Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 
929.
install already exists.  Overwrite? [yes]
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
The file /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases that this program was about to
Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 
929.
install already exists.  Overwrite? [yes]
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
The file /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases~ that this program was about to
Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 
929.
install already exists.  Overwrite? [yes]
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor done
   Virtual ethernetdone
   Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0  failed
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background)done
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background)done
   NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 failed
invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-player, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing vmware-player (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 vmware-player

#

Additionally, on another machine I was accustomed to runn

[Bug 57957] Re: [Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2006-09-09 Thread saads
I am on Edgy and it failed to install vmware-player.  There was also an
issue installing vmware-server from the vmware website even though it worked
fine on Dapper.  The issue is related to the new libdbus.  After installing
vmware server, I was able to run it using 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libdbus-
1.so.3 vmware'

There's more information on this and other vmware issues on this thread in
the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=247350

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2006-09-09 Thread Ali Sabil
Yes I am sure I have the security software channel, And what's weird is
that it worked once, after altering the postrm and prerm files to
uninstall it, and then install it again, I didin't add/remove any
repository during that time.

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2006-09-08 Thread Lionel Porcheron
I am not sure this is the same problem for all of you guys !

Ali : can you check that you have security channel for dapper-security ?
Do you still have the issue ?

saads, this is clearly a problem of kernel modules availability. Please
check if you are on Dapper if you activated security channel for Dapper
updates.

wlx : problem has been fixed in Edgy.

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2006-09-05 Thread wlx
I can not install vmware-player in ubuntu edgy too, same problem.

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2006-08-30 Thread saads
I can confirm this when I try to install this package.  I get the
following when I try to do a sudo aptitude install vmware-player:


Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitorfailed
   Virtual ethernet   failed
Module vmnet is not loaded.  Please verify that it is loaded before
running this script.

invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-player, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing vmware-player (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 vmware-player



I tried to run vmplayer after the install and it crashed.  I've attached
the crash file from when it happened.  These problems have only appeared
after recent updates.  They may be related to the new libhal, as
indicated in this post on the ubuntu forums.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1444166&postcount=9

On another note it would be great to package vmware-server since that
has been freely released as of July.

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[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2006-08-27 Thread Ali Sabil
** Description changed:

+ vmware-player: 1.0.1-4
+ vmware-player-kernel-modules: 2.6.15.10-9
+ vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.15-26: 2.6.15.10-9
+ 
  $ sudo apt-get remove vmware-player
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree... Done
  The following packages will be REMOVED
vmware-player
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  1 not fully installed or removed.
  Need to get 0B of archives.
  After unpacking 32.0MB disk space will be freed.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
  (Reading database ... 124384 files and directories currently installed.)
  Removing vmware-player ...
  Stopping VMware services:
 Virtual machine monitor done
 Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0   done
 DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1  done
 Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 done
 DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8  done
 NAT service on /dev/vmnet8  done
 Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 done
 Virtual ethernet   failed
  invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-player, action "stop" failed.
  dpkg: error processing vmware-player (--remove):
   subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
  Starting VMware services:
 Virtual machine monitor done
 Virtual ethernetdone
 Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0  failed
 Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background)done
 Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background)done
 NAT service on /dev/vmnet8  done
  invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-player, action "start" failed.
  dpkg: error while cleaning up:
   subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   vmware-player
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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