> Did you rebuild the VMWare module after the kernel upgrade? You'll make no progress on this bug until you reproduce the problem. That's where you need to start.
The error messages listed below are completely different from the error messages of not having a requisite kernel module. Roger > -- > 8.04 upgrade breaks vmware server console > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261735 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in ÿÿia32-libsÿÿ source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: ia32-libs > > After installing VMware-server-1.0.6-91891 and vmware-any-any-116 on an 8.04 > system the VMware console will not work. Apparently VMware's distribution > has issues with libx11-6. The symptoms include: > > # vmware > /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: > version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) > /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: > version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6) > /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: > version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) > /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: > version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6) > > On an i386 system this can be fixed by downgrading libx11-6: > > # lynx http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/libx11-6 (Note the "gutsy", not > "hardy" version) > # dpkg -i libx11*deb > > If that does not work try patching the VMware-shipped libraries: > > # cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 && mkdir bak ; mv * bak ; ln -s > /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 . > # cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0 && mkdir bak ; mv * bak ; ln -s > /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.15.0 libpng12.so.0 > > However, on an x86_64 system this will cause a different problem: > > # vmware > Locking assertion failure. Backtrace: > #0 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 [0xb6f86767] > #1 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0(xcb_xlib_unlock+0x31) [0xb6f868b1] > > In those cases the fix is to downgrade ia32-libs, same as was done for > libx11-6: > > # http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/ia32-libs (Note the "gutsy", not "hardy" > version) > # dpkg -i ia32*deb > -- 8.04 upgrade breaks vmware server console https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261735 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
