Public bug reported: on two different machines running dapper one is a fresh install
installed linux-headers build-essential xinetd then downloaded vmware server from http://www.vmware.com/products/server/ installed with sudo ./vmware-install.pl instalation went smooth no errors but when i run it i get : /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0x092ddd98 *** the vmware screen comes up but its totaly white and it freezes , can only be closed with xkill or the kill command i suspect it might conflict with other programmes i have as i got the exact same result on two different machines on my fresh install laptop i installed these programmes before vmware server: gaim flash plugins all multimedia codecs, icluding dvd hebrew/japanese/chinese support xchat camorama kino vlc adobe reader plugin gdesklets ( i had two desklets running at the time of installation) xchm abiword mplayer skype j2se runtime environment my kernel vesrion is 2.6.15-27-386 but i got the same bug on my other box about 6 month ago with a different kernel ,cant remeber... hope this info is sufficient please contact me for more info ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- VMserver freezes :*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0x092ddd98 *** https://launchpad.net/bugs/83745 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
