From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HPU0Y-0000pM-Q2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:34:59 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l291WLFb010022; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 01:32:21 GMT Received: from turing.phalanyx.com (h97.46.39.162.ip.alltel.net [162.39.46.97]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l291WHva010006 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 01:32:20 GMT Received: from [10.0.0.15] ([10.0.0.15]) by turing.phalanyx.com (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id l28KYO9m028769 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 15:34:24 -0500 Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware-player fonts unreadable From: Chris Traylor To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20070308235742.GA13331@brego.pewamo.office> References: <20070308235742.GA13331@brego.pewamo.office> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-MfIi+uPrinjfk6lAb1ly" Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:36:03 -0500 Message-Id: <1173404164.21088.3.camel@galileo> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1.1 X-Archives-Salt: b4ff0efd-fddc-43cd-8709-566d23c1dc9d X-Archives-Hash: 160fb943cb2b57b85b545a570c46afcd --=-MfIi+uPrinjfk6lAb1ly Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 18:57 -0500, Michael George wrote: > I recently upgrade my kernel from 2.6.17 to 2.6.19. I also upgraded hal > to 0.5.7.1-r3, emul-linux libraries, and some other packages. > > I can run vmware-player just fine and my install of XP will run in it, > but all the text is just little boxes. Luckily, I remember the > important ones (exit, how to focus and release focus, etc), but I cannot > change any options now. > > Has anyone else run into this? Is it perhaps the emulation libraries > being a problem? I haven't had this problem, but since you've upgraded your kernel, it might help to run: /opt/vmware/player/bin/vmware-config.pl which can reset font paths and such. You may also wish to remerge the player, and see if that helps. Sorry, I couldn't be of more assistance, but maybe these simple steps can solve your problem. > > -- > -M > > There are 10 kinds of people in this world: > Those who can count in binary and those who cannot. Chris -- "Democracy is just a suggestion box for slaves."- Stefan Molyneux --=-MfIi+uPrinjfk6lAb1ly Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 18:57 -0500, Michael George wrote:

I recently upgrade my kernel from 2.6.17 to 2.6.19.  I also upgraded hal
to 0.5.7.1-r3, emul-linux libraries, and some other packages.

I can run vmware-player just fine and my install of XP will run in it,
but all the text is just little boxes.  Luckily, I remember the
important ones (exit, how to focus and release focus, etc), but I cannot
change any options now.

Has anyone else run into this?  Is it perhaps the emulation libraries
being a problem?

I haven't had this problem, but since you've upgraded your kernel, it might help to run:

/opt/vmware/player/bin/vmware-config.pl

which can reset font paths and such. You may also wish to remerge the player, and see if that helps.
Sorry, I couldn't be of more assistance, but maybe these simple steps can solve your problem.


-- 
-M

There are 10 kinds of people in this world:
	Those who can count in binary and those who cannot.

Chris

--
"Democracy is just a suggestion box for slaves."- Stefan Molyneux

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