From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1R30z0-0003GN-8B for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:31:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 67AFD21C15C; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:31:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailserver.stef.hu (mail.stef.hu [89.134.89.45]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C8A521C020 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:29:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (unknown [192.168.1.4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailserver.stef.hu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 908422E8137 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:47:39 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4E6DB503.8040104@stef.hu> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:30:11 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?Imlmai4gU3RlZsOhbiBJc3R2w6FuIg==?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] vmplayer wont start References: <4E687CF2.1010507@stef.hu> <201109082207.29512.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201109082207.29512.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: d87d0834461860765b220c57031ab280 2011-09-08 23:07 keltez=C3=A9ssel, Mick =C3=ADrta: > On Thursday 08 Sep 2011 09:29:38 ifj. Stef=C3=A1n Istv=C3=A1n wrote: >> Hello! >> >> I've installed vmware-player, but can't start it. It outputs a lot of >> messages (none of them seems to be error msgs) and gives back the prom= pt: >> >> localhost ~ # vmplayer >> Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-8401.log >> filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmmon.ko >> supported: external >> license: GPL v2 >> description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor. >> author: VMware, Inc. >> depends: >> vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions >> filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmnet.ko >> supported: external >> license: GPL v2 >> description: VMware Virtual Networking Driver. >> author: VMware, Inc. >> depends: >> vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions >> filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmblock.ko >> supported: external >> version: 1.1.2.0 >> license: GPL v2 >> description: VMware Blocking File System >> author: VMware, Inc. >> srcversion: B89EB740A79434530BAB81F >> depends: >> vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions >> parm: root:The directory the file system redirects to. (char= p) >> filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmci.ko >> supported: external >> supported: external >> license: GPL v2 >> description: VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI). >> author: VMware, Inc. >> depends: >> vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions >> filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vsock.ko >> supported: external >> license: GPL v2 >> version: 1.0.0.0 >> description: VMware Virtual Socket Family >> author: VMware, Inc. >> srcversion: CC633F42818AB6B4476CF99 >> depends: vmci >> vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions >> filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-gentoo-r6/misc/vmmon.ko >> supported: external >> license: GPL v2 >> description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor. >> author: VMware, Inc. >> depends: >> vermagic: 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 SMP mod_unload modversions >> localhost ~ # >> >> Content of the log file: >> szept 08 10:21:19.939: app| Log for VMware Workstation pid=3D8401 >> version=3D6.5.5 build=3Dbuild-328052 option=3DRelease >> szept 08 10:21:19.939: app| Host codepage=3DUTF-8 encoding=3DUTF-8 >> szept 08 10:21:19.939: app| Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-8401.log >> >> I use version app-emulation/vmware-player-2.5.5.328052. >> It wont start even if I add a virtual machine config file parameter to >> vmplayer. >> Is there any trick to start it? > Have you tried starting it as a plain user, or is vmplayer meant to be = started > as root? > Yes, I1ve tried starting it as a simple user also.