Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server + gentoo kernel 2.6.28 - compiling problem

["Paul Hartman" <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Pongracz Istvan
<pongracz.istvan@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008. 12. 30, kedd keltezéssel 21.19-kor Pongracz Istvan ezt írta:
>
>> This happened, because something wrong with the plugin. When I try to
>> start the console, I got this error:
>>
>> /home/pongi/.mozilla/firefox/mv9y1pdy.default/extensions/VMwareVMRC@vmware.com/plugins/bin/vmware-vmrc: symbol lookup error: /home/pongi/.mozilla/firefox/mv9y1pdy.default/extensions/VMwareVMRC@vmware.com/plugins/lib/libvmwareui.so.0/libvmwareui.so.0: undefined symbol: _ZThn12_N4view10FieldEntry17delete_text_vfuncEii
>>
>> Cool. Nothing in the web, except some guys from the "Vmware Community"
>> wrote for similar problems: wait for the next beta.
>>
>> Ok, what can I do now?
>
> Dear István,
>
> do not be stupid and don't panic :)
>
> Here are the relevant information:
> http://blog.discretia.org/?p=12
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235344
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239325
>
> So, I had to rebuild libview.
> Unfortunately there were a libview ebuild "bug" which caused that I was
> not able to  compile it.
> So, I applied a patch (see above) to that ebuild and 'et viola', finally
> I got it working :)
>
> Dude, I am tired.............. :)

Congratulations and enjoy your VMware until the next kernel release
breaks everything again. :P

Paul