If you install VMware server 1.x at your Linux workstation you may encounter the dependency issue between installed VMware libraries and available system libraries like this (lines are broken):
The above message can be initiated via adding a new virtual disk to the virtual machine or via assigning an ISO image to its virtual CD-ROM. Such operations end with the error displayed in the parent console. The reason why such situation maybe appear is that the installed libraries are compiled with an older GCC compiler than the system libraries. The above error was produced at SLES 10 SP1 distribution which includes GCC 4.1.2. The installed VMware server had version 1.0.6 and in my opinion, it is compiled with GCC 3.x.
The resolution for the problem is to set environment variable VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK to value "yes", export it and run vmware command after that:
(vmware:30311): libgnomevfs-WARNING **:
Cannot load module `/opt/gnome/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libfile.so'
(/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))
The above message can be initiated via adding a new virtual disk to the virtual machine or via assigning an ISO image to its virtual CD-ROM. Such operations end with the error displayed in the parent console. The reason why such situation maybe appear is that the installed libraries are compiled with an older GCC compiler than the system libraries. The above error was produced at SLES 10 SP1 distribution which includes GCC 4.1.2. The installed VMware server had version 1.0.6 and in my opinion, it is compiled with GCC 3.x.
The resolution for the problem is to set environment variable VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK to value "yes", export it and run vmware command after that:
- VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes
- export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK
- vmware &
I recommend to place the variable to your startup script, e.g. to your ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile.
1 comment:
Well known errors. I even experience some missing gtk symbol errors on my Gentoo desktop. Using same solition as you, David.
The trouble is, VMware uses most up-to-date gtk libs, and it takes some time to see these libs appear on our current OSes. If it would be certitied OS version, they should cover this thing and you should request a fix. Howerever, with VMware Server, you are most likely on your own.
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