VMware troubles

I have the same problem in Gentoo. Did the same things you did and still doesn't work. Well, what can I say, I'm looking around to find solutions. I'll let you know if I find any.

Thanks! Now, I still use VMware as root user, so it works for me, but it isn't the right way to do.

Well, it didn't take long! I added executable permissions to "other" on vmware-vmx and it worked!

chmod o+x vmware-vmx

well the permissions on that file look like this now here:

-rwsr-s--x 1 root vmware 4183128 Jan 23 21:17 vmware-vmx

Hope that works for you as well.

Whoops, it seems VMware doesn't work anymore here at all! It even doesn't as root user (with gnomesu) or with the old permissions. I think I'll have to invest some time in it, after the exams.

Thanks for sharing anyway!

run vmware-config as root fixed it for me.

cheers !

It's fixed now: just add your regular user to the vmware group.

Check your /var ... probably it is full

I had a problem when i launch vmware player "Unable to change virtual machine power state: Failed to connect to peer process". To resolve this problem I run vmware-config as root then the problem is fixed for me. Thanks Frederik

had the "can't connect" error, and it turned out to be /var full

I got confused because I'd just changed kernel and so I'd been assuming the vmware-config.pl had gone wrong.

Thanks for the post really works and now VMware player is runnig

vmware 6 :
Unable to change virtual machine power state: Failed to connect to peer process.

dependecies:

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=708441&tstart=0

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

got me going!

Thanks for the tip of:
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
this helped also in my case!!

Greetings
ws

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

Got me going also, thanks :-)

another success story here with "sudo apt-get install ia32-libs"

i'm on ubunutu-amd64 (core2 duo) -- you'd think that this would be included in the standard installation...

anyway, thanks for the help!

Thanks, guys! sudo apt-get install ia32-libs got me going on 7.10 Ubuntu 64 bit as well.

Thanks @HJ "sudo apt-get install ia32-libs" helped. You saved my night!

new error:
in gutsy 7.10 in 64 bit mode.

(vmplayer will not install either)

Unable to build the vmnet module.

sollution??

another success with ia32-libs on 2.6.22-14-generic x86_64 GNU/Linux

more success with sudo apt-get install ia32-libs on ubuntu 7.1 x64

"sudo apt-get install ia32-libs" helped with 64bit Ubuntu-Studio.

uname -r = 2.6.22-14-rt

Thanks.

-JJ

Yep .. that was my issue too .. I'm running Ubuntu 64-bit .. didn't even have to reload vmware!

Yep..definately a missing ia32 libs issue for me.

uname -r 2.6.22-14-server

AMD64 Dual core opteron

Thanks all. This was also an ia32 libs issue for me. It was working under opensuse 10, but gave me the error when I switched to Ubuntu gutsy gibbon.

"sudo apt-get install ia32-libs" helped in hardy heron as well. Thanks!

ia32-libs did the trick for me also. Thanks:)

Same ia32-libs issue on Ubuntu 8.04 64 bits. Thanks a lot.

nother success story here with "sudo apt-get install ia32-libs"

debian AMDx64

great, that was really helpful, thank you guys!

The "sudo apt-get install ia32-libs" worked for me as well in Hardy Heron 8.04 with VMWare 6.04

Had to completely uninstall and reinstall to get it working.

Thanks for the help!

The "sudo apt-get install ia32-libs" worked for me as well in 64bit Hardy Heron 8.04.

thank you so much!!! i'm new to linux (Ubuntu), but still need to run a few windows apps. this was such a big help, i can't thank you enough.

Jason

thanks for all,but nothing helped me with Kubuntu 8.04;after running sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
following messages comes :
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Many thanks for the heads up about the 32 bit library. I have Ubuntu 8.04 64 bit running and I didn't tweak that I needed 32 bit drivers (doh!).

Work for me:

apt-get install ia32-libs

In 64bits !!

Tnks!!!

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs ftw!

Thanks, vmware on the new kernel was giving me the fits. Then I realized I installed the 32bit ubuntu and not the 64 :(

Then this, but after one ap-get install all is well.

Thanks for the help!

Yep on xbuntu I needed....
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

That was it worked like a champ

hm, this got me going as well! thanks!

ia32-libs: Depends: lib32asound2 but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

getting this shitty reply. what do i do now?
thanks.

Hi there,

I'm getting this issue using windows. Anyone know how to fix it please?

Thanks,