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vmware-player package

vmware-player fails to run when Mist theme selected

Bug #71630 reported by Mark Edgington
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vmware-player (Ubuntu)
Expired
Low
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Bug Description

Under Gnome, if the Mist theme is selected as the current theme, vmware-player will not run.

To reproduce: Launch System->Preferences->Theme, select Mist and close. Attempt to start vmplayer.

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VMware Build Team (vmware-builds) wrote :

Please run it from the command line and paste any output from it. Works for me when using Mist.

VMware Build Team (vmware-builds)
Changed in vmware-player:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Mark Edgington (edgimar) wrote :

Note that this is running on AMD64, and using edgy.

All of the official 6.10 software sources are enabled, as well as security,recommended, and backported updates.

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iso (iso-wemba) wrote :

I get a similar error on AMD64, Ubuntu 7.04. However, it is not quite the same, because the output I get also contains this line (repeated here):

/usr/share/themes/Mist/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:6: error: unexpected character `@', expected string constant

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aviewanew (aviewanew) wrote :

That same error in Feisty:
/usr/share/themes/Mist/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:6: error: unexpected character `@', expected string constant

I received no other errors after doing the following fix:
http://ppatil.wordpress.com/2007/04/25/getting-vmplayer-running-on-ubuntu-feisty/

After changing the theme, it worked.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for vmware-player (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

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Mark Edgington (edgimar) wrote :

The bug is still valid (at least on AMD64 Ubuntu 7.04, with all updates).

Mark Edgington (medgingto-merged)
Changed in vmware-player:
status: Invalid → Confirmed
Ralph Janke (txwikinger)
Changed in vmware-player:
importance: Undecided → Low
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Robstarusa (rob-naseca) wrote :

I still have this in Hardy Heron Beta 8.04

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Jean-Luc Boss (jlb74) wrote :

Still the same on Hardy 8.04 64bit

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Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Can someone reproduce this in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS?

Changed in vmware-player (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for vmware-player (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in vmware-player (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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