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on AMD64, vmware player doesn't start

Bug #74200 reported by manu on 2006-12-02

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #71630: vmware-player fails to run when Mist theme selected. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	vmware-player (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: vmware-player

Hi there,
if I install (from the Ubuntu repository) and then launch vmware player, it doesn't start on my correctly updated Ubuntu Edgy AMD64.

manu@unameht:~$ vmplayer
/usr/lib/vmware-player/bin/vmplayer: /usr/lib/vmware-player/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)

(vmplayer:8659): Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by Xlib

(vmplayer:8659): Gdk-WARNING **: can not set locale modifiers

(vmplayer:8659): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "ubuntulooks",
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
manu@unameht:~$

Here are the vmware related packages installed in my system:

manu@unameht:~$ COLUMNS=120 dpkg -l | grep vmware
ii vmware-player 1.0.2-2 Free virtual machine player from VMware
ii vmware-player-kernel-mod 2.6.17.10 vmware-player kernel module dependency package
ii vmware-player-kernel-mod 2.6.17.6-1 vmware-player modules for Linux (kernel 2.6.17)
manu@unameht:~$

I've installed ia32-libs-* :

manu@unameht:~$ COLUMNS=120 dpkg -l | grep ia32
ii ia32-libs 1.5ubuntu5 ia32 shared libraries for use on amd64 and ia64 systems
ii ia32-libs-gtk 22 gtk+ ia32 shared libraries for with OpenOffice.org
manu@unameht:~$

And this is my kernel:

manu@unameht:~$ uname -a
Linux unameht 2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP Fri Oct 13 15:34:39 UTC 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux
manu@unameht:~$

See original description

manu (manu-linux) on 2006-12-02

description:

updated

Revision history for this message

VMware Build Team (vmware-builds) wrote on 2007-03-16:

Were you using a theme besides either Clearlooks or Human? Or any non-standard theme changes, etc.?

Changed in vmware-player:
status:	Unconfirmed → Needs Info

Revision history for this message

Chaman (linuxchaman) wrote on 2007-09-09:

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i were trying to install vmware player from the ubuntu repository on a AMD64 PC with feasty fawn 7.04 an also got the same output:

$ sudo vmplayer WindowsXPPro.vmx
/usr/lib/vmware-player/bin/vmplayer: /usr/lib/vmware-player/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)

(vmplayer:8717): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.

i were trying to install vmware player from the ubuntu repository on a AMD64 PC with feasty fawn 7.04  an also got the same output:

$ sudo vmplayer WindowsXPPro.vmx
/usr/lib/vmware-player/bin/vmplayer: /usr/lib/vmware-player/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)

(vmplayer:8717): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
        Using the fallback 'C' locale.

(process:8730): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
        Using the fallback 'C' locale.
/usr/share/themes/Mist/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:6: error: unexpected character `@', expected string constant
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Unable to load image-loading module: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /build/mts/release/bora-29634/bora/build/release/player/vmui/../libdir/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

is it a bug, what can we do?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2007-09-21:

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

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on AMD64, vmware player doesn't start

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