Failed to install vmware-player with synaptic on Ubuntu 7.04

Bug #115276 reported by denis
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Bug Description

Tryed on 2 differents machines (fresh install of Ubuntu 7.04)

Details of synaptic :

Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-15.
(Reading database ... 125577 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-15 (from .../vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-15_2.6.20.5-15.20_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package vmware-player-kernel-modules.
Unpacking vmware-player-kernel-modules (from .../vmware-player-kernel-modules_2.6.20.15.14_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libssl0.9.7.
Unpacking libssl0.9.7 (from .../libssl0.9.7_0.9.7k-3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package vmware-player.
Unpacking vmware-player (from .../vmware-player_1.0.2-2_i386.deb) ...
ALSA lib confmisc.c:670:(snd_func_card_driver) cannot find card '0'
ALSA lib conf.c:3500:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such device
ALSA lib confmisc.c:391:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:3500:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such device
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1070:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:3500:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such device
ALSA lib conf.c:3968:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device
ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
ALSA lib confmisc.c:670:(snd_func_card_driver) cannot find card '0'
ALSA lib conf.c:3500:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such device
ALSA lib confmisc.c:391:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:3500:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such device
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1070:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:3500:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such device
ALSA lib conf.c:3968:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device
ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
ALSA lib confmisc.c:670:(snd_func_card_driver) cannot find card '0'
ALSA lib conf.c:3500:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such device
ALSA lib confmisc.c:391:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:3500:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such device
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1070:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:3500:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such device
ALSA lib conf.c:3968:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device
ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
ALSA lib confmisc.c:670:(snd_func_card_driver) cannot find card '0'
ALSA lib conf.c:3500:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such device
ALSA lib confmisc.c:391:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:3500:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such device
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1070:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:3500:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such device
ALSA lib conf.c:3968:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device
ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
ALSA lib confmisc.c:670:(snd_func_card_driver) cannot find card '0'
ALSA lib conf.c:3500:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such device
ALSA lib confmisc.c:391:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:3500:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such device
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1070:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:3500:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such device
ALSA lib conf.c:3968:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device
ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
Setting up vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-15 (2.6.20.5-15.20) ...

Setting up vmware-player-kernel-modules (2.6.20.15.14) ...
Setting up libssl0.9.7 (0.9.7k-3) ...

Setting up vmware-player (1.0.2-2) ...
Now configuring VMware Player. (This may take some time...)
Configuring a bridged network for vmnet0.

Configuring a NAT network for vmnet8.

Probing for an unused private subnet (this can take some time)...

The subnet 192.168.66.0/255.255.255.0 appears to be unused.

Configuring a host-only network for vmnet1.

Probing for an unused private subnet (this can take some time)...

The subnet 192.168.172.0/255.255.255.0 appears to be unused.

Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor failed
   Virtual ethernet failed
Module vmnet is not loaded. Please verify that it is loaded before
running this script.

invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-player, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing vmware-player (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 vmware-player
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up vmware-player (1.0.2-2) ...
Now configuring VMware Player. (This may take some time...)
Configuring a bridged network for vmnet0.

Configuring a NAT network for vmnet8.

Probing for an unused private subnet (this can take some time)...

The subnet 192.168.245.0/255.255.255.0 appears to be unused.

The file /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf that this program was about to
install already exists. Overwrite? [yes]

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denis (denis-here) wrote :
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Terence Simpson (tsimpson) wrote :

I can confirm this bug in Kubuntu Feisty (except for the "ALSA lib" part)
Output of "sudo apt-get install vmware-player"
sudo apt-get install vmware-player
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  vmware-player-kernel-modules vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-15
The following NEW packages will be installed
  vmware-player vmware-player-kernel-modules vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-15
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/13.6MB of archives.
After unpacking 36.5MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-15.
(Reading database ... 128052 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-15 (from .../vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-15_2.6.20.5-15.20_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package vmware-player-kernel-modules.
Unpacking vmware-player-kernel-modules (from .../vmware-player-kernel-modules_2.6.20.15.14_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package vmware-player.
Unpacking vmware-player (from .../vmware-player_1.0.2-2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-15 (2.6.20.5-15.20) ...

Setting up vmware-player-kernel-modules (2.6.20.15.14) ...
Setting up vmware-player (1.0.2-2) ...
Now configuring VMware Player. (This may take some time...)
Configuring a bridged network for vmnet0.

Configuring a NAT network for vmnet8.

Probing for an unused private subnet (this can take some time)...

The subnet 172.16.109.0/255.255.255.0 appears to be unused.

Configuring a host-only network for vmnet1.

Probing for an unused private subnet (this can take some time)...

The subnet 172.16.215.0/255.255.255.0 appears to be unused.

Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor done
   Virtual ethernet done
   Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 failed
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done
   NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-player, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing vmware-player (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 vmware-player
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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denis (denis-here) wrote :

after installing all the synaptic updates it's now working fine :)

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denis (denis-here) wrote :

this bug should be closed

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Jay Camp (jayc) wrote :

Closing per request.

Changed in vmware-player:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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