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Ownaginatious

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Registered: 2010-08-28

Posts: 60

[SOLVED] VMPlayer doesn't feel it needs to start...

Well, after applying a whole bunch of obscure patches, I finally got VMPlayer 3.1.1 to install and to compile against the kernel.

Now it won't start... and I have no idea where to go from here.

Here is the output of trying to start 'vmplayer' from the console:

No value set for `/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility'
No value set for `/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility'
Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-13394.log
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.35-ARCH/misc/vmmon.ko
supported:      external
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author:         VMware, Inc.
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.35-ARCH SMP preempt mod_unload 
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.35-ARCH/misc/vmnet.ko
supported:      external
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Virtual Networking Driver.
author:         VMware, Inc.
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.35-ARCH SMP preempt mod_unload 
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.35-ARCH/misc/vmblock.ko
supported:      external
version:        1.1.2.0
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Blocking File System
author:         VMware, Inc.
srcversion:     400149ED038D22A87322D56
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.35-ARCH SMP preempt mod_unload 
parm:           root:The directory the file system redirects to. (charp)
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.35-ARCH/misc/vmci.ko
supported:      external
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI).
author:         VMware, Inc.
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.35-ARCH SMP preempt mod_unload 
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.35-ARCH/misc/vsock.ko
supported:      external
license:        GPL v2
version:        1.0.0.0
description:    VMware Virtual Socket Family
author:         VMware, Inc.
srcversion:     18BD8DAE1537D89B49F323A
depends:        vmci
vermagic:       2.6.35-ARCH SMP preempt mod_unload 
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.35-ARCH/misc/vmmon.ko
supported:      external
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author:         VMware, Inc.
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.35-ARCH SMP preempt mod_unload 
No value set for `/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility'
No value set for `/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility'
No value set for `/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility'
process 13391: Attempt to remove filter function 0x7f7df02de300 user data 0xcf0e90, but no such filter has been added
  D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace

Could this have something to do with the '/desktop/gnome/interface/compatibility' thing there? I'm using Xfce4 as my UI if it matters.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Last edited by Ownaginatious (2010-09-02 14:20:32)

Ownaginatious

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Registered: 2010-08-28

Posts: 60

Re: [SOLVED] VMPlayer doesn't feel it needs to start...

bump?

Ownaginatious

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Registered: 2010-08-28

Posts: 60

Re: [SOLVED] VMPlayer doesn't feel it needs to start...

I fixed it

Turned out the problem was that the HAL daemon was not running for some reason. I fixed this by adding it to the startup daemons in /etc/rc.conf.

After that I was having a problem with VMPlayer randomly closing as soon as it opened. I fixed that by updating to VMPlayer Version 3.1.1, and now everything is working perfectly.

SOLVED!

noisegroundbr

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Registered: 2011-05-15

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED] VMPlayer doesn't feel it needs to start...

Thanks... solved my problem...

sputnick

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From: Near Paris

Registered: 2009-05-27

Posts: 40

Re: [SOLVED] VMPlayer doesn't feel it needs to start...

Maybe need to run :

gconftool-2 --type Boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility false

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: [SOLVED] VMPlayer doesn't feel it needs to start...

sputnick, the thread was already solved by the OP back in 2010. Your solution might help others. So thank you.

Maybe the mods/admins missed the necrobump by noisegroundbr. Rectifying that now.

Closing....

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