Unable to add virtual machine - VMWare problem

spookykid · 2007-11-06 23:55:57

Hi all, i can't seem to be able to get VMware Server 1.0.4 up & running. The app runs well but the problem is when I try to open a virtual machine it says:"Unable to add virtual machine "/backup/VMachines/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx" to the inventory: Invalid virtual machine".
I've checked my directory permissions, all is well. I can create my own Virtual Machines and boot them, but the problem is in adding an existing one. I've followed the wiki http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_VMware, and everything goes OK.
My prompt goes like this:

spookykid ~ $ vmware
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)

and my /var/log/vmware/vmware-serverd.log has this:

Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Log for VMware Server pid=9497 version=1.0.4 build=build-56528 option=Release.3.2.2
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Program: /usr/sbin/vmware-serverd
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| CWD: /var/log/vmware
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Init script: /usr/lib/vmware/serverd/init.pl
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| 
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Files included by init.pl:
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module Exporter.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Exporter.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module strict.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/strict.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/FileInfo.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/FileInfo.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/Info.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/Info.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/TaskManager.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/TaskManager.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/Who.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/Who.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module overload.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/overload.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module vars.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/vars.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/Stats.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/Stats.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module Cwd.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Cwd.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/VMConfigDefaults.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/VMConfigDefaults.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/HConfig.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/VMware/HConfig.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/auto/VMware/VmPerl/autosplit.ix -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/auto/VMware/VmPerl/autosplit.ix
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/HConfig/CommonConstant.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/HConfig/CommonConstant.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module SelectSaver.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/SelectSaver.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module DynaLoader.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/DynaLoader.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module IO/Seekable.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/IO/Seekable.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/Query.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/Query.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/ExtHelpers.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/ExtHelpers.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/auto/POSIX/autosplit.ix -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/auto/POSIX/autosplit.ix
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module IO/File.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/IO/File.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/Control/Server.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/VMware/Control/Server.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/FileManager.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/FileManager.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/VMDeleteEdit.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/VMDeleteEdit.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/GSXHostInfo.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/GSXHostInfo.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module FileHandle.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/FileHandle.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/VMList.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/VMList.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module XML/Parser.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/XML/Parser.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/AuthPolicy.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/AuthPolicy.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module AutoLoader.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/AutoLoader.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/EventLog.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/EventLog.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/DOMAccess.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/DOMAccess.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module IO/Handle.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/IO/Handle.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/Control/Keycode.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/VMware/Control/Keycode.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module Config.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Config.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module Symbol.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Symbol.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VmPerl.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/VMware/VmPerl.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/Config.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/Config.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/Disk.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/Disk.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module MIME/Base64.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/MIME/Base64.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module XML/Parser/Expat.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/XML/Parser/Expat.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/Mac.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/Mac.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module XML/DOM.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/XML/DOM.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/Control.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/VMware/Control.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module Carp.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Carp.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module File/Copy.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/File/Copy.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/Management/Util.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/Management/Util.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/auto/VMware/Control/autosplit.ix -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/auto/VMware/Control/autosplit.ix
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/SecurityEdit.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/SecurityEdit.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/HConfig/Host.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/HConfig/Host.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module integer.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/integer.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/VMServerd/VMDeleteInfo.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/VMware/VMServerd/VMDeleteInfo.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module File/Find.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/File/Find.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module URI/Escape.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/URI/Escape.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module POSIX.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/POSIX.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/Control/Profiler.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/VMware/Control/Profiler.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app|    module VMware/Control/VM.pm -> /usr/lib/vmware/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/VMware/Control/VM.pm
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| 
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| 
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Operations defined in function table:
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op CreateCOWDisk -> VMware::VMServerd::Disk::CreateCOWDisk_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op Directory_GetSpaceUsage -> VMware::VMServerd::Handlers::Directory_GetSpaceUsage_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op Directory_List -> VMware::VMServerd::Handlers::Directory_List_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op Directory_Make -> VMware::VMServerd::Handlers::Directory_Make_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op Directory_Remove -> VMware::VMServerd::Handlers::Directory_Remove_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op FileManager_ChangeAttribs -> VMware::VMServerd::FileManager::ChangeAttribs_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op FileManager_ChangeGroup -> VMware::VMServerd::FileManager::ChangeGroup_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op FileManager_ChangeMode -> VMware::VMServerd::FileManager::ChangeMode_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op FileManager_ChangeOwner -> VMware::VMServerd::FileManager::ChangeOwner_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op FileManager_FileCopy -> VMware::VMServerd::FileManager::FileCopy_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op FileManager_FileExists -> VMware::VMServerd::FileManager::FileExists_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op FileManager_FileMakeLink -> VMware::VMServerd::FileManager::FileMakeLink_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op FileManager_FileMove -> VMware::VMServerd::FileManager::FileMove_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op FileManager_FileRemove -> VMware::VMServerd::FileManager::FileRemove_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op FileManager_GetHomeDir -> VMware::VMServerd::FileManager::GetHomeDir_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op FileManager_GetParentDir -> VMware::VMServerd::FileManager::GetParentDir_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op FileManager_ListDir -> VMware::VMServerd::FileManager::ListDir_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op FileManager_ListDirTree -> VMware::VMServerd::FileManager::ListDirTree_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op FileManager_MakeDir -> VMware::VMServerd::FileManager::MakeDir_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op FileManager_RemoveDir -> VMware::VMServerd::FileManager::RemoveDir_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op File_Copy -> VMware::VMServerd::Handlers::File_Copy_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op File_Create -> VMware::VMServerd::Handlers::File_Create_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op File_Delete -> VMware::VMServerd::Handlers::File_Delete_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op File_Exists -> VMware::VMServerd::Handlers::File_Exists_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op File_Read -> VMware::VMServerd::Handlers::File_Read_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op File_ReadLastN -> VMware::VMServerd::Handlers::File_ReadLastN_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op GSXHostInfo_GetDiskSpace -> VMware::VMServerd::GSXHostInfo::GetDiskSpace_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op GSXHostInfo_Query -> VMware::VMServerd::GSXHostInfo::Query_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op Host_GetBridgedNet -> VMware::VMServerd::Handlers::Host_GetBridgedNet_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op Host_GetHostOnlyNet -> VMware::VMServerd::Handlers::Host_GetHostOnlyNet_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op Host_GetVirtualNet -> VMware::VMServerd::Handlers::Host_GetVirtualNet_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op Security_ActivateConfig -> VMware::VMServerd::SecurityEdit::ActivateConfig_Handler (rootonly)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op Security_CreateCertificate -> VMware::VMServerd::SecurityEdit::CreateCertificate_Handler (rootonly)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op Security_GetConfig -> VMware::VMServerd::SecurityEdit::GetConfig_Handler (rootonly)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op TaskManager_DeleteTask -> VMware::VMServerd::TaskManager::DeleteTask_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op TaskManager_StatusOfTask -> VMware::VMServerd::TaskManager::StatusOfTask_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op TaskManager_StopTask -> VMware::VMServerd::TaskManager::StopTask_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op VMConfigDefaults_GetAll -> VMware::VMServerd::VMConfigDefaults::GetAll_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op VMConfigDefaults_GetConfigVersion -> VMware::VMServerd::VMConfigDefaults::GetConfigVersion_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op VMDeleteEdit_DeleteVM -> VMware::VMServerd::VMDeleteEdit::DeleteVM_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op VMDeleteInfo_DeleteVMInfo -> VMware::VMServerd::VMDeleteInfo::DeleteVMInfo_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op VMRegister -> VMware::VMServerd::VMList::Register_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op VMServerd_GetConnectedVMList -> VMware::VMServerd::GetConnectedVMList_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op VMServerd_GetOperationTable -> VMware::VMServerd::GetOperationTable_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op VMServerd_GetProductInfo -> VMware::VMServerd::GetProductInfo_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op VMServerd_GetRequestCount -> VMware::VMServerd::GetRequestCount_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op VMServerd_IsAdminUser -> VMware::VMServerd::IsAdminUser_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op VMUnRegister -> VMware::VMServerd::VMList::UnRegister_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op VM_GetLastNEvents -> VMware::VMServerd::EventLog::VM_GetLastNEvents_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op VM_INFO -> VMware::VMServerd::Info::VM_Info_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op VM_Who -> VMware::VMServerd::Who::VM_Who_Handler (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op dec -> main::decrement (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op div -> main::divide (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Op inc -> main::increment (authuser)
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| 
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| LimitResources: limited address space size to 122976 kB
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| LimitResources: limited open fds to 2048
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| DB Handle: 0x896a8f8
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Debug level changing: Old: 0 : New: 2
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| SP: Adding from MemPool
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| SP: Allocated a new security policy
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| SP: Ref count incremented to :1
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| SP: Ref count incremented to :2
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| SP: Ref count decremented to :1
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| HostDeviceInfoFindHostIDECDROMs: /proc/ide could not be explored. Unable to enumerate host IDE cdroms.
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| HOSTINFO: Seeing Intel CPU, numCoresPerCPU 1 numThreadsPerCore 1.
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| HOSTINFO: This machine has 1 physical CPUS, 1 total cores, and 1 logical CPUs.
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| SP: Host ID set to : /host2/#695f4e9b8d250684/
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| SP: Registered with poll loop
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| vmsd_register: vm-list path is: /etc/vmware/vm-list
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Set my connectionID to spookynet
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| [Netmap_OpenAlways] path: /etc/vmware/netmap.conf /build/mts/release/bora-56528/pompeii15/bora/lib/netmap/netmap.c:170
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| [Netmap_OpenAlways] path: /etc/vmware/netmap.conf exists. /build/mts/release/bora-56528/pompeii15/bora/lib/netmap/netmap.c:177
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| [Netmap_OpenAlways] path: /etc/vmware/netmap.conf exists. netmap 0x8b5fe58. /build/mts/release/bora-56528/pompeii15/bora/lib/netmap/netmap.c:183
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| VmsdNetworkPopulate: There is nothing in netmap
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| impersonate Impersonate_Undo called when refCount == 0
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Serverd hostname: spookynet
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Setting up serverd discovery channel for vmxes
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| Successfully set up serverd discovery channel for vmxes
Nov 07 00:56:19: app| vmware-serverd entering main loop.
Nov 07 00:56:36: app| New connection on socket server-vmdb from host localhost (ip address: local) , user: root
Nov 07 00:56:36: app| SP: New user session for user: root, pos: 0
Nov 07 00:56:36: app| The vm-list file has changed! Reloading the list of registered vms
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| SP: Adding VM: /backup/VMachines/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx, /vm/#a44ebf7f8e4cfcaa, 0000000, 0000000
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| Error when reading from snhelper: Error:7:A needed file was not found
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| Undopoint_GetWorkingDirectory failed.
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| Error when reading from snhelper: Error:7:A needed file was not found
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| Error when reading from snhelper: Error:7:A needed file was not found
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| UndopointGetSuspendState failed Error:7:A needed file was not found.
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| Error when reading from snhelper: Error:7:A needed file was not found
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| UndopointHasIndependentDisks failed Error:7:A needed file was not found.
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| Error when reading from snhelper: Error:7:A needed file was not found
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| Node /backup/VMachines/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx does not exist.
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| SNAPSHOT: Failed to build tree from /backup/VMachines/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx: 3
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| VMHSVMLoadSnapshot failed: VMDB failure
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| VMHSVMLoadConfig failed: VMDB failure
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| VMHS_ManageVM failed: ret = VMDB failure
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| SP: Removing VM: /backup/VMachines/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| Failed to register. VMDB error: -6 Invalid argument
Nov 07 00:56:41: app| Register failed: Invalid virtual machine
Nov 07 00:56:51: app| vmdbPipe_Streams Couldn't read: OVL_STATUS_EOF
Nov 07 00:56:51: app| SP: Deleting user session: 0 username: root
Nov 07 00:57:00: app| New connection on socket server-vmdb from host localhost (ip address: local) , user: spookykid
Nov 07 00:57:00: app| SP: New user session for user: spookykid, pos: 0
Nov 07 00:57:00: app| The vm-list file has changed! Reloading the list of registered vms
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| SP: Cannot find VM info for /backup/VMachines/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| SP: Adding VM: /backup/VMachines/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx, /vm/#a44ebf7f8e4cfcaa, 0000001, 0000001
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| Error when reading from snhelper: Error:7:A needed file was not found
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| Undopoint_GetWorkingDirectory failed.
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| Error when reading from snhelper: Error:7:A needed file was not found
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| Error when reading from snhelper: Error:7:A needed file was not found
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| UndopointGetSuspendState failed Error:7:A needed file was not found.
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| Error when reading from snhelper: Error:7:A needed file was not found
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| UndopointHasIndependentDisks failed Error:7:A needed file was not found.
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| Error when reading from snhelper: Error:7:A needed file was not found
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| Node /backup/VMachines/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx does not exist.
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| SNAPSHOT: Failed to build tree from /backup/VMachines/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx: 3
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| VMHSVMLoadSnapshot failed: VMDB failure
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| VMHSVMLoadConfig failed: VMDB failure
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| VMHS_ManageVM failed: ret = VMDB failure
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| SP: Removing VM: /backup/VMachines/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| Failed to register. VMDB error: -6 Invalid argument
Nov 07 00:57:06: app| Register failed: Invalid virtual machine
Nov 07 00:57:08: app| vmdbPipe_Streams Couldn't read: OVL_STATUS_EOF
Nov 07 00:57:08: app| SP: Deleting user session: 0 username: spookykid

This is the problem i guess:

Nov 07 00:57:06: app| Error when reading from snhelper: Error:7:A needed file was not found

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Forgot about my kernel:

Linux spookynet 2.6.21-fallen #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 8 11:35:49 EDT 2007 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Last edited by spookykid (2007-11-06 23:57:21)

spookykid · 2007-11-07 13:46:03

nobody?

Lone_Wolf · 2007-11-13 22:49:05

While i don't use vmware server myself, i'll try to help.

The 'no version information available' messages have been present in all vmware products for a long time now and rarely cause problems.
Iirc they are caused by the fact arch (and many other distros) use a newer version of libpng than vmware expects.

Node /backup/VMachines/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx does not exist.

Check if that file is present, if it is , it may have wrong entries.
*.vmx files are text files with settings for the vm, compare the contents of that file with the content of a vmx file for one of your new vm's.

spookykid · 2007-11-14 01:07:04

Thank you for your help. I'll do that. What's really weird is that with kernel 2.6.20 it worked perfectly at first try and now with a newer kernel it doesn't open image files but allows me to create and open my created image files, this seems weird and I guess the problem is on kernel side. Thank your for your help.

marduk · 2008-01-11 02:01:56

spookykid wrote:

Thank you for your help. I'll do that. What's really weird is that with kernel 2.6.20 it worked perfectly at first try and now with a newer kernel it doesn't open image files but allows me to create and open my created image files, this seems weird and I guess the problem is on kernel side. Thank your for your help.

spookykid,
I am having exactly the same problem. Have you had a chance to figure out something?

Martyr · 2008-03-02 13:09:26

Same problem here.

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/bin/bash: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: error while loading shared libraries: libexpat.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

However, when running as root vmware works, but browsing for a VM does not.

(vmware:7926): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: gnome_vfs_uri_unref: assertion `uri != NULL' failed

(vmware:7926): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Cannot load module `/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libfile.so' (/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6))

Permissions/path/module issue?

zyghom · 2008-03-02 13:22:22

vbox rulez

Martyr · 2008-03-17 22:30:41

Possible solution

Edit: CONFIRMED.

As root do:

cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0
mv libpng12.so.0 libpng12.so.0.old
ln -sf /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 libpng12.so.0
cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
mv libgcc_s.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1.old
ln -sf /lib/libgcc_s.so.1

Last edited by Martyr (2008-03-17 22:40:11)

ss2 · 2008-05-20 22:19:10

Martyr wrote:

Possible solution

Edit: CONFIRMED.

As root do:

cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0
mv libpng12.so.0 libpng12.so.0.old
ln -sf /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 libpng12.so.0
cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
mv libgcc_s.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1.old
ln -sf /lib/libgcc_s.so.1

I confirm too. I had a similar problem with vmware-server-console, so I had to link the libraries towards /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/... :-)

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