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Itinder

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Registered: 2016-06-07

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Vmware Workstation 12 can not be launched

When I type "vmware" in console, I see the error message: Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module": libcanberra-gtk-module.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Here is the outputs when typing "env":
XDG_VTNR=1
XDG_SESSION_ID=c2
KDE_MULTIHEAD=false
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm
KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE=:1.25
GTK2_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/turbo/.gtkrc-2.0:/home/turbo/.config/gtkrc-2.0
KONSOLE_PROFILE_NAME=Profile #1
GS_LIB=/home/turbo/.fonts
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/turbo/.gtkrc:/home/turbo/.config/gtkrc
WINDOWID=44040197
XIM_PROGRAM=fcitx
SHELL_SESSION_ID=05d3cddc535e4000b31be473dd61b787
GTK_MODULES=canberra-gtk-module
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
KDE_FULL_SESSION=true
USER=turbo
XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session1
XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
SESSION_MANAGER=local/Turbo-ArchLinux:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/677,unix/Turbo-ArchLinux:/tmp/.ICE-unix/677
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/turbo
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl
DESKTOP_SESSION=/usr/share/xsessions/plasma
XIM=fcitx
QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
PWD=/home/turbo
XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx
KDE_SESSION_UID=1000
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb
KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION=/Sessions/1
HOME=/home/turbo
XDG_SEAT=seat0
SHLVL=2
COLORFGBG=15;0
KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5
LANGUAGE=
XCURSOR_THEME=breeze_cursors
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=KDE
LOGNAME=turbo
VISUAL=vim
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share:/usr/share:/usr/local/share
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
DISPLAY=:0
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
PROFILEHOME=
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE
GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
XAUTHORITY=/tmp/xauth-1000-_0
_=/usr/bin/env

I don't know how to solve it.

Last edited by Itinder (2016-06-07 07:42:22)

WorMzy

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Re: Vmware Workstation 12 can not be launched

You can ignore the canberra-gtk-module message, it is benign. You can suppress it by running vmware with the following command:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/ vmware

but it won't fix vmware not starting.

Check the contents of your logs: /var/log/vmware-installer and /var/log/vmware/*, and possibly even journalctl. If you post them here, please use code tags.

This may be of relevance: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VM … er_upgrade

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