error installing vmware-player

[Carl Karsten]

carl at amd15:~$ sudo apt-get install vmware-player
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
   vmware-player
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/11.8MB of archives.
After unpacking 32.0MB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 78154 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking vmware-player (from .../vmware-player_1.0.1-4_i386.deb) ...
Setting up vmware-player (1.0.1-4) ...
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 192.168.125.0/255.255.255.0 appears to be unused.

Configuring a host-only network for vmnet1.

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

The subnet 192.168.198.0/255.255.255.0 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)


for kicks tryed from synaptic: guessing it is the same problem.


Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.15-23.
(Reading database ... 78118 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.15-23 (from 
.../vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.15-23_2.6.15.10-6_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package vmware-player-kernel-modules.
Unpacking vmware-player-kernel-modules (from 
.../vmware-player-kernel-modules_2.6.15.10-6_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libssl0.9.7.
Unpacking libssl0.9.7 (from .../libssl0.9.7_0.9.7g-5ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package vmware-player.
Unpacking vmware-player (from .../vmware-player_1.0.1-4_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/vmware-player_1.0.1-4_i386.deb 
(--unpack):
  subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 10
***
* Updating MIME database in /usr/share/mime...
Wrote 476 strings at 20 - 2788
Wrote aliases at 2788 - 2934
Wrote parents at 2934 - 32e4
Wrote literal globs at 32e4 - 3340
Wrote suffix globs at 3340 - 6688
Wrote full globs at 6688 - 66ac
Wrote magic at 66ac - bcf8
Wrote namespace list at bcf8 - bd08
***
Errors were encountered while processing:
  /var/cache/apt/archives/vmware-player_1.0.1-4_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up libssl0.9.7 (0.9.7g-5ubuntu1) ...

Setting up vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.15-23 (2.6.15.10-6) ...

Setting up vmware-player-kernel-modules (2.6.15.10-6) ...

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/vmware-player_1.0.1-4_i386.deb: subprocess 
pre-installation script returned error exit status 10


Carl K