Gutsy and Vmware

[David Vincent]

Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> Speaking of virtualization...
> 
> The vmware-server from repositories that was working under 7.04 no 
> longer works under 7.10, and it looks like the repositories are not 
> longer the same for downloading it.  It launches, but it gives a general 
> "cannot start the VM"-type error when I try launching the VM.
> 
> I found a site that tells you to download a "vmware-any-any-update114" 
> and extract it and run the perl script to fix it up.  Thing is, I have 
> the file, extracted it, but don't know if I can trust it since the site 
> doesn't seem to be from or related to VMWare, so I didn't run it.
> 
> Has anyone found a fix for this, or know of any chatter about getting it 
> fixed in the near-future?  I'd like to keep it installed via the 
> debs/repository, so I won't potentially contend with littering my system 
> with crap all over the place or having cruft from updates/upgrades 
> manually done.
> 
> Info? Tips? Ideas?
> 

you can try the debs here:

http://archive.canonical.com/pool/main/v/vmware-server/


the package installer may be able to satisfy the dependencies and make 
it work for you.  i didn't do that.  follow the thread here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=579347

...which also talks about the any-any patch (newer version though). 
that's what i'm doing - installing it for now and once the repos are 
synced i'll uninstall and install from there.  i hate having to 
recompile my vmware-server because my kernel updated.  :)

-d