Re: recent ia32libs upgrade broke vmware5

[Andreas Jochens <aj@andaco.de>]

On 05-Apr-20 20:12, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Since the 32bit libs have been upgraded, vmware5 doesn't work
> anymore. The error messages are:
> 
>    Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0/usr/bin/vmnet-bridge: relocation error: /emul/ia32-linux/lib/tls/libc.so.6: symbol _dl_starting_up, version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file ld-linux.so.2 with link time reference
>                                                                       failed
>    Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8/usr/bin/vmware-ping: relocation error: /emul/ia32-linux/lib/tls/libc.so.6: symbol _dl_starting_up, version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file ld-linux.so.2 with link time reference
> /usr/bin/vmnet-netifup: relocation error: /emul/ia32-linux/lib/tls/libc.so.6: symbol _dl_starting_up, version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file ld-linux.so.2 with link time reference
>                                                                       failed
>    NAT service on /dev/vmnet8/usr/bin/vmnet-natd: relocation error: /emul/ia32-linux/lib/tls/libc.so.6: symbol _dl_starting_up, version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file ld-linux.so.2 with link time reference
>                                                                       failed
> 
> Any possible workarounds (except moving to pure64, please)?

Please try the new ia32-libs version 1.2.0.0.3.gcc4 which has just been 
uploaded to alioth. This version should fix the problem.

Regards
Andreas Jochens