Re: VMWare does not start after update to libc6-i386?

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Kourosh <debian@mindwaresystems.com> writes:

> On my system, the libraries are there under /emul/ia32-linux/ but
> VMware didn't seem to find them.  What I did that appears to fix the
> problem was to add the /emul/ia32-linux/ directories to my
> /etc/ld.so.conf file and re-run ldconfig as root.  This is what I
> added in my ld.so.conf file:
>
> /emul/ia32-linux/lib/
> /emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib/
> /emul/ia32-linux/usr/X11R6/
> /emul/ia32-linux/usr/X11R6/lib/
>
> I'm not sure if all of that is needed, but the last line definitely
> was. Then I re-ran ldconfig and VMware would start.  We'll have to see
> if it keeps working =)
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Kourosh

What libc6 version do you have?
ls -lh /lib/ldconfig

MfG
        Goswin