It's better to continue this in Jeorg Platte's thread instead :-) http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/09/msg01063.html /M On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 11:58:21 +0100, Magnus Therning wrote: >Today I noticed that vmware-server-console fails: > > /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) > >After some searching I found out about the VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK >environment variable. However, no matter what I set it to, it doesn't >work. If it's unset I get the error above, if I set it to any value >(force, no, yes) then vmware-server-console fails silently. The same >silent failure occurs if I LD_PRELOAD libpng or if I copy the library >from /usr/lib to /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libpng12.so.0. > >Anyone else with this problem? >Anyone with a solution? > >/M > >-- >Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) >magnus@therning.org Jabber: magnus.therning@gmail.com >http://therning.org/magnus > >Software is not manufactured, it is something you write and publish. >Keep Europe free from software patents, we do not want censorship >by patent law on written works. > >"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on >no account be allowed to do the job." > >-- Some wisdom from The Book. -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus@therning.org Jabber: magnus.therning@gmail.com http://therning.org/magnus Software is not manufactured, it is something you write and publish. Keep Europe free from software patents, we do not want censorship by patent law on written works. A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
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