Re: vmware on debian etch
On Friday 17 November 2006 17:05, H.S. wrote:
> Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
> > On Friday 17 November 2006 16:33, H.S. wrote:
> >>When I gave the 'vmware' command as normal user after the installation,
> >>I got this error and no GUI:
> >>{tmp}$> vmware
> >>/usr/local/lib/vmware/bin/vmware:
> >>/usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version
> >>information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
> >>/usr/local/lib/vmware/bin/vmware:
> >>/usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version
> >>information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
> >>/usr/local/lib/vmware/bin/vmware:
> >>/usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version
> >>information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
> >
> > There is no server-side GUI with VMWare server. Use the VMWare server
> > console to access the server-side process.
> >
> > j
>
> I am not sure I understand this. After the step I mentioned above, I got
> the web interface gui and was able to login. When I gave the 'vmware'
> command as a normal user, I got a GUI window in which I am now
> installing Windows XP after creating a new virtual machine. Is this the
> same GUI you are talking about? I haven't installed any other vmware
> packages yet (only the server and mui; no console). In the message bar
> at the bottom edge of the GUI window I do see a message sometimes that
> "vmware tools are not installed" or some such thing.
Hmm...I was not aware there was a local GUI. Sounds cool. I just the Server
Console on my local Linux box to connect to the VMWare Server on our server
box.
Glad you got it working!
j
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