Install VMware Player 3

[afroman10496]

I'm using Sabayon 5.2 and I can't install VMware Player Please help? I installed the kernel-sources BTW. I got the following screen in the attachment

[Fac3kk]

as far as I remember vmware searches for rcX.d style directories for runlevels, which gentoo does not have.

You can create symlinks to init.d for the installation and delete them afterwards

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lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    root         6 Aug 13 22:53 rc0.d -> init.d
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    root         6 Aug 13 22:53 rc1.d -> init.d
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    root         6 Aug 13 22:53 rc2.d -> init.d                         
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    root         6 Aug 13 22:53 rc3.d -> init.d                         
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    root         6 Aug 13 22:53 rc4.d -> init.d 
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    root         6 Aug 13 22:53 rc5.d -> init.d                       
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    root         6 Aug 13 22:53 rc6.d -> init.d   
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    root         6 Aug 13 22:53 rcS.d -> init.d


[afroman10496]

Sorry, n00b here So I just type that into the terminal? Thanks for replying

[Fitzcarraldo]

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ln -s <target> <link name>

So, as root user in a Konsole/Terminal window:

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ln -s init.d rc0.d
ln -s init.d rc1.d
ln -s init.d rc2.d
ln -s init.d rc3.d
ln -s init.d rc4.d
ln -s init.d rc5.d
ln -s init.d rc6.d
ln -s init.d rcS.d

You can see the full syntax of the ln command by using Google or the man command:

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man ln

There are two types of links: hard and symbolic. The latter are often referred to as 'symlinks', short for 'symbolic links'. A little bit like a Shortcut in Windows.

[MindlessZavant]

I know this is an old thread, but i just had to say, THANK YOU! I've been trying to get this to work all night.

just make sure the symlinks are in /etc/rc.d

[mbjr]

Hi there,

I updated my Sab yesterday and it seems that since this point I can't get any graphical interface out of vmware player.
For example:

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$ vmware-player # ./VMware-Player-3.1.2-301548.x86_64.bundle
Extracting VMware Installer...done.

Window doesn't appear, and I get a successful exit code.

I experience the same exact behavior with the tool itself:

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$ vmware-player# vmplayer
Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-1687.log
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.35-sabayon/misc/vmmon.ko
supported:      external
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author:         VMware, Inc.
depends:       
vermagic:       2.6.35-sabayon SMP mod_unload modversions
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.35-sabayon/misc/vmnet.ko
supported:      external
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Virtual Networking Driver.
author:         VMware, Inc.
depends:       
vermagic:       2.6.35-sabayon SMP mod_unload modversions
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.35-sabayon/misc/vmblock.ko
supported:      external
version:        1.1.2.0
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Blocking File System
author:         VMware, Inc.
srcversion:     400149ED038D22A87322D56
depends:       
vermagic:       2.6.35-sabayon SMP mod_unload modversions
parm:           root:The directory the file system redirects to. (charp)
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.35-sabayon/misc/vmci.ko
supported:      external
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI).
author:         VMware, Inc.
depends:       
vermagic:       2.6.35-sabayon SMP mod_unload modversions
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.35-sabayon/misc/vmmon.ko
supported:      external
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author:         VMware, Inc.
depends:       
vermagic:       2.6.35-sabayon SMP mod_unload modversions

No GUI.

Now I can start the installer itself with the --console flag, but obviously my goal here is to have a GUI
(tried reinstalling, no luck)

Any ideas of what package update may have caused this?

Thanks,
mbjr