Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Ubuntu 11.04 - VMware-Player dies when opening a virtual machine: FIX

Since the update from April 21st, VMWare Player dies every time a virtual machine is started. the log shows:

(vmware-unity-helper:3090): GLib-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.6/./glib/goption.c:2132: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0
(vmware-unity-helper:3090): GLib-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.6/./glib/goption.c:2132: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0
(vmware-unity-helper:3142): GLib-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.6/./glib/goption.c:2132: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0
(vmware-unity-helper:3142): GLib-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.6/./glib/goption.c:2132: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0

To fix this, you have to tell VMWare Player to use its own glib: Insert the line
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0/libglib-2.0.so.0
into the file /usr/bin/vmplayer - right after the copyright notice. The Beginning of the file should now look as follows:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Copyright 2005-2008 VMware, Inc.  All rights reserved.
#
# Wrapper for the real 'vmplayer' binary. Ensure that the
# binary will find all the shared libraries it needs. If a shared
# library is not available from any of the standard system-wide
# locations, we provide it from the location where the VMware software
# is installed.
#
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0/libglib-2.0.so.0
set -e

Save the file and restart VMWare player - you should be back in business.


Update: BobS commented on this issue - scroll down for his comment and linked to a thread. I personally haven't been able to try this out (Natty just causes too many problems on my maschine), but will do so shortly. Thanks BobS!
Posted by Christopher Staerkel at 1:22 PM
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11 comments:

  1. cosmocMay 2, 2011 at 11:01 PM

    worked - g r e a t!!! thanks thanks thanks

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  2. AnonymousMay 4, 2011 at 11:44 PM

    same change worked for regular vmware workstation. thanks for the tip!

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  3. fearless gordonMay 11, 2011 at 8:46 PM

    cool - thx

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  4. cookieMay 17, 2011 at 3:20 PM

    merci

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  5. sahil guptaMay 22, 2011 at 9:38 AM

    Worked like a charm. Thanks a ton! :)

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  6. AnonymousMay 31, 2011 at 4:49 PM

    Thank you very much.
    Host OS: Ubuntu 11.04
    Guest OS: Windows 7

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  7. joe the beeJune 7, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    I think works bril. thx bro

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  8. AnonymousJune 15, 2011 at 7:48 PM

    Thanks! This worked.

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  9. BobSJuly 26, 2011 at 6:09 PM

    Hi, I think your posted fix was for vmplayer 3.0.0. I have vmplayer 3.1.4 and this was not the complete fix. A more complete fix would be to add the following to /etc/vmware/bootstrap:

    VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK="force"

    This will cause vmware to pull in all of the vmware libs as necessary. This also work well for Workstation 7.1.4,

    However, as I said this is only a partial fix. My fedora VMs won't shutdown without throwing signal 11 and the WinXPs get the to login screen and then throw signal 11. I'll take what I can get.

    See my posts here: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/322640?tstart=0

    Best,
    BobS
    --bs

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  10. AnonymousAugust 20, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    Thanks - Works for me on Mint 11.

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  11. Todaydownload.comJuly 24, 2012 at 3:58 PM

    Very insightful and interesting article. I would love to know more about this so
    posting more would be appreciated.
    VMware Player

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