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VMware Server On Ubuntu 8.04 Mini-Howto

Submitted by alex.revetchi (Contact Author) (Forums) on Tue, 2008-04-29 12:01. :: Ubuntu | Virtualization

VMware Server On Ubuntu 8.04 Mini-Howto 

When upgrading from Ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04 my VMware server stopped working, this what I had to do to get it up and running:

Needed if upgrading VMware installation:

sudo ./vmware-install.pl

VMware wont compile with the new kernel, use this patch:

wget http://vmkernelnewbies.googlegroups.com/web/vmware-any-any-update-116.tgz
tar -zxf vmware-any-any-update-116.tgz
cd vmware-any-any-update-116

Apply the patch:

sudo ./runme.pl
sudo vmware-config.pl

VMware console wont run without this:

cp /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1

You might need gcc3.4 as well.

Enjoy!


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Hi, I'm using vmware server
Submitted by Emilianio (Contact Author) (Forums) on Thu, 2008-05-15 09:46.

Hi,

I'm using vmware server 1.0.5. After update from 7.10 to 8.04  I just run vmware-config.pl again and everything worked fine.

I removed some unused operating systems (windows), installed new clean 8.04 and try to install the same vmware distribution. It did not worked even with vmware-any-any-update-116.

This worked for me:

http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-ubuntu-8.04-lts-hardy-heron-p5

I hope you will find this link usefull to.

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Thank you!!!
Submitted by damian.obrien (Contact Author) (Forums) on Wed, 2008-05-07 02:57.
This worked perfectly for me.
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To Fix the 64-bit vmware-ping.sh error
Submitted by Grim76 (Contact Author) (Forums) on Wed, 2008-04-30 21:55.

From the Ubuntu forums:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=291287

# sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

This will allow the system to ping to find unused subnets.

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