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Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

jgerssen — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:55:59 GMT

I have still have problems with browsing. I am running SLED (Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop) SP2 and VMware Server. Creating new VM's works fine,.. till you are going to browse to ISO's or when browsing to import VM's.

Somebody using SLED (with SP2) and VMware server and having the same problems?

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

DudeWasBeastly — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:32:37 GMT

Not sure if this will help and it may be that someone has already mentioned this. All I did to correct this error was rename libpng12.so.0 in /usr/lib/vmware/lib/ to something else and created a link in /usr/lib/vmware/lib to the corresponding library in /usr/lib. The error went away and so far no issues.

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

jeffmac77 — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:10:08 GMT

ERROR

vmware
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
process 13890: Attempt to remove filter function 0xf7fe2170 user data 0x8806030, but no such filter has been added
D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:34: error: unexpected character `@', expected string constant
process 13901: Attempt to remove filter function 0xf7fe2170 user data 0x8801458, but no such filter has been added

FIX

this fixed fedora 7 64bit as well.

Applications > add remove software > search installed software for "dbus"

removed 32 bit version of the lib

dbus.i386 1.0.2-6.fc7 installed

then vmware starts again.

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

IdeCable — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:09:16 GMT

ouhrbach's suggestion worked for me as well!!

Same error reported over Ubuntu Fiesty (7.04?).

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

JP_731 — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:59:49 GMT

this solve the problem for me (debian etch, custom kernel 2.6.20.3):

Modificar el archivo: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh

En la función: vm_run()

Code:

vm_run() {
local exitCode;
# Fix for vmplayer pulling in libdbus-1.so.2 instead of .3 export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3:$LD_PRELOAD

# Append any libraries that are still missing.

==============================================
reference:

http://patxi.wordpress.com/2006/10/29/no-se-puede-iniciar-vmware-despues-de-la-actualizacion/

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

VKueffel — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:06:57 GMT

I upgraded Kubuntu from dapper (6.06) to edgy (6.10) simply by changing sources.lst and running apt-get dist-upgrade and VMware stopped working. Got the same libpng error which I can get rid of using several of the previously mentioned fixes (comment out vm_append_lib 'libpng12.so.0' in the wrapper or copy the system libpng into vmware's lib directory). Unfortunately the VMware Console still didn't start. I didn't get the error anymore, but it hangs immediately.

Finally I ran
sudo apt-get remove libdbus-1-2

and it finally started working again.

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

masta11 — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:26:07 GMT

I'm using Ubuntu 6.10 (2.6.17-10-generic)
This works great!! Everyone should try this fix. Thanks ouhrbach

sudo cp /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

chucktr — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:52:05 GMT

Thanks. The "just copy" fixed it for me also.

Chuck

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

241comp — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:22:41 GMT

Add to vmware/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh in vm_run()

# Fix for pulling in libdbus-1.so.2 instead of .3
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3:$LD_PRELOAD

This worked for me - thanks! I had tried all the other fixes and got nothing (error message went away but it still didn't work!) and when I tried yours, I still got the error but vmware console started so I'm happy. Thanks!

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

danyul — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:29:13 GMT

Thanks Danny,

That fixed the problem for me also, with Workstation on Edgy.

Cheers,
Dan

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

Dano — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:32:19 GMT

Had this problem fixed by removing the libdbus-1-2 which was left in repository after a hugh apt-get update on Ubuntu edgy.

Cheers,

Danny.

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Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

ouhrbach — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:14:03 GMT

i fix the problem ..

just copy the /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 to /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/

overwrite the file ... and it will be funktion why ? i dont now

cu

olekole

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

PsyDoc — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:45:25 GMT

I can confirm that removing libdbus-1-2 using:

apt-get remove libdbus-1-2

fixes the problem of vmware failing to load on Debian Etch. I received one error of:

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)

when I run vmware from the command line, but VMware finds a way to continue loading itself quite nicely, whereas it spat out 3 of the above error before and just died previously. I found that copying the libpng12.so.0 from my /usr/lib/ directory did *not* allow VMware to run, though it stopped the above error message from printing out.

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

lousypoetry — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:09:39 GMT

Hi,

thanks fo your reply. It seams to me like I don't have libdbus-1-2 installed:

user@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-cache policy libdbus-1-2
W: cannot find libdbus-1-2

however, libdbus 1-1 is installed

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

KrystianNowak — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:55:14 GMT

I've got the same problem under Debian Etch. Executing apt-get remove libdbus-1-2 (1.3 still should be installed) fixes the bug.

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

miikka — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:41:32 GMT

hi, i did have same problem in debian etch (testing)

all i had to do was remove package libdbus-1-2

there is libdbus-1-3 version also but old library still have some dependency packages

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

lousypoetry — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:53:21 GMT

Just found this thread because I've got the same problem.

I used to run vmware on ubuntu 2.6.12-9-386 but it fails with 2.6.12-10-386. I tried starting it with
VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 vmware
vmware starts and I can chose my winxp to boot. The winxp booting screen appears but after a while I'm taken back to the wmware menu.

I'm grateful for any idea or hint, if you want me to post some output stuff just say a word (and excuse my english)

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

fabianoma — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:37:01 GMT

Well, If I don't use
# Fix for pulling in libdbus-1.so.2 instead of .3
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3:$LD_PRELOAD
vmware fails to run. But I have changed to libdbus-1.so.2, so put
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.2:$LD_PRELOAD
The program runs but still have the same browser problem with the same error message above with libdbus-1.so.3.

Here is the output of ldd -r command
:~$ ldd -r /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.2
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
libnsl.so.1 => /lib/tls/libnsl.so.1 (0xa7edf000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0xa7dad000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x75555000)

~$ ldd -r /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
libnsl.so.1 => /lib/tls/libnsl.so.1 (0xa7f83000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0xa7e51000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x75555000)

Cheers.

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

ksc — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:21:58 GMT

I'm looking at this more carefully now ... turns out we had an internal e-mail discussion a while ago that relates to this problem.

Edgy ships two versions of libdbus. The version we use is the older one. There is also a libhal involved; it is linked against the newer one (by Debian). This conflicts, resulting in the "bring in a more recent libdbus" workaround. Honestly, it's an Ubuntu bug (understandable; Edgy is pre-release); they shouldn't ship a libdbus that doesn't work correctly on their system. (Our code, in fact, works fine without libdbus/libhal, and only breaks because there is a broken old version of libdbus around).

Somehow, though, a gnome-vfs dependency is leaking through, which brings a bad libstdc++ dependency, which breaks the whole mess with the crash you got. Don't know what it is. I'm suspecting libdbus and/or libhal, which means I would like to see the ldd -r output. Actually, ldd -r for any libdbus or libhal on your system.

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

ksc — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:55:00 GMT

# Fix for pulling in libdbus-1.so.2 instead of .3
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3:$LD_PRELOAD

So because you don't have a .2, you bring in .3 ... yikes? You end up bringing in all the dependencies of libdbus-1.so.3 (use ldd -r to see those), which I suspect conflict. This is probably why the wrong libstdc++ is appearing too. You really do want libdbus-1.so.2.

You should be able to find a /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.2 (it's the current library on my Ubuntu system, using Drake) for installation.

XXXXXX - scratch most of that. I looked at some e-mails and found out the actual story. libdbus is just strange on this prerelease system.

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Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

fabianoma — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:20:46 GMT

The only change I did in wrapper script was to put
# Fix for pulling in libdbus-1.so.2 instead of .3
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3:$LD_PRELOAD
in vm_run().
The vmware works but I can change options using browser button.
In my system I have gcc version 4.1.2 and don't have libstdc++.so.5 installed in my system.

Thanks for help.

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

ksc — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:36:11 GMT

Somehow, you've got libstdc++.so.6 loading (~gcc4.2) ... all the VMware code is compiled against libstdc++.so.5 (~gcc3.4). Why is this happening? It looks like the version of gnome-vfs you are using is compiled to use more recent C++, vmware is compiled against older C++ libraries, and the two conflict.

I don't know what is bringing in gnome-vfs but it could be the tweak you made to the wrapper script; the wrapper script exists to avoid those dependency problems by substituting older library versions that don't have unsatisfiable dependencies.

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

fabianoma — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:25:35 GMT

Hi all.
I have same problem and try this aakef trick to run vmware in my debian unstable.

But now have a new error: If I ckick in browse button inside vmware to changes settings, vmware freezy ang give the error at console:
(vmware:10798): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Cannot load module `/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libfile.so' (/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6))

Any help?

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

paulnicklin — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:26:14 GMT

I fixed this by removing libpng12.so.0/* from /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib
I presume then vmware uses my distro copy and libcairo is happy.

I notice too that vm_append_lib libpng12.so.0' appears in the wrapper script maybe I just needed to remove that instead.

along with miltieIV2 's fix. it now works.

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

aakef — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:05:23 GMT

Hi miltieIV2,

I found an easier workaround in the Ubuntu forums:

Add to vmware/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh in vm_run()

# Fix for pulling in libdbus-1.so.2 instead of .3
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3:$LD_PRELOAD

Cheers,
Bernd

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Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

miltieIV2 — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:35:11 GMT

Hmm

Sometimes the private copy stuff works, sometimes it doesn't, not sure why.

You may just have to leave libhal1 downgraded (only do the first of five steps)

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

miltieIV2 — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:20:56 GMT

This same error is now popping up in relation to a completely different problem.

On Debian unstable, the latest version of libhal (Hardware Abstraction Layer) breaks
vmware and must be downgraded from 0.5.7.1-2 to 0.5.7.1-1
Below are instructions for five steps:
downgrade, make a private copy, adjust the wrapper to use it, backup, re-upgrade.
Adjust all the /usr/lib/vmware... stuff to match your vmware install (maybe /usr/local)

Downgrade:
# apt-get install libhal1=0.5.7.1-1

Make a vmware private copy:
# ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31352 Sep 18 14:11 libhal.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Sep 18 14:12 libhal.so.1.0.0 -> libhal.so.1
(Repeat for each vmware, vmware-console, etc.)

Edit the wrapper(s) to use the private copy:
# vi /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh
(find the line
vm_append_lib 'libpng12.so.0'
and add this line after it:
vm_append_lib 'libhal.so.1'
Save and exit)
(Repeat for each vmware, vmware-console, etc.)

Save off a copy of the 0.5.7.1-1 libs in case we need them later and can't downgrade
# tar zcf /root/libhal1_0.5.7.1-1.tar.gz /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libhal.so.1

Re-upgrade libhal1 for all the other applications:
# apt-get install libhal1

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

JRodd — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:42:28 GMT

I had this same problem. I am using KDE with dapper 6.06. I did an update today and suddenly vmware no longer worked. I was getting the same error as described in this thread. I tried both methods to fix the problem. First, I tried 'VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force vmware'. It worked great but did strip the theme. Once I was able to do that, I tried the other method of copying back the original libpng12.so.0 from the distrib. Of course I made a backup of the file before overwriting it. I was able to launch vmware again without any problems and my theme was restored.

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

pdrap — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:50:59 GMT

Additional information: shortly after I started having this trouble, my X server crashed. When it came back up, everything was working normally. I've seen other references to this particular problem attributed to library problems. Before looking at libraries, try restarting the X server.

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

pdrap — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:13:50 GMT

I've got the same problem, and I'm running Debian testing on two systems. They both have identical libpng12 and libcairo libraries. On one system, vmware prints the message about the version information and exits (fails to start). On the other system, vmware prints the message and continues on to run normally.

I think there's something else going on besides a problem with libcairo and libpng, or else I wouldn't be able to run vmware on either system.

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

checkman — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:31:46 GMT

the real problem is the scim input methord.
when I remove the scim ,it work fine
thx

Re: libpng12.so.0: no version information available

petr — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:54:02 GMT

Perhaps you've updated libpng (or libcairo/libqt?) on your system, and libpng12 shipped with VMware is now needed... Either search your distro for libpng12, or try 'VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force vmware'. If you'll find libpng12 in your distro, everything should work. If you'll use VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK environment variable, theme you are using will probably not apply (at all or correctly) to the vmware.

libpng12.so.0: no version information available

checkman — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:21:08 GMT

I run vmware-workstation 5.5.1 in ubuntu 5.1
newbie@boxit~$ uname -a
Linux boxit 2.6.16.1 #3 Sun Apr 9 22:10:21 CST 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

3 days ago, I could use vmware or vmplayer to start my windows 2k server guest box,but today I could not start it with the following error message .

newbie@boxit~$ vmware
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
kde-config: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3)
kde-config: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3)
*** attempt to put segment in horiz list twice

newbie@boxit~$ vmplayer
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmplayer: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
kde-config: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3)
kde-config: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3)
*** attempt to put segment in horiz list twice

newbie@boxit~$ vmware -v
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
VMware Workstation 5.5.1 build-19175

any body got the same thing ?

btw:I have not upgrade my uguntu box yet,and I apply the any-to-any update 101.