Player 12.0.1 does not start on Ubuntu Server 15.10

[jcmanciot]

The previous version 12.0.0 has been completely uninstalled; no other vmware product on the host.

#vmplayer

No error message at CLI.

From the log: "Failed to connect to the existing arbitrator."

2015-11-25T11:09:26.490+01:00| usbArb| I125: Log for VMware USB Arbitration Service pid=1261 version=12.0.1 build=build-3127166 option=Release

2015-11-25T11:09:26.490+01:00| usbArb| I125: The process is 64-bit.

2015-11-25T11:09:26.490+01:00| usbArb| I125: Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8

2015-11-25T11:09:26.490+01:00| usbArb| I125: Host is Linux 4.2.0-18-generic Ubuntu 15.10

2015-11-25T11:09:26.453+01:00| usbArb| I125: VTHREAD initialize main thread 3 "usbArb" tid 1261

2015-11-25T11:09:26.453+01:00| usbArb| I125: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.

2015-11-25T11:09:26.453+01:00| usbArb| I125: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values.

2015-11-25T11:09:26.453+01:00| usbArb| I125: Could not expand environment variable HOME.

2015-11-25T11:09:26.453+01:00| usbArb| I125: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "~/.vmware/config": No such file or directory.

2015-11-25T11:09:26.453+01:00| usbArb| I125: PREF Optional preferences file not found at ~/.vmware/config. Using default values.

2015-11-25T11:09:26.453+01:00| usbArb| I125: Could not expand environment variable HOME.

2015-11-25T11:09:26.453+01:00| usbArb| I125: PREF Disabling user preferences because disableUserPreferences is set.

2015-11-25T11:09:26.453+01:00| usbArb| I125: PREF Failed to load user preferences.

2015-11-25T11:09:28.905+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT --- GLOBAL SETTINGS /usr/lib/vmware/settings

2015-11-25T11:09:28.905+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT --- NON PERSISTENT

2015-11-25T11:09:28.905+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT --- USER PREFERENCES

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT --- USER DEFAULTS ~/.vmware/config

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT --- HOST DEFAULTS /etc/vmware/config

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT                NETWORKING = "yes"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT            VMBLOCK_CONFED = "yes"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT           gksu.rootMethod = "su"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT                    libdir = "/usr/lib/vmware"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT               VMCI_CONFED = "yes"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT              VSOCK_CONFED = "yes"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT             initscriptdir = "/etc/init.d"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT            authd.fullpath = "/usr/sbin/vmware-authd"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT                    bindir = "/usr/bin"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT installerDefaults.componentDownloadEnabled = "yes"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT installerDefaults.autoSoftwareUpdateEnabled.epoch = "8829457160"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT        vix.config.version = "1"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT    player.product.version = "12.0.1"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT installerDefaults.dataCollectionEnabled.epoch = "3961949418"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT installerDefaults.dataCollectionEnabled = "no"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT installerDefaults.transferVersion = "1"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT installerDefaults.autoSoftwareUpdateEnabled = "yes"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT       product.buildNumber = "3160714"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT --- SITE DEFAULTS /usr/lib/vmware/config

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT                  tag.help = "introduction.htm"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT   tag.configurationEditor = "config_editor_newvm.htm"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT             tag.ideConfig = "devices_virtualdrive.htm"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT          tag.floppyConfig = "devices_floppy.htm"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT           tag.mouseConfig = "devices_mouse.htm"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT             tag.netConfig = "devices_netadapter.htm"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT        tag.parallelConfig = "devices_parallel.htm"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT          tag.serialConfig = "devices_serial.htm"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT           tag.soundConfig = "devices_sound.htm"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT             tag.memConfig = "configvm_memory.htm"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT            tag.miscConfig = "configvm.htm"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT             tag.usbConfig = "devices_usb.htm"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT         tag.displayConfig = "configvm_display-problems.htm"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: DICT                 tag.tools = "vmtools.htm"

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: USBArbRuleStore: Loading device rules from '/etc/vmware/usbarb.rules'.

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: VMware USB Arbitration Service Version 15.1.6

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: USBGL: USB Sysfs found at /dev/bus/usb

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: USBArb: Attempting to connect to existing arbitrator on /var/run/vmware/usbarbitrator-socket.

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: SOCKET creating new socket, connecting to /var/run/vmware/usbarbitrator-socket

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: SOCKET connect failed, error 2: No such file or directory

2015-11-25T11:09:28.906+01:00| usbArb| I125: USBArb: Failed to connect to the existing arbitrator.

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