I have been trying for hours to get VMware to work as it should.
Linux 19.1 host. VMware-Player-15.5.0-14665864.x86_64.bundle file. I have tried about 6 different 'solutions' listed by others with the problems, including changing file permissions and setting umask.Also running the bundle as root and using sudo, doing full uninstall each time to remove any possible holdovers that might be corrupting things.
The install was original - never run WMware on this Linux OS.
Also cannot get VMware tools to install on a Win7 client - option is greyed out in menu item [Virtual Machine] - trying to DL & Install as client starts gets a fail to find upgrader in the temp folder.
This SHOULD be simple - last time I used VMware (v12 maybe?) it was run, install client and everything worked.
Some of the errors...
root@Ringworld:/etc# strace -f /etc/vmware
execve("/etc/vmware", ["/etc/vmware"], 0x7fff75d74478 /* 22 vars */) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
fstat(2, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 1), ...}) = 0
write(2, "strace: exec: Permission denied\n", 32strace: exec: Permission denied
) = 32
getpid() = 6435
exit_group(1) = ?
+++ exited with 1 +++
root@Ringworld:/etc# ^C
root@Ringworld:/etc#
markmcd@Ringworld:~$ vmplayer
[AppLoader] Use shipped Linux kernel AIO access library.
An up-to-date "libaio" or "libaio1" package from your system is preferred.
[AppLoader] Use shipped Linux kernel AIO access library.
An up-to-date "libaio" or "libaio1" package from your system is preferred.
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/etc/vmware/hostd/proxy.xml"
(vmplayer:7104): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:11:11.675: Inserting action group 'Base' into UI manager which already has a group with this name
(vmplayer:7104): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:11:11.675: Inserting action group 'WindowActions' into UI manager which already has a group with this name
markmcd@Ringworld:/media/markmcd/Store4/Installs/MintLinux$ sudo vmplayer
[AppLoader] Use shipped Linux kernel AIO access library.
An up-to-date "libaio" or "libaio1" package from your system is preferred.
[AppLoader] Use shipped Linux kernel AIO access library.
An up-to-date "libaio" or "libaio1" package from your system is preferred.
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/etc/vmware/hostd/proxy.xml"
(vmplayer:19461): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:12:56.501: Inserting action group 'Base' into UI manager which already has a group with this name
(vmplayer:19461): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:12:56.501: Inserting action group 'WindowActions' into UI manager which already has a group with this name
markmcd@Ringworld:/media/markmcd/Store4/Installs/MintLinux$ vmplayer
[AppLoader] Use shipped Linux kernel AIO access library.
An up-to-date "libaio" or "libaio1" package from your system is preferred.
[AppLoader] Use shipped Linux kernel AIO access library.
An up-to-date "libaio" or "libaio1" package from your system is preferred.
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/etc/vmware/hostd/proxy.xml"
[AppLoader] Use shipped Linux kernel AIO access library.
An up-to-date "libaio" or "libaio1" package from your system is preferred.
(vmplayer:28897): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:54:58.160: Inserting action group 'Base' into UI manager which already has a group with this name
(vmplayer:28897): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:54:58.160: Inserting action group 'WindowActions' into UI manager which already has a group with this name
Gtk-Message: 11:57:07.258: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
Gtk-Message: 11:57:13.007: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
Installing VMware Tools for Windows Vista or later 11.0.0
Copying files...
Configuring...
Installation was successful.
