VMPlayer 5.0.1 on OS 11.4 won't start

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#1

Looking for assistance in getting VMPlayer 5.0.1 to start on OS 11.4. Mouse pointer shows as busy for 30 seconds after clicking on icon then stops with no VMPlayer activating. I did run VMPLAYER (as SU) from terminal and got a few messages, one seemed relevant:

process 10340: Attempt to remove filter function 0x7fadf8033980 user data 0x7fae0af60d70, but no such filter has been added
D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace
Aborted

I don’t understand what this means.

Thank you…

#2

On 2012-12-09 14:56, stansaraczewski wrote:
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> Looking for assistance in getting VMPlayer 5.0.1 to start on OS 11.4.

And previous versions of vmplayer, do work? Version 5 might be too new
for 11.4 which is old.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)

#3

Never got a previous version of VMPlayer to work, so gave up in favor of Virtualbox.

11.4 too old ?

I never considered that possibility.

#4

On 12/09/2012 03:56 PM, stansaraczewski wrote:
> 11.4 too old ?

11.4 is past its end of life (cite:
http://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime, no longer receiving security
patches through normal means. It therefore should not be exposed to
untrusted networks
unless it incorporates Evergreen, http://tinyurl.com/4aflkpy

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dd

#5

I’m wondering now what the average length of a OpenSUSE release is ? Different distros appeal to different lifestyles - and mine now is basically as a user that is willing to tinker a bit, but not too much. I have a triple boot system with two ‘other’ distros so it is quite interesting to experience the differences.

Still better than Windows…

#6

On 12/09/2012 04:36 PM, stansaraczewski wrote:
> I’m wondering now what the average length of a OpenSUSE release is ?

shorter than it used to be…like you i like’em to last a while (which
is why i’m running 11.4 Evergreen)…

the basic answer is each release is good for 18 months…with a new
release every eight months (target, sometimes they slip–12.1 did)

graphic here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Timeline_openSUSE
words here: https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime

if you want longer, plan and like stable/dependable you should consider
SUSE Linux Enterprise, or hop on a Evergreen (or other longer distros
with a longer life… Red Hat or CentOS spring to mind)

or you can go the other way and take the Tumbleweed, it never ends…but
is constantly changing…

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dd

#7

On 2012-12-09 19:39, dd wrote:
> On 12/09/2012 04:36 PM, stansaraczewski wrote:
>> I’m wondering now what the average length of a OpenSUSE release is ?
>
> shorter than it used to be…like you i like’em to last a while (which
> is why i’m running 11.4 Evergreen)…
>
> the basic answer is each release is good for 18 months…with a new
> release every eight months (target, sometimes they slip–12.1 did)

I don’t have a link to the exact definition, but it is something like
the duration of two releases plus two months. That is, version ‘a’ is
released, then ‘b’, then ‘c’. Two months after ‘c’ appears ‘a’ is EOL.
It normally should be 18 months, but as 12.2 release was delayed during
the summer, 11.4 EOL was also delayed.

So, stansaraczewski, you should activate the evergreen update repos
ASAP. The maintenance is limited to important security problems only,
and a bit slow :slight_smile:

As to VMplayer and 11.4, when I had 11.4 in this machine it simply
worked. Now I have 12.1 here so I can’t say if it works currently or not.

Try starting vmplayer from an xterminal, so that you see error messages.
Post them here inside code tags.

Posting in
Code Tags - A Guide

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)

#8

> Post them here inside code tags.

better yet, start over in the Virtualization forum,
http://tinyurl.com/8xrn2nt

(but it is easier to just use VBox!)

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dd

#9

I posted the error messages at the beginning of this thread - will repeat…

stansuse@linux-5d0b:~> vmplayer
Logging to /tmp/vmware-stansuse/vmware-modconfig-9587.log
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.37.6-24-desktop/misc/vmmon.ko
supported:      external
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author:         VMware, Inc.
srcversion:     C12C4F5905A3F64395D767D
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.37.6-24-desktop SMP preempt mod_unload modversions 
process 9582: Attempt to remove filter function 0x7f26d1b28980 user data 0x7f26e49aeb30, but no such filter has been added
  D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace
Aborted
stansuse@linux-5d0b:~>
#10

On 2012-12-09 23:46, stansaraczewski wrote:
>
> I posted the error messages at the beginning of this thread - will
> repeat…

Ah, this is clearer, thanks.

> Code:
> --------------------
> stansuse@linux-5d0b:~> vmplayer
> Logging to /tmp/vmware-stansuse/vmware-modconfig-9587.log
> filename: /lib/modules/2.6.37.6-24-desktop/misc/vmmon.ko
> supported: external
> license: GPL v2
> description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
> author: VMware, Inc.
> srcversion: C12C4F5905A3F64395D767D
> depends:
> vermagic: 2.6.37.6-24-desktop SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
> process 9582: Attempt to remove filter function 0x7f26d1b28980 user data 0x7f26e49aeb30, but no such filter has been added
> D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace
> Aborted
> stansuse@linux-5d0b:~>
>
> --------------------

Don’t know what it means. Did the configure phase succeed?

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)

#11

Thanks to all those that have responded here. I have upgraded OS to 12.1 and VMPlayer now runs normally. The problem therefore has gone away.