VMWare will not start, even after vmware-config.pl

[Dotan Cohen]

On 02/05/07, Lux Zhang <yuanlux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 02/05/07, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Just today I have been unable to start my VMWare Workstation 1.0.2. I
> > have not updated the system, and I ran vmware-config.pl anyway, but
> > alas it will not start. When I click the VMWare menu item, the system
> > slows to a half and then locks up, requiring four seconds on the power
> > button to shut the system down. CTRL-ALT-BKSP does not kill the X
> > server, theres nothing I can do. Note that the VMWare service starts
> > fine at bootup.
>
>
> if you vmware starts up, means the configureation is ok. that indicates the
> problem is with your virtual machine. check your virtual machine directory,
> if there are WRITELOCK files or unfinished virtua machine etc.
>
> to be sure, you may just restart vmware. most times, any-any-update can deal
> with configuration problems.
>
>

No, VMWare is not starting up. The service starts up at boot, but I
cannot open ~/bin/vmware. I'm not trying to open a machine, either,
just to get the program started. There is no output generared to the
console, either.

I did run any-any-update, it did not change the situation.


Dotan Cohen

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