VMWare Server 2.0 Console Failure
The latest VMWare Server is only supporting Web Access for configuration including console access to a Virtual Machine.
There is a Firefox Plugin for the remote console, but that did not work in my setup. The Web Access will no longer complain about a missing plugin after installation, but the console will not start either.
While searching for a fix, I also found instructions to run the remote console in the command line. Combining this with an environment setting for GTK, I am now able to run a remote console.
My solution is starting with the normal installation of the Firefox Plugin. If that's available the following script should start a remote console from command line:
#!/bin/bash ################################################################################ # Call VMWare Server's Remote Console in a clean GTK setup. ################################################################################ # Clean GTK setup for VMWare export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes # Find console executable in Firefox plugins. vmrc="$(find "$HOME/.mozilla/firefox" -name vmware-vmrc -type f -perm -111 | tail -1)" [ -x "$vmrc" ] || exit 1 set -x cd "$(dirname "$vmrc")" && "$vmrc" -h 127.0.0.1:8333
It should also be possible to run Firefox by VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes firefox in your Linux command line to fix the GTK issue.
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Successful Installation of VMware 2.0.2 on Ubuntu 9.04 x86_64
Hi
I greatly appreciate your contributions, comments and technical advices in sharing and contributing
the script so that the VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.x86_64 can be installed successfully without too much difficulties.
Spirit of Open-Source in Linux world LIVES!
Thank you
Alexander
Finally - it works!
Thanks for this magic script - I downloaded it, linked my tray icon to it - and it works flawlessly in my environment (Ubuntu Karmic 32bit on a AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core)!
path to vmware?
how do I find out my path? I've tried a few but was no luck. I downloaded the vmware server to Downloads and when I sudo ./vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.3x-install.sh [PATH _TO_VMWARE_ARCHIVE].. couldn't find the path.
Can you help?
couldn't find the path - misleading error message?
Perhaps you are just getting a misleading error message. Before further investigations, can you please check that the script
vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.3x-install.shis executable?You can also just prepend a call to the shell, thus using a command like
sudo /bin/bash vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.3x-install.sh [PATH_TO_VMWARE_ARCHIVE]instead.VMWare 2.0.x Install script
A beautifully seamless script, weaved in with the standard installation script. As far as I can tell, not a single problem...installed on Ubuntu Karmic on AMD-64 workstation...
Outstanding Work
Thank you guys for doing the dirty work and making my life easier.
problem after mounting /home/user on another disk
Hello,
Fisrt of all thank you for the script, it did great job until i decided to mount my home folder on another disk...
Now when i'm launching the script i get this error :
demonipuch@ubuntu:~$ ./Bureau/start-VMware-console.sh
++ dirname /home/demonipuch/.mozilla/firefox/71d3proa.default/extensions/VMwareVMRC@vmware.com/plugins/bin/vmware-vmrc
+ cd /home/demonipuch/.mozilla/firefox/71d3proa.default/extensions/VMwareVMRC@vmware.com/plugins/bin
+ /home/demonipuch/.mozilla/firefox/71d3proa.default/extensions/VMwareVMRC@vmware.com/plugins/bin/vmware-vmrc -h 127.0.0.1:8333
/home/demonipuch/.mozilla/firefox/71d3proa.default/extensions/VMwareVMRC@vmware.com/plugins/bin/vmware-vmrc: error while loading shared libraries: libexpat.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
libexpat.so.0 actually exists in the folder /home/demonipuch/.mozilla/firefox/71d3proa.default/extensions/VMwareVMRC@vmware.com/plugins/lib
What's wrong with the script and how can i fix it please??
nevermind, i got it working
nevermind, i got it working now...
i had to add those lines
VMLIB=$(dirname "$vmrc")
VMLIB=$(dirname "$VMLIB")/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$VMLIB/libexpat.so.0:$VMLIB/libsexymm.so.2:$VMLIB/libview.so.2:$VMLIB/libvmwarebase.so.0:$VMLIB/libvmwareui.so.0:$VMLIB/libgvmomi.so.0
libsexy
Hi,
It works only this solution, extended with:
$VMLIB/libsexy.so.2
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx 64bit
VMware Server 2.0.2-203138
Firefox 3.6.3
Kernel 2.6.32-22
Thanks for your help! :)
Best regards,
Simon
VMWare Plugin LD_LIBRARY_PATH
I am wondering, if the more general definition will also work:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(dirname "$vmrc")/lib"
Can you check that please?
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Great work!!!
This save me alot of work :-)
Great job
Thanks a lot. It worked like a charm on 9.10 64bit...
Christophe Lize
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big time help on ubuntu x64 9.10 server
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Installation works fine. Great, great job.
Karmic Coala x86_64,
Updated Kernel 2.6.31-14-generic
VMware Server 2.0.2-203138
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VMWare Console's GTK
In the meantime I got some more details about this issue (yes, I admit, that I used GTK-clients in KDE using appropriate schemes):