Hardy update including kernel broke VMWare-Server

[Robor]

Applied updates to my Hardy box this morning. On reboot I had video but it broke Compiz. Using Envy I installed the latest ATI driver and rebooted. Compiz back. 🙂

Anyway, the point of my post is the kernel update broke VMWare Server. I was running 1.0.6 so I figured I'd upgrade to 1.0.7 rather than just fix it. It installed without issue (no errors) but failed to launch. Running from the command line resulted in this:

(user)@(hostname):~$ vmware
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)

After a little searching Google turned up THIS and that solved it. The solution was a pretty quick fix for me:

(user)@(hostname):~$ cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib
(user)@(hostname):/usr/lib/vmware/lib$ sudo mkdir bak
(user)@(hostname):/usr/lib/vmware/lib$ sudo mv libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1 bak/


Hope that saves someone a few minutes of head scratching. 🙂

 

[xSauronx]

im downloading the updates now, but i use vmware server 2

ive found the performance to be much better for me with a windows xp guest than it was with 1.0.6

i hope this doesnt break server 2 also *crosses fingers*

edit: no problems.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: xSauronx
im downloading the updates now, but i use vmware server 2

ive found the performance to be much better for me with a windows xp guest than it was with 1.0.6

i hope this doesnt break server 2 also *crosses fingers*

edit: no problems.

I tried 2.x a while back. IIRC it had a web only console and the VM's ran inside that. Is it still the same?

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: Robor

Originally posted by: xSauronx
im downloading the updates now, but i use vmware server 2

ive found the performance to be much better for me with a windows xp guest than it was with 1.0.6

i hope this doesnt break server 2 also *crosses fingers*

edit: no problems.

I tried 2.x a while back. IIRC it had a web only console and the VM's ran inside that. Is it still the same?

Well kind of. The interface is all web based, but the consoles for each VM uses a browser plugin to render the consoles framebuffer natively instead of through flash or javascript so interaction with the consoles is the same as before just in a standalone window.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Crusty

Originally posted by: Robor

Originally posted by: xSauronx
im downloading the updates now, but i use vmware server 2

ive found the performance to be much better for me with a windows xp guest than it was with 1.0.6

i hope this doesnt break server 2 also *crosses fingers*

edit: no problems.

I tried 2.x a while back. IIRC it had a web only console and the VM's ran inside that. Is it still the same?

Well kind of. The interface is all web based, but the consoles for each VM uses a browser plugin to render the consoles framebuffer natively instead of through flash or javascript so interaction with the consoles is the same as before just in a standalone window.

it threw me at first, but i really like it this way. i always have a browser open anyway, so its better than opening a standalone program for the console, and the browser console can, of course, be closed once the guest is running anyway.

if you try it in ubuntu keep in mind: we have no actual root user, so during the install its important that you designate a legitimate user as "administrator" when prompted because you cant login as root. its an easy fix (i found out 😉 ) but its easier to just do it right during the install 🙂

i havent tried the other guests i ran, but i have a Centos guest and something BSD guest that are CLI only, so i wouldnt notice a difference....but with an XP guest 2 is quite a bit faster than 1.0.6

 

[crontab]

Originally posted by: Robor
I tried 2.x a while back. IIRC it had a web only console and the VM's ran inside that. Is it still the same?

you can use virtual center to manage vmware server instance along with the vm's it's hosts.

the vc client is much better than the web mui

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: Crusty

Originally posted by: Robor

Originally posted by: xSauronx
im downloading the updates now, but i use vmware server 2

ive found the performance to be much better for me with a windows xp guest than it was with 1.0.6

i hope this doesnt break server 2 also *crosses fingers*

edit: no problems.

I tried 2.x a while back. IIRC it had a web only console and the VM's ran inside that. Is it still the same?

Well kind of. The interface is all web based, but the consoles for each VM uses a browser plugin to render the consoles framebuffer natively instead of through flash or javascript so interaction with the consoles is the same as before just in a standalone window.

it threw me at first, but i really like it this way. i always have a browser open anyway, so its better than opening a standalone program for the console, and the browser console can, of course, be closed once the guest is running anyway.

if you try it in ubuntu keep in mind: we have no actual root user, so during the install its important that you designate a legitimate user as "administrator" when prompted because you cant login as root. its an easy fix (i found out 😉 ) but its easier to just do it right during the install 🙂

i havent tried the other guests i ran, but i have a Centos guest and something BSD guest that are CLI only, so i wouldnt notice a difference....but with an XP guest 2 is quite a bit faster than 1.0.6

All my ubuntu servers get a root password 😉