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Date:      Mon, 22 May 2000 16:01:38 +0300 (EEST)
From:      Serge Negodyuck <pmail@lana.mycoh.ukrnet.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: VMWare 2, then VMWare 1 - Ack!
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005221558480.73007-100000@lana.mycoh.ukrnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000521182756.A10530@onsea.com>

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On Sun, 21 May 2000, Cliff Rowley wrote:

> Greetings.
> 
> I was just getting used to playing around with vmware1, after finally getting around to using it, and I discovered vmware2.  I deinstalled vmware1 and immediately upgraded, and failed miserably.
> 
> When starting vmware2, I get the following:
> 
> -----------
> Error:
> Cannot open vmware executable file.
> Possibly an installation error?
> Cannot create splash screen
> -----------
> 
> And when trying to run a vm:
> 
> Could not open /usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/vmm
> 
> I guessed vmware2 may be broken under 4.0-STABLE as it stands, so I deinstalled that and reinstalled vmware1.
> 
> Exactly the same thing happens.  I've deinstalled and reinstalled a few times, and I've cleaned up everything I've found relating to vmware, and still it doesnt work.
> 
> Any ideas?  I've searched the archives, and noone seems to answer these questions.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
Have you done this:
Add following line to /etc/fstab:
"linproc             /compat/linux/proc      linprocfs rw         0     0"

And than type "mount -a".
It really helped me in this trouble.



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