On Friday 17 November 2006 17:05, H.S. wrote: > Joshua J. Kugler wrote: > > On Friday 17 November 2006 16:33, H.S. wrote: > >>When I gave the 'vmware' command as normal user after the installation, > >>I got this error and no GUI: > >>{tmp}$> vmware > >>/usr/local/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: > >>/usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version > >>information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) > >>/usr/local/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: > >>/usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version > >>information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) > >>/usr/local/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: > >>/usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version > >>information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) > > > > There is no server-side GUI with VMWare server. Use the VMWare server > > console to access the server-side process. > > > > j > > I am not sure I understand this. After the step I mentioned above, I got > the web interface gui and was able to login. When I gave the 'vmware' > command as a normal user, I got a GUI window in which I am now > installing Windows XP after creating a new virtual machine. Is this the > same GUI you are talking about? I haven't installed any other vmware > packages yet (only the server and mui; no console). In the message bar > at the bottom edge of the GUI window I do see a message sometimes that > "vmware tools are not installed" or some such thing.
Hmm...I was not aware there was a local GUI. Sounds cool. I just the Server Console on my local Linux box to connect to the VMWare Server on our server box. Glad you got it working! j -- Joshua Kugler Lead System Admin -- Senior Programmer http://www.eeinternet.com PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ID 0xDB26D7CE PO Box 80086 -- Fairbanks, AK 99708 -- Ph: 907-456-5581 Fax: 907-456-3111 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]