[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1715552] Re: VMWare does not start

2023-09-13 Thread Chris Parker
Just an FYI - I finally figured out a way to get the old VMware-Player to start up on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The crash (segmentation fault) mentioned above oddly does *not* happen if you launch VMware like this instead: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmplayer That's it! The icon can be made to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1715552] Re: VMWare does not start

2021-04-23 Thread Chris Parker
These instructions worked as well for me with VMWare Player 12.5.9 after upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS Desktop with Linux kernel 4.15, thanks! However, I'm now prepping for further upgrade to the latest Ubuntu 21.04 (kernel 5.11), and there seems to be more problems! The distro's shared librar