I am having a similar problem when install via adept. I'm running
Kubuntu 6.06 LTS Dapper Drake. Though vmplayer actually does now work,
the install is listed as failing and actually prevents any other updates
from being applied. So my first question is how can I get adept to
ignore what it construes as problems with vmware-player install. I've
tried to uninstall and purge, but since the cleanup script fails I seem
stuck in this loop.

More info:
I believe I got into this situation in the first place because I attempted to 
install vmplayer on kernel 2.6.15-26 without any modules for that kernel. After 
getting module loading errors, I did some searches and saw the recommended 
approach was to install 2.6.15-23 and the associated vmware modules. Then I 
attempted to reinstall vmplayer and ran into the above issue. 

The full set of log messages is below:

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Now configuring VMware Player.  (This may take some time...)
Configuring a bridged network for vmnet0.

Configuring a NAT network for vmnet8.

Probing for an unused private subnet (this can take some time)...

The subnet 172.16.9.0/255.255.255.0 appears to be unused.

The file /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf that this program was about to
Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 
929.
install already exists.  Overwrite? [yes]
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
The file /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases that this program was about to
Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 
929.
install already exists.  Overwrite? [yes]
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
The file /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases~ that this program was about to
Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 
929.
install already exists.  Overwrite? [yes]
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
The file /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat/nat.conf that this program was about to install
Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 
929.
already exists.  Overwrite? [yes]
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Configuring a host-only network for vmnet1.

Probing for an unused private subnet (this can take some time)...

The subnet 172.16.115.0/255.255.255.0 appears to be unused.

The file /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf that this program was about to
Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 
929.
install already exists.  Overwrite? [yes]
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
The file /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases that this program was about to
Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 
929.
install already exists.  Overwrite? [yes]
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
The file /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases~ that this program was about to
Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 
929.
install already exists.  Overwrite? [yes]
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/bin/vmware-config-network.pl line 903.
Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor                                             done
   Virtual ethernet                                                    done
   Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0                                  failed
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background)                    done
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background)                    done
   NAT service on /dev/vmnet8                                         failed
invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-player, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing vmware-player (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 vmware-player

#########################################################

Additionally, on another machine I was accustomed to running vmware-
config.pl, but noticed it's not included in the vmware-player package.
Is there something else I should be doing/installing?

Thanks.

Jonathan.

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install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script
https://launchpad.net/bugs/57957

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