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getsmit
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Workstation 8.0/9.0 installation hangs on Ubuntu 12.04

I was trying to install Workstation on Ubuntu 12.04 but it hangs, the last thing that i see getting updated in the log files under /tmp/vmware-root is the following

[root@vmware-root]#cat vmware-authdlauncher-5836.log

2013-06-11T18:12:13.643-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: Log for VMware Authentication Daemon Launcher pid=5844 version=9.0.1 build=build-894247 option=Release

2013-06-11T18:12:13.643-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: The process is 64-bit.

2013-06-11T18:12:13.643-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8

2013-06-11T18:12:13.643-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: Host is Linux 3.2.0-39-generic Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS

2013-06-11T18:12:13.503-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: Msg_Reset:

2013-06-11T18:12:13.503-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.

2013-06-11T18:12:13.503-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: ----------------------------------------

2013-06-11T18:12:13.503-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values.

2013-06-11T18:12:13.503-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: Msg_Reset:

2013-06-11T18:12:13.503-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/home/mts/smit/.vmware/config": No such file or directory.

2013-06-11T18:12:13.503-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: ----------------------------------------

2013-06-11T18:12:13.503-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /home/mts/smit/.vmware/config. Using default values.

2013-06-11T18:12:13.642-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: Msg_Reset:

2013-06-11T18:12:13.642-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/home/mts/smit/.vmware/preferences": Permission denied.

2013-06-11T18:12:13.642-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: ----------------------------------------

2013-06-11T18:12:13.642-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: PREF Failed to load user preferences.

2013-06-11T18:12:13.666-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: SOCKET creating new listening socket on port 34307

2013-06-11T18:12:13.666-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: listening on port 902

2013-06-11T18:12:13.666-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: launching authd at /usr/sbin/vmware-authd

2013-06-11T18:12:13.666-08:00| authdlauncher| I120: starting poll loop

Can someone please help me with it?

I have uploaded all the log files, please let me know if some more info is needed.

Thanks in advance!!

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myepicyear
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Bump

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EV_Simon
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Have a look at this post on my site that describes what you need to do to install VMware Player http://www.everything-virtual.com/?p=1712, it's also relevant for Workstation 8 installations.

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