:: Re: [DNG] VMware segmentation fault
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Autor: Rowland penny
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A: dng
Asunto: Re: [DNG] VMware segmentation fault
On 19/01/2020 21:22, Haines Brown wrote:
> It been ten years since I've installed a virtual machine under Linux,
> and things have changed.
>
> I downloaded and ran VMware-Player-3.1.1-282343.x86_64.bundle to
> install VMware Player with success.
>
> Howver, I have trouble starting it. I have no desktop. Does that make
> a differnce?
>
>    $ vmplayer &
>    [1] 25824
>    haines@engels:~$ /usr/bin/vmplayer: line 35: 25827 Segmentation fault
>    "$BINDIR"/vmware-modconfig --appname="VMware Player"
>    --icon="vmware-player"

>
> Is this a bug in the Player? Or must it be started by root?
>
>    $ sudo vmplayer &
>    [2] 25851

>
> The second command starts a vmware process, but I gather I should
> expect a VMware window to pop up.
>
> I would like to run Windows 7 or 8 in a virtual machine. Any way to
> get it cheaply?
>
> Haines Brown
>
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I suspect running it this way will require a desktop, I mean it is
hardly likely to pop up something on a desktop that isn't there ;-)

Try reading the man page.

I should also point out that Windows 7 and 8 are both EOL.

Rowland