[Vmware-package-maintainers] Bug#437801: vmware-package: cannot connect sound on vmware-player, complains about /usr/lib/vmware/licenses/site not found

[Robert Edmonds]

Marc Haber wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> when I click on "Sound Adapter" in the device bar, I get an error
> message that /usr/lib/vmware/licenses/site cannot be found:
> 
> Unable to open the /usr/lib/vmware/licenses/site license directory: No
> such file or directory
> Unable to open the /usr/lib/vmware/licenses/site license directory: No
> such file or directory
> Cannot connect virtual device sound. No corresponding device is
> available on the host
> 
> Can vmware-player 2.0 still not use ALSA?

This is probably the case -- it looks like Petr has a wrapper called
vmwaredsp, and someone on VMTN apparently updated it recently:

http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmwaredsp-1.3.tar.gz
http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=694099

I've never used audio with vmware before -- does loading snd_pcm_oss.ko
not work?

Also, I think that /usr/lib/vmware/licenses message is a red herring.

-- 
Robert Edmonds
edmonds at debian.org
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