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

[Marc Haber]

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 11:30:17PM -0400, Robert Edmonds wrote:
> 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

Geez, OSS has been deprected for years now.

>  -- 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 haven't looked at it in detail, is it a wrapper to be called around
vmware player? Any chance to have it packaged.

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

No change in vmware-player behavior.

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

It pops up once in a while though.

Greetings
Marc

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