[Vmware-package-maintainers] Bug#434302: Bug#434302: vmware-package: Install vmware-server-console package doesn't load on i386

[James Healy]

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Robert Edmonds wrote:
> Does installing vmware server console from VMware's tarball work at all?

I haven't tried yet, and I'm a little reluctant to do so.

> And, is it possible to use etch in your situation?  VMware products tend
> to have good compatibility with released Linux distributions.

It's possible for some people. Unfortunately the only workstation on my
desk with a monitor is running sid. That said, it's not critical that I
get it working.

> Hm, after installing gtk2-engines from unstable on a sid/amd64 machine
> and setting my theme to Clearlooks, I can indeed reproduce the "error:
> unexpected character `@', expected string constant" message, but the
> server console GUI starts up fine (although with a default theme).
> 
> But, your experience is that the "unexpected character `@'" message
> always results in a failure to launch?

After further testing, I concur that the gtkrc error message is not the
cause of my troubles. Even if I fix that error, vmware-server-console
fails to launch. It just exits silently with a return code of 0.

> I'm inclined to consider this an upstream bug (since I see VMTN forum
> posts from ubuntu users experiencing difficulty with gtk 2.10) and drop
> the severity to normal since I don't believe vmware-package is at fault.
> A workaround could certainly be placed in vmware-package if one were
> possible, however.

Fair enough. I'll keep poking at it and see if I can narrow down the
root cause of the issue. I suspect it's some sort of funky interaction
between the bundled and system libs.
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