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vmware-player package

  1. Bug #135358
  2. Comment #33

Comment 33 for bug 135358

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Richard Ayotte (rich-ayotte) wrote : Re: [Bug 135358] Re: vmware-player not installable

Yes, you're right.

I noticed that /usr/bin/vmnet-natd was running so I killed it and the
re-install worked afterwards. My VM was not completely shutdown when I
initially re-installed and it caused the vmnet-natd to hang on to the vmnet
module.

Thanks again,

Rich

On 10/20/07, Cedric Schieli <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> The re-install loop is a more general problem, either in apt or in
> launchpad (see Bug 152317)
>
> For the failed re-install, I can't reproduce it.
> Can you purge the package, install it, then issue /etc/init.d/vmware stop
> ?
> If "Virtual ethernet" keeps failing, can you issue rmmod vmnet manually ?
>
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> vmware-player not installable
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