On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 03:17:38PM +0200, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
On Sunday 14 April 2002 12:40, Rachel Greenham wrote:
Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Hi.
I have installed the VMware 3.1 and Windows XP. It went ok, but after having had the power off, and on again I cannot get vmware up running using ALT F2 and typing vmware. I have installed it twice now, but something must be really wrong. Have not the problem using vmware 3.0.
Any suggestions ??.
First thing is try typing vmware into a terminal window (ie: konsole). That way, you get to see any error messages it's reporting.
Chances are vmware-config hasn't completed properly and the necessary vmmon/vmnet services aren't running, or maybe are still running the old versions.
Here is what's happening typing vmware into a terminal window:
eurit:~ # vmware
VMware Workstation Error: Cannot open display. Failed to initialize user interface.
Press "Enter" to continue...
eurit:~ #
root doesn't get a DISPLAY (or .Xauthority cookie) by default on SuSE Linux. Use a normal user account. Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven ICBM 52 8 24N , 4 32 40E. S.u.S.E 7.3 x86 Kernel 2.4.16-4GB