help with VMware and Ubuntu 6.06 amd64

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Shubho;1244539 Wrote: 
> Hi all,

> 

> I am trying to get VMware server/workstation running on Dapper amd64. 

> Everything goes fine till the time I need to start vmware..

> 

> This is what I get..

> ***************************************

> deep at spsqal2:~$ vmware

> /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: error while loading shared libraries: 

> libglibmm_generate_extra_defs-2.4.so.1: cannot open shared object file:
> 

> No such file or directory

> /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: error while loading shared libraries: 

> libglibmm_generate_extra_defs-2.4.so.1: cannot open shared object file:
> 

> No such file or directory

> deep at spsqal2:~$

> ***************************************

> 

> As I can see, /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware is looking for the shared 

> object in /usr/lib32, but its actually present in /usr/lib or 

> /usr/lib64. Even if I create a soft link to the library in lib32,
> things 

> dont seem to work. Can anyone please help?

> 

> deep at spsqal2:~$ ls -al
> /usr/lib32/libglibmm_generate_extra_defs-2.4.so.1

> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 Jul 11 16:45 

> /usr/lib32/libglibmm_generate_extra_defs-2.4.so.1 -> 

> /usr/lib/libglibmm_generate_extra_defs-2.4.so.1

> deep at spsqal2:~$ vmware

> /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: error while loading shared libraries: 

> libglibmm_generate_extra_defs-2.4.so.1: cannot open shared object file:
> 

> No such file or directory

> /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: error while loading shared libraries: 

> libglibmm_generate_extra_defs-2.4.so.1: cannot open shared object file:
> 

> No such file or directory

> deep at spsqal2:~$

> 

> Also can I boot the 64 bit ubuntu kernel in 32 bit mode?

> 

> Regards,

> -SS.

> 

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I found this guide:

http://tinyurl.com/qocut



Hope it helps....


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