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jcoder24 · Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 601 Location: Barbados

Updated 20080214
The answer is yes, see this thread for details and a VMware player installer.

I know that it worked in a previous version of puppy (Puppy202 i think) but I've been able to get it working in the current version 214.

After installation, running vmplayer displays the license dialog and the program quits after accepting the license.

I assume the reason for it not working is because of the change in kernel but I'm hoping that there's an easy fix.

TIA
jcoder24

VariEze · Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 114 Location: Oregon

I'm stuck at the same spot too. vmplayer dispalys the license agreement, then stops.
Any suggestions? --Karl

jcoder24 · Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 601 Location: Barbados

There are two new releases of vmplayer out version 1.04 and version 2.xx beta. I've successfully installed and tested version 2 beta on Puppy 2.14 after making edits to the two of the files. I'll reinstall it and post details on the edits I had to make. I'll also try 1.04 an report how it works.

jcoder24

jonyo · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2725

Hey VE,.. NICE bird. You fly it? Build it?

VariEze · Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 114 Location: Oregon

Yes, yes, and yes. Unfortunately the EZ languishes in the garage until I figure out how to make time for aviation again..... Maybe in 14 years my 2-year-old will get her license....

looking forward to a solution to the vmware. I installed Ubuntu for that purpose, and I'm so sick of typing "sudo" to run anything. --Karl

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6815 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

VE
look here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=16905
I've just posted a plea to pizzasgood here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=17526
asking him to team up with Jasray for a howto or an iso
If we can get more people interested?
Or find a way to pull all similar posts together?
Any ideas anyone?

jcoder24 · Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 601 Location: Barbados

The following pertains to VMware player version 2.

Copy the following code and save it as vmpatch.sh in the vmware-player-distrib folder created when you extracted the VMware-player package. Make the file executable via chmod +x vmpatch.sh and run it ./vmpatch.sh. After it has completed run ./vmware-install.pl and continue installation as normal.

jcoder24 · Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 601 Location: Barbados

Vmware Player 2 works but I'm getting the blue screen of death when installing or running anything from Win2k to Win2k3 server. I hope someone has seen this before and can help me get around it.

mechvent · Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 13

I had to add some directories, which I got from another post:

/etc/rc.d/rc0.d
/etc/rc.d/rc1.d
/etc/rc.d/rc2.d
/etc/rc.d/rc3.d
/etc/rc.d/rc4.d
/etc/rc.d/rc5.d
/etc/rc.d/rc6.d
/etc/pam.d

it finally works, thanks to your code work. I am about as noob as it gets so if you made it so I could work it you 'done good'.

Also, I had to download devx_216.sfs and I downloaded the kernal too (see the wiki main page under C/C++) to handle the compiling.

Thanks again. It has installed well, but I haven't had time to play with it yet....

jcoder24 · Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 601 Location: Barbados

T_Hobbit · Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 400 Location: Portugal - Lisbon

Is there any pup/pet file with vmware? Even if it's a old version?
I search the forum, but didn't found anything.

Thanks

vovchik · Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 1415 Location: Ukraine

jcoder24 has just said he is preparing a working package. I am also eager to get my hands on it, since it comes with the proper modules for all 2.x kernels, but I think we should let him test first. I'm certain he'll post a link when he's satisfied that it really works - and not only on his particular machine. I'll be thrilled, since there are two apps I grudgingly have to run in Windows as Wine can't handle them properly. Once I have vmplayer up and running, I'll only have to boot Windows to run chkdsk on some ntfs volumes whose indexes occasionally get mucked up (or I might just get rid of the ntfs volumes entirely).

Regards,
vovchik

jcoder24 · Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 601 Location: Barbados

See http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=21678

ockhams · Joined: 18 Nov 2007 Posts: 2

Can Anyone Help Please
I am trying to install vmplayer v2.02 in a puppy 3.0.1 system.. The patch posted by
jcoder24 has got me through the install phase but when I run ./vmware-config.pl from /usr/bin I get this error:
Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped.
Stopping VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Unable to stop services for VMware Workstation
Execution aborted.

I have run ps -ef and lsmod to check if vmnet is loaded and it does not appear to be loaded..

Any assistange would be greatly appreciated..

Regards and thanks in advance

ockhams barber

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6815 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

ockhams
Try re-posting where jcoder24 relocated this

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=21678

Aitch