There are some "problems" running VMware-server on x86_64 Fedora 9. While
VMware-server needs to run on a 64 bit (x86_64) host OS in order to run 64
bit guests, the application itself is a 32 bit (i386) application which does
some "magic" to run 64 bit guests.
With x86_64 Fedora 9, the install (and update) do not install i386 packages in
addition to the x86_64 packages (at least as compared to Fedora 8).
While googling did provide some information, there was no succinct description
of what needed to be done to run VMware-server on x86_64 Fedora 9. Note: this
applies to VMware-server 1.0.6 but may also be applicable to other versions.
The real problem is that the VMware-server rpm provided by VMware does NOT
include "requires" for the libraries it needs.
1. Install x86_64 Fedora 9 with development packages (e.g, compilers, etc.).
2. Install the following x86_64 packages:
- kernel-devel
- xinetd
- perl-ExtUtils-Embed
3. Install the following i386 packages (e.g., yum install zlib.i386):
- libXtst
- libXt
- libSM
- libICE
- zlib
- libXrender
- libXi
- gtk-nodoka-engine
4. Then install the VMware-server rpm, run vmare-config.pl and vmware.
This worked for me but your mileage may vary.
Gene
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