VMware Player in Ubuntu
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| - | As a workaround, remove the '''lp''' module and its dependencies with '''modprobe -r lp'''. | + | As a workaround, remove the '''lp''' module and its dependencies from the running kernel with '''sudo modprobe -r lp'''. |
$ '''lsmod | grep lp''' | $ '''lsmod | grep lp''' | ||
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$ '''sudo modprobe -r lp''' | $ '''sudo modprobe -r lp''' | ||
| - | To resume printing in your Ubuntu host system, you will likely have to re-enable the '''lp''' module and its dependencies with '''modprobe lp'''. | + | To resume printing in your Ubuntu host system, you will likely have to re-enable the '''lp''' module and its dependencies with '''sudo modprobe lp'''. |
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Ubuntu 7.10 Instructions
Installing from package
Add the following repository in /etc/apt/sources.list to install vmware-player in Ubuntu 7.10.
# VMware Player deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cschieli/ubuntu gutsy main
Install VMware Player.
$ sudo apt-get update && apt-get install vmware-player
Ubuntu 8.04 Instructions
Installing from source
Install the packages needed to build the VMware Player kernel modules.
$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
Extract VMware Player.
$ tar zxvf VMware-player-2.0.3-80004.i386.tar.gz
Install VMware Player.
$ cd vmware-player-distrib $ sudo ./vmware-install.pl
It is likely that the VMware Player kernel module compilation will fail. If it does, download the "vmware-any-any" patch, extract it, and run runme.pl.
Error when trying to "Connect Parallel Port"
With a Windows XP Guest System and a Ubuntu 8.04 host, I receive this error when attempt to connect the parallel port:
Parallel port "/dev/parport0" is used by another program (such as another instance of VMware Player) or driver (such as lp). Failed to connect virtual device parallel0.
As a workaround, remove the lp module and its dependencies from the running kernel with sudo modprobe -r lp.
$ lsmod | grep lp lp 11332 0 parport 35912 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc $ sudo modprobe -r lp
To resume printing in your Ubuntu host system, you will likely have to re-enable the lp module and its dependencies with sudo modprobe lp.
