vmplayer segfaults after MKSHostOps XCreateImage failed

Downgrading to libx11-6_1.0.3-4ubuntu1_i386.deb fixes the problem.

This is definitely the same kind of problem with a security fix to XCreateImage(3) that caused bug 144322:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/rdesktop/+bug/104332

If anyone has a support contract with VMWare, please report this bug to them.

Downgrading to libx11-6_1.0.3-4ubuntu1_i386.deb fixes the problem.

This is definitely the same kind of problem with a security fix to XCreateImage(3) that caused bug 104322:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/rdesktop/+bug/104332

If anyone has a support contract with VMWare, please report this bug to them.

Also, please note that this bug is also present in VMware Player 2.0.0 build-45731which I installed by downloading the tarball from VMWare's site.

it seems that this has not been fixed neither at our end or upstream...

simple workaround that i found after playing around with different libraries:

- download http://www3.ibt.com.pl/libx11_ubuntu.zip
(this contains the same libX11 as in libx11-6_1.0.3-4ubuntu1_i386.deb

wget http://www3.ibt.com.pl/libx11_ubuntu.zip
unzip libx11_ubuntu.zip

- copy this to vmware's 'shadowed' library location:

cp libX11.so.6 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libexpat.so.0/

(note that your base path might be different. also, you can choose any of the subdirs in vmware lib dir, not
necessarily libexpat.so.0)

- voila! you should be set.

this worked on my hardy...

hope it helps!

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 beta?

hmm what kind of question is that?
I am running 8.04 and not 8.10 beta :]

btw nice way of skewing the stats... new to incomplete? cool...

We're closing this bug because we haven't had any new information on whether is exists in future versions. If it does exist, please set the status of this bug to "new," and report additional information.

If the crash exists, Ubuntu comes with an automatic debugging and reporting tool: "Apport." To enable apport, see:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport#How%20to%20enable%20apport

I'd like to also explain Daniel's comments: after a beta is released, it is standard procedure to ask reporters if their crash is reproducible in the latest release. Frequently bugs are corrected without our knowledge. Also, see:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status
to understand bug status work flows.

Thanks for helping make Ubuntu better, and please report any additional bugs that you find!