vmware-server-console broken after 2.2ubuntu2

confirmed on 2.2ubuntu3 also.

Additionally, since 2.2ubuntu3 VMWare console fails on:

. libpixman-1.so.0
. libselinux.so.1
. libsepol.so.1

While the failure to load libpixbufloader-png.so is not fatal, the failure on the 3 libraries above causes vmware console to fail. The usual bypass is available: dowload the 3 packages for the libraries for i386, dpkg -x them, and manually copy the libraries to the correct system directories (/lib32 and /usr/lib32).

also, for those affected: the 3 libraries above are available in the following packages (current as of now for Hardy):

. libpixman-1-0_0.9.6-1_i386.deb
. libselinux1_2.0.15-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
. libsepol1_2.0.3-1_i386.deb

per last comments in bug 176653 also affects flashplugin-nonfree.

setting importance to high -- multiple packages affected.

There are actually 3 non-fatal errors printed by vmware with ia32-libs version 2.2ubuntu3 that do not appear with version 2.1ubuntu3:
1.
Unable to load image-loading module: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
2.
(vmware:12877): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_composite: assertion `dest_x >= 0 && dest_x + dest_width <= dest->width' failed
3.
Unable to load image-loading module: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-xpm.so: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-xpm.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

I detect a problem in /usr/lib32/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loader-files.d/libgtk2.0-0.loaders and in /usr/lib32/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0.1200.3 libraries.

These libraries are searching for gtk loaders in /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders instead of in /usr/lib32/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.

I probed this and now vmware-server-console works:

ln -s /usr/lib32 /usr/l32
sed -i -e 's/usr\/lib/usr\/l32/g' /usr/lib32/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loader-files.d/libgtk2.0-0.loaders
sed -i -e 's/usr\/lib/usr\/l32/g' /usr/lib32/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0.1200.3

The same problem, but with cairo-dock running ubuntu hardy 64 with latest updates at the moment, was solved as described above. Thanx Sergio!!!

almost forgotten to say, that cairo dock bar not shown icons....

I opened a bug on gtk+2.0 for the GtkPixbuf loading issue:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/205223

please recheck with http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/tmp/ia32-libs_2.2ubuntu10_amd64.deb

I rechecked with the attached deb and it cleaned up the wrong ELF class errors but now I'm getting this.

/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6)
/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6)
/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6

please remove /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1 and recheck; vmware is just wrong to install an old copy of libgcc_s.so.1 if a newer one exists on the system.

I just downloaded & installed http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/tmp/ia32-libs_2.2ubuntu10_amd64.deb, and I still see the same GTK-2 errors when loading vmware:

Unable to load image-loading module: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Unable to load image-loading module: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Unable to load image-loading module: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Unable to load image-loading module: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Unable to load image-loading module: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Unable to load image-loading module: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
...

I moved the libgcc file being referenced and then I received the same output that hggdh received (libpixbufloader-png.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64)

This bug was fixed in the package gtk+2.0 - 2.12.9-3ubuntu2

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gtk+2.0 (2.12.9-3ubuntu2) hardy; urgency=low

  * Use 32bit pixbuf loaders when running the i386 binary on amd64.
    LP: #205223, #177869, #190227.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:38:13 +0000

This bug was fixed in the package ia32-libs - 2.2ubuntu10

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ia32-libs (2.2ubuntu10) hardy; urgency=low

  * Remove libnss-mdns, recommend lib32nss-mdns. LP: #218097.
  * Add gtk2-engines-murrine. LP: #215488.
  * debian/pango.modules: Update.
  * /usr/lib32/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/*.d/*: Search in /usr/lib32.
    LP: #162993, #177869, #190227, #202448.
  * Freshen packages (including fixed gtk+2.0).

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:13:15 +0200

Yes, this bug is fixed in that version of ia32-libs but you must also remove the old libgcc as Matthias wrote on 2008-04-17. Thanks!

I had this same problem, of course, after upgrading from gutsy to hardy. Removing the library file fixed it for me, but my path was different:

/usr/lib/vmware-server/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/*

is what I deleted and it seemed to work. I hope I didn't break something else.

i solved it using these commands :

Copy over two libraries:

sudo cp /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/
sudo cp /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libpng12.so.0/

on Linux DESKTOP01 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Fri Jul 11 23:41:49 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux