VMware 5.5.1 fails to start After update on FC5

[Terry Snyder]

On 4/5/06, Robert Locke <lists at ralii.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 18:47 -0400, Jeffrey D. Yuille wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 18:41 -0400, Terry Snyder wrote:
> > > I am getting this error when I try to launch vmware.
> > >
> > > /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: error while loading shared
> > > libraries: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0:
> cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
> > >
> > >
> > > I updated the Kernel today and now can't open the program.  I am
> > > unsure if this is a result of the kernel update or one of the other
> > > updates that was installed on the computer today.
> > >
> > > Where should I look for this one.  I am running this on a computer
> > > that was upgraded from FC4 to FC5, and I have installed the
> > > vmware-any-any-update101.
> >
> > Hello Terry,
> >
> >      I am having the same problem.  As soon as I find the solution to
> > this problem, I will notify you.  By the way, I have VMware installed
> > on FC5 as well.  I never had this problem on FC4.
>
>
> Seen in the archives....  All on one line....
>
> chcon -t
> texrel_shlib_t /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
>
> HTH,
>
> --Rob
>
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Thanks that fixed it.

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Terry Snyder Jr
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