Background: Using RHEL 9.5 latest release with VMware Workstation 17.6.2 [VMware-Workstation-17.6.2-24409262.x86_64.bundle]
I had issue with earlier releases on RHEL 9.4 with VMware Workstation with the module configuration section. But I am pleased to report those issues have been resolved with this latest release of 17.6.2.
Below is a view of the current system where this release is now working:
$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
VERSION="9.5 (Plow)"
ID="rhel"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VERSION_ID="9.5"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"
PRETTY_NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 (Plow)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
LOGO="fedora-logo-icon"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://www.redhat.com/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://issues.redhat.com/"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=9.5
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.5"
uname -r
5.14.0-503.21.1.el9_5.x86_64
Challenge:
My current challenge was after the module configuration.
When I would start the vmware binary, I would see the error message:
" /lib64/libxcb-shm.so.0: undefined symbol: xcb_send_request_with_fds"
Resolution: There appears to be a version challenge between a VMware supplied library file and the OS library file. The file name (/lib64/libxcb-shm.so.0) in the error message is not the root issue, but the library file that calls it, e.g. libxcb.so.1
1) Confirm OS library file package is installed for "libxcb"
$ rpm -qa libxcb
libxcb-1.13.1-9.el9.x86_64
2) View both the VMware library file and OS library file for libxcb.
$ file /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libxcb.so.1/libxcb.so.1
/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libxcb.so.1/libxcb.so.1: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, BuildID[sha1]=eee92f55158e394bb77038017d22e8c603ddd2fc, stripped
$ file /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1
/usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1: symbolic link to libxcb.so.1.1.0
$ file /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.1.0
/usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.1.0: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, BuildID[sha1]=cdde44211c195a2f0b721e58af2796ababf05caf, stripped
3) Backup the VMware library file, and then create a softlink to the OS library file.
sudo mv /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libxcb.so.1 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libxcb.so.1.bak
sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libxcb.so.1
4) Now start vmware at the command line.
It should now start with no issue.
5) Optional: Remove warning message about fonts and proxy.
5a) Create a new file with one line of <xml/> for proxy.xml
sudo mkdir -p /etc/vmware/hostd
echo "<xml/>" | sudo tee /etc/vmware/hostd/proxy.xml
5b) Edit the conf file and comment out the line for <reset-dir>
sudo vi /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/05-reset-dirs-sample.conf
View below of running VMware Workstation 17 on RHEL 9.5
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Alan Baugher
ANA
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