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So, I am using it as designed - to run Windows 7 in a VM under Debian.

The problem turned out to be the missing LSB in the script vmware-USBArbitrator. I add theses lines to the script, and I was able to install cups with no errors and run vmware.

### BEGIN INIT INFO

# Provides: vmware-USBArbitrator

# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog

# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog

# Default-Start: 2 3 5

# Default-Stop: 2 3 5

# Short-Description: Start daemon when vmware starts

# Description: Enable service provided by daemon.

### END INIT INFO

see http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts/DependencyBasedBoot and http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts....and in order for it to work you have to be having a lucky day! ;)

Mark

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Technomage Hawke <technomage.hawke@gmail.com> wrote:

the name "player" in the name of it is the biggest hint. the player is designed to show off or demonstrate an OS inside the VM. it is generally considered to be read only. you need a full version vmware server capable of running any OS in read-write mode). there is a free version vmware-server )I think it is the version 1 series) that you can still download from vmware. they make a version for both windows and linux. this free server doesn't have a corresponding kind on OS X. on that OS, you have to use VMware-fusion (and it is not free).

hope this helps

-eric

On Nov 25, 2011, at 11:11 PM, Mark Phillips wrote:

> I am running a fresh install of debian wheezy. I installed VMware Player 4.0.1 build-528992 and then Windows 7 in a vm. Everything is working properly, until I tried to use aptitude to install foomatic-db-hpijs. VMware seems to be preventing aptitude from installing the debian packages. The error messages:
>
> root@orca:~# aptitude install foomatic-db-hpijs
> Note: selecting "foomatic-db" instead of the
> virtual package "foomatic-db-hpijs"
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> foomatic-db
> The following partially installed packages will be configured:
> cups
> 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0 B/1,248 kB of archives. After unpacking 6,966 kB will be used.
> Selecting previously unselected package foomatic-db.
> (Reading database ... 131007 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking foomatic-db (from .../foomatic-db_20110831-1_all.deb) ...
> Setting up cups (1.5.0-12) ...
> insserv: warning: script 'K01vmware' missing LSB tags and overrides
> insserv: warning: script 'S50vmware-USBArbitrator' missing LSB tags and overrides
> insserv: warning: script 'vmware-USBArbitrator' missing LSB tags and overrides
> insserv: warning: script 'vmware' missing LSB tags and overrides
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Max recursions depth 99 reached
> insserv: There is a loop at service vmware-USBArbitrator if started
> insserv: There is a loop at service rmnologin if started
> insserv: loop involving service vmware-USBArbitrator at depth 1
> insserv: exiting now without changing boot order!
> update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
> dpkg: error processing cups (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Setting up foomatic-db (20110831-1) ...
> configured to not write apport reports
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> cups
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
> Setting up cups (1.5.0-12) ...
> insserv: warning: script 'K01vmware' missing LSB tags and overrides
> insserv: warning: script 'S50vmware-USBArbitrator' missing LSB tags and overrides
> insserv: warning: script 'vmware-USBArbitrator' missing LSB tags and overrides
> insserv: warning: script 'vmware' missing LSB tags and overrides
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Starting vmware-USBArbitrator depends on rmnologin and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
> insserv: Max recursions depth 99 reached
> insserv: There is a loop at service vmware-USBArbitrator if started
> insserv: There is a loop at service rmnologin if started
> insserv: loop involving service vmware-USBArbitrator at depth 1
> insserv: exiting now without changing boot order!
> update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
> dpkg: error processing cups (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> cups
>
> root@orca:~#
>
> Anyone see this before? Any ideas, short of removing VMware and then reinstalling it, to fix this problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark

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