8 steps to run vmware server on openSuse

Peppie: running the "free" vmware server can be a pain on linux, browse button that is not working, attach CD option not functioning,.. While looking in the log we discovered that it was looking for GCC 4.2!? After doing some research we found a useful TID from our friends at Novell that has a solution for this, we call it the 8 steps to run vmware on openSUSE 10.2 perfectly.

1. Open a terminal and su to root.
   su
   
2. Change to the libpng12.so.0 directory.
   cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0
   
3. Rename the libpng12.so.0 file within that directory.
   mv libpng12.so.0 libpng12.so.0.old
   
4. Create a new soft link for this file.
   ln -sf /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 libpng12.so.0
   
5. Now change the the libgcc_s.so.1 directory.
   cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
   
6. Rename the libgcc_s.so.1 file within that directory.
   mv libgcc_s.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1.old
   
7. Create a new soft link for this file.
   ln -sf /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
   
8. Restart VMware and you should now be able to use the browse option and the other stuff.