workstation 12 not working

[Massimo-B]

Hi, I have app-emulation/vmware-workstation-12.5.9.7535481, but starting the workstation like
/opt/vmware/bin/vmware
just nothing happens, no window, no error.
I was always using the workstation and it worked fine. Kernel is 4.18.7-ck.
What can I do? Are there error logs?

Kernel modules and network seem to be fine:

# /etc/init.d/vmware start
 * Starting VMware USB Arbitrator ...                                                                                                                    [ ok ]
 * Starting VMware services ...
insmod /lib/modules/4.18.7-ck/misc/vmci.ko                                                                                                               [ ok ]
insmod /lib/modules/4.18.7-ck/misc/vsock.ko                                                                                                              [ ok ]
insmod /lib/modules/4.18.7-ck/misc/vmmon.ko 
insmod /lib/modules/4.18.7-ck/misc/vmblock.ko 
insmod /lib/modules/4.18.7-ck/misc/vmnet.ko                                                                                                              [ ok ]
Enabled hostonly virtual adapter on vmnet1
Started all configured services on all networks       

[efferre79]

Are you running a ~amd64 system? The logs are under /tmp/vmware-<username>

[Massimo-B]

Yes, it's a global ~amd64. Looking at the logs I find some more info:

appLoader| I125: Loading system version of libfontconfig.so.1.
appLoader| W115: Unable to load libfontconfig.so.1 from libfontconfig.so.1: /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1: undefined symbol: FT_Done_MM_Var
appLoader| W115: Unable to load dependencies for /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware.so/libvmware.so
appLoader| W115: Unable to execute vmware.

# file /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1 /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware.so/libvmware.so
/usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1:                        symbolic link to libfontconfig.so.1.12.0
/opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware.so/libvmware.so: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, BuildID[sha1]=a8c1542da03011b69cf2614041e636de40fe15c9, stripped

[efferre79]

The FT_Done_MM_Var symbol is in the freetype library

nm -D /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so| grep FT_Done_MM_Var
000000320561ebd0 T FT_Done_MM_Var

On my system I have installed =media-libs/freetype-2.9.1-r3 but also -r4 provides it. I have tested also with latest fontconfig-2.13.1-r2 and I don't have problems.

vmware uses the system fontconfig and freetype, try emerging again both libraries

emerge -1 freetype fontconfig

[Massimo-B]

Yes, I have rebuilt both, but did not help. I also tried older versions of freetype. But anyway who claims that the symbol is not available, I can find all the mentioned symbols and .so files.

[efferre79]

Are you using USE=bundled-libs? try without it

[Massimo-B]

I tried and it does not start either. However the logged error is different:

appLoader| I125: Loading shipped version of libglibmm-2.4.so.1.
appLoader| I125: Loading shipped version of libz.so.1.
appLoader| I125: Loading shipped version of libcairomm-1.0.so.1.
appLoader| I125: Loading shipped version of libgiomm-2.4.so.1.
appLoader| I125: Loading shipped version of libgdkmm-2.4.so.1.
appLoader| W115: Unable to load libgdkmm-2.4.so.1 from /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libgdkmm-2.4.so.1/libgdkmm-2.4.so.1: /usr/lib64/libpangomm-1.4.so.1: undefined symbol: _ZN4Glib6ObjectC2EOS0_
appLoader| W115: Unable to load dependencies for /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware.so/libvmware.so
appLoader| W115: Unable to execute vmware.

Linking on those files looks good as well:

# ldd /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libgdkmm-2.4.so.1/libgdkmm-2.4.so.1
ldd: warning: you do not have execution permission for `/opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libgdkmm-2.4.so.1/libgdkmm-2.4.so.1'
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff6dfd7000)
	libgiomm-2.4.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libgiomm-2.4.so.1 (0x00007f5e8a086000)
	libpangomm-1.4.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libpangomm-1.4.so.1 (0x00007f5e89e57000)
	libglibmm-2.4.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libglibmm-2.4.so.1 (0x00007f5e89bd3000)
	libcairomm-1.0.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libcairomm-1.0.so.1 (0x00007f5e899ac000)
	libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5e897a5000)
	libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5e89366000)
	libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5e892af000)
	libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f5e8a487000)
	libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5e8908b000)
	libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f5e8a478000)
	libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6 (0x00007f5e88e79000)
	libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007f5e88c6f000)
	libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00007f5e88a6c000)
	libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00007f5e88861000)
	libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1 (0x00007f5e8865e000)
	libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00007f5e8845b000)
	libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f5e88444000)
	libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5e880a4000)
	libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00007f5e87e9e000)
	libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libcairo.so.2 (0x00007f5e87d76000)
	libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f5e87a39000)
	libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f5e879f1000)
	libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007f5e87926000)
	libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x00007f5e8770f000)
	libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007f5e876c8000)
	libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5e87473000)
	libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5e8726f000)
	libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5e8706d000)
	librt.so.1 => /lib64/librt.so.1 (0x00007f5e86e65000)
	libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5e86b4f000)
	libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.2.0/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f5e86946000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007f5e865b6000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007f5e861ee000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.2.0/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f5e861d4000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f5e85fb4000)
	libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXi.so.6 (0x00007f5e85da3000)
	libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2 (0x00007f5e85b98000)
	libharfbuzz.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libharfbuzz.so.0 (0x00007f5e85adb000)
	libresolv.so.2 => /lib64/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007f5e858c4000)
	libmount.so.1 => /lib64/libmount.so.1 (0x00007f5e8566b000)
	libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x00007f5e853cb000)
	libEGL.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libEGL.so.1 (0x00007f5e85397000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f5e85193000)
	libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib64/libpng16.so.16 (0x00007f5e8515b000)
	libxcb-shm.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-shm.so.0 (0x00007f5e8a467000)
	libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f5e8512f000)
	libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-render.so.0 (0x00007f5e8511e000)
	libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1 (0x00007f5e850a8000)
	libfribidi.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libfribidi.so.0 (0x00007f5e84e8c000)
	libbz2.so.1 => /lib64/libbz2.so.1 (0x00007f5e84c7b000)
	libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007f5e84a49000)
	libuuid.so.1 => /lib64/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007f5e84842000)
	libffi.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libffi.so.6 (0x00007f5e84637000)
	libpcre.so.1 => /lib64/libpcre.so.1 (0x00007f5e843c5000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f5e8a43f000)
	libgraphite2.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libgraphite2.so.3 (0x00007f5e843a1000)
	libblkid.so.1 => /lib64/libblkid.so.1 (0x00007f5e84151000)
	libgbm.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libgbm.so.1 (0x00007f5e84141000)
	libglapi.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libglapi.so.0 (0x00007f5e8410c000)
	libX11-xcb.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libX11-xcb.so.1 (0x00007f5e83f0a000)
	libxcb-dri2.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-dri2.so.0 (0x00007f5e83f03000)
	libxcb-xfixes.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-xfixes.so.0 (0x00007f5e83ef9000)
	libdrm.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libdrm.so.2 (0x00007f5e83ee5000)
	libxcb-dri3.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-dri3.so.0 (0x00007f5e83edf000)
	libxcb-present.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-present.so.0 (0x00007f5e83ed8000)
	libxcb-sync.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-sync.so.1 (0x00007f5e83ece000)
	libxshmfence.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxshmfence.so.1 (0x00007f5e83ccc000)
	libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f5e83ac8000)
	libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007f5e838c2000)
	libxcb-glx.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-glx.so.0 (0x00007f5e838a4000)
	libbsd.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libbsd.so.0 (0x00007f5e8368a000)

# ldd /usr/lib64/libpangomm-1.4.so.1
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff06538000)
	libglibmm-2.4.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libglibmm-2.4.so.1 (0x00007f4657679000)
	libcairomm-1.0.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libcairomm-1.0.so.1 (0x00007f4657452000)
	libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f465724b000)
	libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f4657cdc000)
	libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f4657c94000)
	libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f4656ff6000)
	libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f4656ce0000)
	libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.2.0/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f4656ad7000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007f465670f000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.2.0/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f4657c78000)
	libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f465650b000)
	libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libcairo.so.2 (0x00007f46563e3000)
	libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f4657c5f000)
	libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007f4657c18000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007f4656053000)
	libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007f4655f88000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f4655d68000)
	libfribidi.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libfribidi.so.0 (0x00007f4655b4c000)
	libffi.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libffi.so.6 (0x00007f4655943000)
	libpcre.so.1 => /lib64/libpcre.so.1 (0x00007f46556d1000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f4657b2c000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f46554cd000)
	libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x00007f465522d000)
	libEGL.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libEGL.so.1 (0x00007f4657be2000)
	libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib64/libpng16.so.16 (0x00007f4657baa000)
	libxcb-shm.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-shm.so.0 (0x00007f4657ba3000)
	libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f4657b77000)
	libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-render.so.0 (0x00007f4657b66000)
	libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007f4655023000)
	libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f4654ce6000)
	libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6 (0x00007f4654ad4000)
	libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x00007f46548bd000)
	libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1 (0x00007f4654847000)
	librt.so.1 => /lib64/librt.so.1 (0x00007f465463f000)
	libharfbuzz.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libharfbuzz.so.0 (0x00007f4654582000)
	libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007f4654350000)
	libuuid.so.1 => /lib64/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007f4654149000)
	libbz2.so.1 => /lib64/libbz2.so.1 (0x00007f4653f38000)
	libgbm.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libgbm.so.1 (0x00007f4657b52000)
	libglapi.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libglapi.so.0 (0x00007f4653f05000)
	libX11-xcb.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libX11-xcb.so.1 (0x00007f4653d03000)
	libxcb-dri2.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-dri2.so.0 (0x00007f4653cfc000)
	libxcb-xfixes.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-xfixes.so.0 (0x00007f4653cf2000)
	libdrm.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libdrm.so.2 (0x00007f4653cdc000)
	libxcb-dri3.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-dri3.so.0 (0x00007f4653cd6000)
	libxcb-present.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-present.so.0 (0x00007f4653cd1000)
	libxcb-sync.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-sync.so.1 (0x00007f4653cc7000)
	libxshmfence.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxshmfence.so.1 (0x00007f4653ac5000)
	libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f46538c1000)
	libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007f46536b9000)
	libxcb-glx.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libxcb-glx.so.0 (0x00007f465369b000)
	libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00007f4653495000)
	libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00007f4653292000)
	libgraphite2.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libgraphite2.so.3 (0x00007f465326e000)
	libbsd.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libbsd.so.0 (0x00007f4653054000)

What about that wrong permission on the first .so file? I have adapted that to 755, but didn't help either.

[Massimo-B]

Checking the symbols it's the same here, I can find the symbol right in the file, can't reproduce the error log:

# nm -D /usr/lib64/libpangomm-1.4.so.1 |grep _ZN4Glib6ObjectC2EOS0_
                 U _ZN4Glib6ObjectC2EOS0_

[efferre79]

Can you confirm that you don't have set ant VMWARE_* env variable?

Please upload the full log file using gist functionality of your github account.

Unfortunately I cannot reproduce the problem on my stable amd64 system :-( I am using USE=-bundled-libs and it works without problems (and it works with +bundled-libs too), I start wondering if it's a problem of your system. If you discover something new please post here additional info.

[Massimo-B]

env |grep VMWARE |wc -l
0

vmware-apploader-6094.log

And here is the /etc/vmware/config that I've never touched:

bindir = "/opt/vmware/bin"
libdir = "/opt/vmware/lib/vmware"
initscriptdir = "/etc/init.d"
authd.fullpath = "/opt/vmware/sbin/vmware-authd"
gksu.rootMethod = "su"
VMCI_CONFED = "yes"
VMBLOCK_CONFED = "yes"
VSOCK_CONFED = "yes"
NETWORKING = "yes"
player.product.version = "12.5.9"
product.buildNumber = "7535481"
product.version = "12.5.9"
product.name = "VMware Workstation"
workstation.product.version = "12.5.9"

[efferre79]

My log seems similar to yours besides that I am using glib-2.52.3. Can you try downgrading to that?

The other doubt is the gcc version you have used to build system libraries, on my system I have probably used gcc-5

[Massimo-B]

This seems to conflict with many dependencies on a ~amd64 system:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild     UD ] dev-libs/glib-2.52.3:2::gentoo [2.56.2:2::gentoo] USE="dbus (mime) xattr -debug (-fam) (-selinux) -static-libs -systemtap -test -utils" ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7%*" 0 KiB
[blocks B      ] <dev-libs/glib-2.56.2:2 ("<dev-libs/glib-2.56.2:2" is blocking dev-util/glib-utils-2.56.2)

Total: 1 package (1 downgrade), Size of downloads: 0 KiB
Conflict: 1 block (1 unsatisfied)

!!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled
!!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:

dev-libs/glib:2

  (dev-libs/glib-2.52.3:2/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    =dev-libs/glib-2.52.3 (Argument)

  (dev-libs/glib-2.56.2:2/2::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
    >=dev-libs/glib-2.56.0:2 required by (media-gfx/gimp-2.10.6-r1:2/2::gentoo, installed)
    ^^              ^^^^^^^^                                                                                                                                        
    >=dev-libs/glib-2.56.2:2 required by (dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.56.2-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
    ^^              ^^^^^^^^                                                                                                                                                
    >=dev-libs/glib-2.53.4:2[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_ppc_32(-)?,abi_ppc_64(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?] required by (x11-libs/gtk+-3.24.1:3/3::gentoo, installed)
    ^^              ^^^^^^^^                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
    >=dev-libs/glib-2.56.1:2 required by (dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.56.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
    ^^              ^^^^^^^^                                                                                                                                                     
    >=dev-libs/glib-2.55.1:2[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_ppc_32(-)?,abi_ppc_64(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?] required by (dev-cpp/glibmm-2.56.0:2/2::gentoo, installed)
    ^^              ^^^^^^^^                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     


It may be possible to solve this problem by using package.mask to
prevent one of those packages from being selected. However, it is also
possible that conflicting dependencies exist such that they are
impossible to satisfy simultaneously.  If such a conflict exists in
the dependencies of two different packages, then those packages can
not be installed simultaneously. You may want to try a larger value of
the --backtrack option, such as --backtrack=30, in order to see if
that will solve this conflict automatically.

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man
page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.


 * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
 * installed at the same time on the same system.

  (dev-util/glib-utils-2.56.2:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (media-plugins/gst-plugins-srtp-1.14.3:1.0/1.0::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (x11-libs/gtksourceview-3.24.8:3.0/3::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (media-libs/gstreamer-1.14.3:1.0/1.0::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (media-libs/gst-plugins-bad-1.14.3:1.0/1.0::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (x11-libs/gtk+-3.24.1:3/3::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (x11-libs/vte-0.54.0:2.91/2.91::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (gnome-extra/evolution-ews-3.26.6:0/0::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (media-libs/gst-plugins-base-1.14.3-r1:1.0/1.0::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (mail-client/evolution-3.26.6:2.0/2.0::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (dev-libs/json-glib-1.4.4:0/0::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-3.26.6:0/60::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (app-crypt/gcr-3.28.0:0/1::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (gnome-base/libgnomekbd-3.26.0:0/8::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (net-misc/networkmanager-1.14.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (gnome-base/librsvg-2.40.18:2/2::gentoo, installed)
    >=dev-util/glib-utils-2.56.2 required by (dev-libs/glib-2.56.2:2/2::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (dev-libs/atk-2.28.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
    dev-util/glib-utils required by (x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.32-r1:2/2::gentoo, installed)

[efferre79]

I have temporarily installed on my system glib-2.56.2 and vmware still works, I cannot do much more :-( so you have to figure out by yourself what is the problem

[Massimo-B]

Re-checking my symbols again I understand that it is really undefined here, as you have the T type and I have the U type:

# nm -D /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1 |grep FT_Done_MM_Var
                 U FT_Done_MM_Var

So the source of the issue must be located there. I have rebuilt the fontconfig with static libraries, but that did not solve it. What is wrong with that build?

[efferre79]

Don't mix things, it's correct to have an undefined symbol in libfontconfig because it's resolved by the loader (the symbol is part of the libfreetype library)

[Massimo-B]

Sorry for confusion. In order to debug why the specific symbol lookup is failing, how can I check the dynamic lookup by the loader? Can revdep-rebuild help here, at least it did not solve it.