i have done the same , still not resolve the issue
installing vmware workstation 8.0.4 on ubuntu 12.04...
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Installing VMware VMX 4.0.4
Configuring...Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/vmis.9pCGb7/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit
if self.shouldRollover(record):
File "/tmp/vmis.9pCGb7/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover
msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record)
File "/tmp/vmis.9pCGb7/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format
return fmt.format(record)
File "/tmp/vmis.9pCGb7/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format
s = self._fmt % record.__dict__
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 125: ordinal not in range(128)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/vmis.9pCGb7/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 73, in emit
if self.shouldRollover(record):
File "/tmp/vmis.9pCGb7/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/handlers.py", line 146, in shouldRollover
msg = "%s\n" % self.format(record)
File "/tmp/vmis.9pCGb7/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 630, in format
return fmt.format(record)
File "/tmp/vmis.9pCGb7/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 421, in format
s = self._fmt % record.__dict__
Rolling back VMware Workstation Server 8.0.4
Deconfiguring...
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Uninstalling VMware Installer 2.0
Deconfiguring...
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