Mysterious VMware error in gentoo solved

A while ago I've encountered some errors on vmware startup after an upgrade. One of them was:

/opt/vmware/workstation/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.6/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.1' not found (required by /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwareui.so.0/libvmwareui.so.0)

This is probably harmless, and the solution was easy:
$ VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes vmware

The other one was more mystifying. After starting the UI and clicking the play button I get the familiar "find and run vmware-config.pl" message, which usually means the kernel modules haven't been compiled.

By the vmware-config.pl file has been removed, and besides the modules seemed to load fine.

Today I've upgraded again (after a kernel upgrade as well that solved some vmware-modules compilation problems) and got this again.
Luckily I found the solution here. Just remove a pesky /etc/vmware/not_configured file and you're good to go.

Since I knew I would probably forget about it by the time I encountered this problem again, I renamed it to something very descriptive: not_configured.this_file_makes_vmware_puke.
In second thought, I realized I should probably put it in the blog if I'd ever want to find it again.

Arrrgghh...

Oracle VMware Support

An interesting read about the current status of Oracle support for VMware.

http://chucksblog.emc.com/chucks_blog/2009/05/why-oracle-doesnt-like-vmware.html
http://oraclestorageguy.typepad.com/oraclestorageguy/2009/04/what-the-oracle-vmware-support-statement-really-meansand-why.html
http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/05/oracle-on-vmware-a-manifesto.html
http://oraclestorageguy.typepad.com/oraclestorageguy/2009/05/response-to-comments-from-alessandro-perilli-blog.html
http://www.virtualization.info/2009/05/emc-attacks-oracle-on-its-vmware.html

More information about running Oracle in VMware:
http://vmware.com/partners/virtualize_oracle_landscape.html
The community: http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/general/oracle
Perfomance Analysis guide: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-3930