Workstation installation might fail on OpenSUSE 15.0 host with error "User interface initialization failed"
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Workstation installation might fail on OpenSUSE 15.0 host with error "User interface initialization failed"

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Article ID: 337169

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Products

VMware Desktop Hypervisor

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
Installation fails with the error: "User interface initialization failed. Exiting. Check the log for details" when installing VMware Workstation on OpenSUSE 15.0 host using these commands:
sudo sh VMware-Workstation-Full-*.bundle

OR

Using console mode:
sudo sh VMware-Workstation-Full-*.bundle --console --required --eulas-agreed

Environment

VMware Workstation Pro 15.x (Linux)

Cause

This issue occurs because $DISPLAY is missing in sudo env for SUSE 15.

Resolution

Currently, there is no resolution.

Workaround:
To work around this issue, use this command to install VMware Workstation on OpenSUSE 15.0 host:

sudo -E sh VMware-Workstation-Full-*.bundle

OR

su -
sh VMware-Workstation-Full-*.bundle