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: