Archive for July, 2009
How to force VMware Workstation 6.5.2 to use system-provided freetype library
Friday, July 31st, 2009VMware Workstation 6.5.2 build-156735 ships with its own freetype library which gets installed under /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libfreetype.so.6/
If your system has a custom built freetype library with the bytecode interpreter turned on then fonts in VMware GUI will not look like fonts in other applications. To fix this create a symbolic link to system-provided freetype library:
# cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libfreetype.so.6/
# [...]