I had similar problem and made it work with this command: VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force vmware-server-console
Or you may add "VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force" at the beginning of file /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh -- VMware Server Console hangs on launch with bad pointer message from glibc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174098 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs