Confirmed, with the difference that vmware locks up the whole machine. Dalei Liu's fix gave the same result as Tristan had.
2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 02:46:46 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux VMware Server 1.0.4 build-56528 on a completely up-to-date system -- 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 subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs