I had this same issue so I removed the older libdbus-1-2 (0.60-6) package and vmware worked without the hack. Why the upgrade to edgy did not remove the older dbus? The only package that depended on it was nautilus-burn3 which was out-of-date anyway.
-- libhal1 0.5.7.1-0ubuntu8 with new dbus breaks vmware https://launchpad.net/bugs/59232 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
