vmware palyer hangs upon startup

[Ouattara Aziz]

Can you try this (use it to launch vmplayer)
$ VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force vmplayer

If it still doesn't run ,

make that :
sudo ln /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 
/usr/lib/vmware-player/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1
sudo ln /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 
/usr/lib/vmware-player/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0

Notice: some problems are known to happen when you have XGL installed. 
Do you have it ?