vmware palyer hangs upon startup

[Gabriel M Dragffy]

But vmware workstation works fine, althought the vmplayer packaged with
it is also broken. Odd.

On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 22:46 +0800, Gabriel M Dragffy wrote:

> I have now downloaded the latest vmplayer tar from the website and ran
> it. When I tried to start vmplayer I encountered the same problem.
> 
> 
> > I just installed vmware player using the command sudo aptitude
> > install vmware-player.
> > I start it using the Applications menu icon, it loads up and
> > displays an OPEN dialogue box. This is where it hangs, it should be
> > dispaying the contents of my home directory but it never gets this
> > far and nothing works. I left it about 30 minutes and it still
> > hadn't changed. Does anyone have an idea of  a solution?
> 
> 
> 
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