<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.10.2"> </HEAD> <BODY> 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: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> 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. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> 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? </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>