VMWare will not start, even after vmware-config.pl

[Raman Gupta]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Just today I have been unable to start my VMWare Workstation 1.0.2. I
> have not updated the system, and I ran vmware-config.pl anyway, but
> alas it will not start. When I click the VMWare menu item, the system
> slows to a half and then locks up, requiring four seconds on the power
> button to shut the system down. CTRL-ALT-BKSP does not kill the X
> server, theres nothing I can do. Note that the VMWare service starts
> fine at bootup.
> 
> What should I start troubeshooting?

A lot of people are having intermittent issues with VMWare on newer
(>= 2.6.19) host kernels. See, for example:

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=73750&tstart=0

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=611234

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=77873&tstart=0

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=221621

Cheers,
Raman Gupta