I found this forum thread:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1644983
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3:$LD_PRELOAD vmware works for me (vmware-server 1.0.1), maybe it works for vmware-player, too. -- vmware server 100% cpu on edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64773 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs