i'm glad there is at least a workaround for this. for the mean time i did: sudo vim /usr/local/bin/vmware
... # work around for bug: # https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/59232 LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3 export LD_PRELOAD ... and saved the file. -- libhal1 0.5.7.1-0ubuntu8 with new dbus breaks vmware https://launchpad.net/bugs/59232 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
