I can confirm that reverting to an earlier nvidia driver allows me to successfully re-enable 3d acceleration for the VM.
:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-current nvidia-current: Installed: 260.19.06-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 270.18-0ubuntu1~maverick~xup1 Version table: 270.18-0ubuntu1~maverick~xup1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages *** 260.19.06-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/709331 Title: VMWare crashes with 3D Accel on latest PPA nvidia driver -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs