This is fixed with VMware Workstation Release 7.1.4: "When the latest NVIDIA 270.x drivers are installed on a Linux host system, users could not run virtual machines with 3D acceleration enabled."
https://www.vmware.com/support/ws71/doc/releasenotes_ws714.html -- 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