I have had similar problems. If you have an Atheros based wireless card then it seems that that might be the root cause. Search launchpad for atheros & vmware to find others with the same issue
For a quick fix you might want to try this which has worked for me: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vmware- player/+bug/57957/comments/8 -- package configuration failure leads to reconfiguring every time a package gets installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/62602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs