I can tell you that the libpng thing is a red herring. Interesting that you run it as root. I generally consider it safer not to.
** Summary changed: - [edgy] vmware player + [edgy] vmware player crash -- [edgy] vmware player crash https://launchpad.net/bugs/60205 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs