Confirmed here. I was just trying it out, but I later decided I didn't really need it, so I gave up. Is there a verbose or debug option? That could he us find out what's going on. However, vmware-server is not and Ubuntu package, so it will be more difficult to fix. Try apt-getting vmware-player.
** Description changed: - After upgrading dapper to edgy I uninstalled vmware server to reinstall + After upgrading dapper to edgy I uninstalled vmware-server to reinstall it so the necessary modules could be recompiled. Well, did not work however. I get 100% CPU load when I try to start it. -- vmware server 100% cpu on edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64773 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs