[SOLVED] VMWare won't start

[antknee869]

I am running Ubuntu 804. I installed VMWare Workstation 6.02 successfully however when I click on the icon, nothing happens. The program doesn't launch.
If I type vmware in the terminal it says:

vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
for this system. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command:
/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl.

I followed it's instructions, rebooted, typed vmware in the terminal again and guess what? Same message.
I followed numerous tutorials on this site and vmware's site

I am lost, any ideas?
Thanks

[dexter.deepak]

have a look here :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=779934

[bodhi.zazen]

Follow the tutorial above, particularly the post-install configuration.

Should work, if not, what additional steps have you taken (post install) and what error message are you getting ?

note: The any-any update is somewhat outdated and not needed.

[antknee869]

I followed those direction but I get the same results. The installation itself completes succesfully. However when I click on the vmware workstation icon, an icon in the taskbar says "starting" but then it goes away and vmware never opens.
If I type "vmware" in the terminal I get this:

vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
for this system. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command:
/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl.


But like I said originally, no matter how many times I run vmware-config.pl I get the same message.

[bodhi.zazen]

Go here : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=779934

Start at step 5 "Post-install configuration. Last, before running vmware :"

[antknee869]

Thanks, but this didn't help. Same exact message....

[antknee869]

I installed the VMWare Workstation 6.5 beta and it works flawlessly.