The correct version of one or more libraries needed to run VMware Server may be missing. This is the output of ldd /usr/bin/vmware: linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7f20000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7f1c000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7f04000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7e13000) libXtst.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6 (0xb7e0e000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb7e00000) libXt.so.6 => not found libICE.so.6 => not found libSM.so.6 => not found libXrender.so.1 => not found libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7dea000) libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7c9f000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f4c000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb7c9c000) libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb7c97000) This program cannot tell for sure, but you may need to upgrade libc5 to glibc before you can run VMware Server. The correct version of one or more libraries needed to run VMware Server may be missing. This is the output of ldd /usr/bin/vmware: linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7f20000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7f1c000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7f04000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7e13000) libXtst.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6 (0xb7e0e000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb7e00000) libXt.so.6 => not found libICE.so.6 => not found libSM.so.6 => not found libXrender.so.1 => not found libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7dea000) libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7c9f000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f4c000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb7c9c000) libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb7c97000) This program cannot tell for sure, but you may need to upgrade libc5 to glibc before you can run VMware Server.