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.