If the installer freezes at 100% configuring try following the next steps, worked under Ubuntu 9.10 1) Make sure you have the latest version 2.5.3. 2) Open two root shells; i.e. "#1)" and "#2)", with: % sudo su - #1) % sudo su - #2) 3) At root shell #1, run #1) while true; do killall -9 vmware-modconfig-console; sleep 2; done 4) At root shell #2, make sure you have installed all pre-requisites packages #2) apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` 5) At root shell #2, install the bundle with option --ignore-errors #2) ./VMware-Player-2.5.3-185404.i386.bundle --ignore-errors Wait until "Installation was successful" 6) At root shell #1, Hit Ctrl-C to abort point (3) above. 7) At root shell #1, run: #1) vmware-modconfig --console --install-all Ref: CUT and PASTED from these following URLs http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Karmic#VMWare_Player http://communities.vmware.com/message/1350962#1350962 S...