Similar problem here. Got so bad that I couldn't get anything done inside ubuntu.

I just updated my vmware player tools and rebooted. I had let the tools get several revisions out of date.

That appears to have fixed the freezing. Though it's only been an hour since I updated tools, so hopefully it holds up.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=102252...

VMware Player 6.0.5 build-2443746

Host:

Windows 7 Pro, SP1

Guest:

$ cat /etc/lsb-release

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu

DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04

DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty

DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS"

$ uname -a

Linux myvm 3.13.0-45-generic #74-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 13 19:36:28 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux