Hi Wil--

Thank you so much for your reply. I have been running vmplayer from the command-line, and that's where I saw the original error message that told me to run fmware-config.pl. I am thinking that it is possible that even though the installation procedure ended with a "Success" message, that the Python errors in my original message indicate a problem with the installation.

Or, it may be that vmware-config.pl would be able to solve the current problem, but it is no longer provided by the installation.

You did ask for the errors, so I've appended the text printed to the console when I execute vmplayer

Still open to suggestings, and thanks again,

--Ethan

Console output:

ethan@strider:Desktop$ vmplayer

Logging to /tmp/vmware-ethan/setup-31145.log

filename: /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/misc/vmmon.ko

license: GPL v2

description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.

author: VMware, Inc.

srcversion: 96CBF0250D0FB3F01BFBFFC

depends:

vermagic: 2.6.27-9-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586

filename: /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/misc/vmnet.ko

license: GPL v2

description: VMware Virtual Networking Driver.

author: VMware, Inc.

srcversion: BC5582A7CE0B4CEA9399D25

depends:

vermagic: 2.6.27-9-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586

filename: /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/misc/vmblock.ko

version: 1.1.2.0

license: GPL v2

description: VMware Blocking File System

author: VMware, Inc.

srcversion: 768B08090715A2D8C721BF3

depends:

vermagic: 2.6.27-9-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586

parm: root:The directory the file system redirects to. (charp)

filename: /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/misc/vmci.ko

license: GPL v2

description: VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI).

author: VMware, Inc.

srcversion: F400DF976CFE388EBC1A0A2

depends:

vermagic: 2.6.27-9-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586

filename: /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/misc/vsock.ko

license: GPL v2

version: 1.0.0.0

description: VMware Virtual Socket Family

author: VMware, Inc.

srcversion: EC2E0BE1F6FB039D1109ADB

depends: vmci

vermagic: 2.6.27-9-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586

filename: /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/misc/vmmon.ko

license: GPL v2

description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.

author: VMware, Inc.

srcversion: 96CBF0250D0FB3F01BFBFFC

depends:

vermagic: 2.6.27-9-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586

VMware Player Error:

VMware Player is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured for your running kernel. To (re-)configure it, your system administrator must find and run "vmware-config.pl". For more information, please see the VMware Player documentation.

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