$ /opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware-config.pl Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped. * ERROR: "vmware" has not yet been started. You must read and accept the End User License Agreement to continue. Press enter to display it. Do you accept? (yes/no) yes Thank you. Do you want networking for your virtual machines? (yes/no/help) [yes] yes Configuring a bridged network for vmnet0. Your computer has multiple ethernet network interfaces available: eth0, eth1. Which one do you want to bridge to vmnet0? [eth0] eth0 The following bridged networks have been defined: . vmnet0 is bridged to eth0 Do you wish to configure another bridged network? (yes/no) [no] no Do you want to be able to use NAT networking in your virtual machines? [yes] yes Configuring a NAT network for vmnet8. Do you want this program to probe for an unused private subnet? (yes/no/help) [yes] yes Probing for an unused private subnet (this can take some time)... The subnet 192.168.166.0/255.255.255.0 appears to be unused. Do you want to be able to use host-only networking in your virtual machines? [no] no Do you want this program to automatically configure your system to allow your virtual machines to access the host's filesystem? (yes/no/help) no * Starting VMware services: [ ok ] * Virtual machine monitor [ ok ] * Virtual ethernet [ ok ] * Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 [ !! ] * Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) [ ok ] * NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 [ !! ] The configuration of VMware Workstation 4.5.3 build-19414 for Linux for this running kernel completed successfully. You can now run VMware Workstation by invoking the following command: "/opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware". Enjoy, --the VMware team