Fix for vmware-hostd crash on ubuntu 9.10 with vmware server 2.x
We have already discussed how to install vmware server 2.x in ubuntu 9.10 some time you should see vmware-hostd crash on your ubuntu 9.10 machine to fix this use the following procedure
Procedure to follow
Open the terminal and run the following commands
sudo su --
pkill vmware-hostd
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/vmware/vmacore/:/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libexpat.so.0/
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd -a -u /etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml
Source from here