OK (or not, actually) - I installed 7.1.6 and got the message that it was successfully installed. So I tried to start VMware again. But I'm getting the same error. Any thoughts?
Thanks!
EDIT: The error msg directs me to a log file called tmp/VMware-root - but when I try to open that file, i'm told I don't have permission. No option to enter my password, just denied. Not sure it would have help, in any case.
Would it help if I downloaded and installed the latest version of VMware? Is there a problem with 7 running on Ubuntu 12.04? Thanks again for any help or observations you may have.