VMware Server 1.0.6 on Ubuntu 8.0.4

VMware Server 1.0.6 on Ubuntu 8.0.4 would not run “out of the box”. I needed a library fix to get it running:

$ cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1

$ sudo mv libgcc_s.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1.orig

$ sudo ln -s /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/