If you have been having an issue similar to the following: while trying to install vmware-server or vmware-server-console, there is a fix:

/usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_thread_gettime

while trying to install vmware-server or vmware-server-console, there is a fix. A person by the name of Alessandro Monari has published some patches on his website to run after you install to fix console issues. I've tested on Kubuntu 9.04 + VMware-server-console-1.0.8-126538.tar.gz and it works perfectly. Head on over to his website to download the patch: http://www.monarialx.it/en/vmwareserver.