Confirmed, with the difference that vmware locks up the whole machine. Dalei Liu's fix gave the same result as Tristan had.
2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 02:46:46 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux VMware Server 1.0.4 build-56528
on a completely up-to-date system
Confirmed, with the difference that vmware locks up the whole machine. Dalei Liu's fix gave the same result as Tristan had.
2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 02:46:46 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
VMware Server 1.0.4 build-56528
on a completely up-to-date system