I had the same problem on Hardy/amd64 on an T61p using VMWare Workstation 6.0.3. Since then I upgrade Hardy to current levels, and, probably more important, installed VMWare Workstation 6.5 Beta (build 91182). Since then the problem disappeared. Since the beta program is open (registration needed), maybe someone could try this?
I had the same problem on Hardy/amd64 on an T61p using VMWare Workstation 6.0.3. Since then I upgrade Hardy to current levels, and, probably more important, installed VMWare Workstation 6.5 Beta (build 91182). Since then the problem disappeared. Since the beta program is open (registration needed), maybe someone could try this?