I've run into two issues recently, the first is a Fusion update issue, the second might be Tools related but I'm not sure.
First, Fusion is failing to check for updates because it can't fetch the CDS manifest.
Host OS: 10.6.8
Fusion version: 5.0.2 (900491)
Hardware: MacBookPro5,5
Relevant segment of vmware.log:
2013-01-29T21:47:34.793-08:00| VMware Fusion| I120: CDS: Fetching repository index from https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/index.xml
2013-01-29T21:47:34.793-08:00| VMware Fusion| I120: CDS: Using NONE proxy (null):0 for https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/index.xml.
2013-01-29T21:47:34.815-08:00| VMware Fusion| I120: CDS error: Failed to finish active transfer for https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/index.xml: CDS_HTTP_CONNECT_ERROR
2013-01-29T21:47:34.842-08:00| VMware Fusion| I120: CDS: cURL error: SSL connect error (35)
If I run the following command on the 10.6.8 host, I get this result:
$ curl https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/index.xml
curl: (35) Unknown SSL protocol error in connection to softwareupdate.vmware.com:443
If I run the same command in a 10.7.5 guest on the same hardware and network setup, the manifest is fetched as expected.
Second, an Ubuntu 12.10 guest's X server is randomly crashing, maybe once every few hours. I don't use others often enough to know if they're affected, but this is a freshly built virtual machine. My older one had the same symptoms and I was trying to rule out cruft. This might not even be VMware-related, but I figured I'd ask if it sounded familiar. Side note: I'm not quite sure I have the right version of Tools installed, but I think it's right.
$ vmware-toolbox-cmd -v
9.2.2.18018 (build-893683)$ tail -n 50 /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old
[ 1888.862] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 489 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 1888.862] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0 152.77 1920 1970 2020 2070 1080 1130 1180 1230 -hsync +vsync (73.8 kHz eP)
[ 4398.074] (EE)
[ 4398.077] (EE) Backtrace:
[ 4398.106] (EE) 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x49) [0xb774ecd9]
[ 4398.106] (EE) 1: /usr/bin/X (0xb75a7000+0x1abbc6) [0xb7752bc6]
[ 4398.106] (EE) 2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb758440c]
[ 4398.112] (EE) 3: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpixman-1.so.0 (0xb740e000+0x638bb) [0xb74718bb]
[ 4398.112] (EE) 4: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpixman-1.so.0 (0xb740e000+0x840c4) [0xb74920c4]
[ 4398.112] (EE) 5: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpixman-1.so.0 (0xb740e000+0x50a50) [0xb745ea50]
[ 4398.112] (EE) 6: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpixman-1.so.0 (0xb740e000+0x50c9d) [0xb745ec9d]
[ 4398.112] (EE) 7: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpixman-1.so.0 (pixman_fill+0x5d) [0xb7413fbd]
[ 4398.112] (EE) 8: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so (fbFill+0x2f9) [0xb5a603c9]
[ 4398.112] (EE) 9: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so (fbPolyFillRect+0x1b4) [0xb5a60bf4]
[ 4398.112] (EE) 10: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so (0xb7021000+0x1afe8) [0xb703bfe8]
[ 4398.112] (EE) 11: /usr/bin/X (0xb75a7000+0x1295eb) [0xb76d05eb]
[ 4398.113] (EE) 12: /usr/bin/X (0xb75a7000+0x118928) [0xb76bf928]
[ 4398.113] (EE) 13: /usr/bin/X (miCompositeRects+0x98) [0xb76bfa48]
[ 4398.113] (EE) 14: /usr/bin/X (CompositeRects+0x77) [0xb76c36f7]
[ 4398.113] (EE) 15: /usr/bin/X (0xb75a7000+0x120e81) [0xb76c7e81]
[ 4398.113] (EE) 16: /usr/bin/X (0xb75a7000+0x11ccde) [0xb76c3cde]
[ 4398.113] (EE) 17: /usr/bin/X (0xb75a7000+0x3cba5) [0xb75e3ba5]
[ 4398.113] (EE) 18: /usr/bin/X (0xb75a7000+0x2a10a) [0xb75d110a]
[ 4398.114] (EE) 19: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf3) [0xb71fe4d3]
[ 4398.114] (EE) 20: /usr/bin/X (0xb75a7000+0x2a4e9) [0xb75d14e9]
[ 4398.114] (EE)
[ 4398.115] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x0
[ 4398.116]
Fatal server error:
[ 4398.116] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting[ 4398.116]
[ 4398.122] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 4398.122] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 4398.122] (EE)
[ 4398.209] (II) evdev: Power Button: Close
[ 4398.211] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 4398.790] (II) evdev: VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse: Close
[ 4398.792] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 4399.796] (II) evdev: VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse: Close
[ 4399.797] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 4399.802] (II) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Close
[ 4399.803] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 4399.803] (II) VMWARE(0): VMMOUSE DEVICE_OFF/CLOSE
[ 4400.109] (II) VMWARE(0): VMMOUSE DEVICE_OFF/CLOSE
[ 4400.410] (II) VMWARE(0): VMMouseUnInit
[ 4400.423] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
[ 4400.477] Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.