red hat enterprise linux 5.x 64bit with vmware server 1.x does not work out of the box ! since when you try and install it you may get the following error(s):

and then when you try and enter your serial number you may get:

Please enter your 20-character serial number.

Type XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX or ‘Enter’ to cancel:

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx:

error while loading shared libraries:

libX11.so.6:

cannot open shared object file:

No such file or directory

The serial number XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX is invalid.

this is because vmware server has been compiled against the 32bit X libraries which dont exist by default on a centos 64bit, oracle 64bit or red hat 64bit linux system so you’ll need to install them manually using:

# yum install libX libXtst libICE libSM

then re-run

# vmware-config.pl