Question: I'm using VMware Server 2.0.1-156745.i386 for Linux on Ubuntu 8.10.

When I run "vmware", it brings up what is supposed to be the login page in a browser, but it just loads a blank page.

This is the address:

```
https://127.0.0.1:8333/ui/

```

Sometimes the login page comes back if you reload it a bunch of times, but this time it won't. Doing this also doesn't help:

```
/etc/init.d/vmware restart

```

Does anyone know why this happens, and how to fix it?

Answer: 
I was suffering exactly the same problem for a long time and neither these hints (CTRL-R or vmware-mgmt restart) worked for me. But some time ago i found a thread on the official vmware forum there people tracked down the problem to some SSL-protocol-wiredness between vmware-webui and current webbrowsers.

To cut things short, you must activate SSLv2 Mode on your webbrowser and maybe reload the webui via CTRL-R. You can get detailed instructions about this workaround on my Blog.

<http://www.rootz.de/2010/05/vmware-2-x-kein-zugriff-auf-die-weboberflache-moglich-loading/>

(its written in german but maybe the screenshots are helpful)
Disabling the firefox plugin "VMware Remote Console" did the trick for me.