Install VMWare-Workstation 7.1 in XUbuntu 10.10

missing modules on your x86_64 system?
open a xfce4-terminal:

# sudo ./VMware-Workstation-Full-7.1.1-282343.x86_64.bundle
# cd /tmp
# wget http://www.sputnick-area.net/scripts/vmware7.1.1-patch-kernel-2.6.35.bash
# chmod +x vmware7.1.1-patch-kernel-2.6.35.bash
# sudo ./vmware7.1.1-patch-kernel-2.6.35.bash
# sudo vmware-modconfig –console –install-all

run vmware.

Recover Grub2 Bootloader in XUbuntu

1. Boot with Xubuntu Live CD
2. In a xfce4-terminal:

Create a mount point
# sudo mkdir /media/xubuntu

Mount your root partition somewhere, my root partition is sda2
# sudo mount /dev/sda2 /media/xubuntu

Mount proc and dev
# sudo mount -t proc none /media/xubuntu/proc
# sudo mount -o bind /dev /media/xubuntu/dev

chroot to your system
# sudo chroot /media/xubuntu

Re-install grub2
# grub-install

Done! reboot and enjoy.