Mayby the following link solves your problem.
http://groups.google.com/group/sage-s...
Relevant phrases:
"With a bit of Googling I found a
solution that worked for me:
http://blog.timc3.com/2010/05/04/vmware-ubuntu-ip-address-change/"
"After starting sage-vmware.vmx I just
clicked on VMware Player ->
Troubleshoot -> Reset and this solved
the problem."
"I've done some experiments and I've
found yet another way to get things
working. When using VMware Player
3.1.1 (and WIndows XP SP3), the Sage 4.5.2 and 4.5.3 VMs produced a message when first opened:
"This virtual machine may have been
moved or copied.
In order to configure certain
management and networking features,
VMware Player needs to know if you
moved this virtual machine or if you
copied it.
If you don't know, answer 'I copied
it'."
"With Sage 4.5.2, I selected "I copied
it", and had to do the "sudo rm /
etc..." thing. With Sage 4.5.3, I
tried selecting "I moved it", and the
Sage Notebook opened correctly first
time with external network access
correctly set up."
Roland