chroot working/vmware not

[Dr Gavin Seddon <gavinseddon@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Hi, all my problems with k3b, konsole were fixed by using kde rather
than windowmaker.  Chroot is working, that is I can use openoffice.
However, when I try and run vmware I get
'Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library', as it starts and
then it runs and when I attempt to start a virtual machine I get
'Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such device.
Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded.

Failed to initialize monitor device.'

Is this a problem with chroot or vmware?
Thanks
Gavin.