vmplayer crash on machine load with "Invalid SVGA FIFO registers" error

Hi,

I keep getting this error when trying to load my ubuntu 12.10 image using vmplayer.

this happens only when physical memory is set to 4gb (3gb works).

the relevant lines in the log file are:

2013-07-07T16:16:02.168+03:00| svga| I120: Msg_Post: Error

2013-07-07T16:16:02.168+03:00| svga| I120: [msg.log.error.unrecoverable] VMware Player unrecoverable error: (svga)

2013-07-07T16:16:02.168+03:00| svga| I120+ Invalid SVGA FIFO registers.

I thought it may be related to my onboard graphic card (Intel HD graphics 2000) but even when I used a nvidia geforce 210 card,

the problem remains.

I've also manually set the svga settings in the vmx file - still no go.

i've googled this error, but can't seem to find a solution.

Thanks for the help.

Maor