i thought it was the nvidia bug described but it isn't. Disabling the 3D does not help.
Even creating a linux (Centos x64) vm from scratch results in the same error.
My macpro has an ssd boot drive and 16GB of ram. copying over the existing vm on a imac with also tech preview 2013 makes the vm start without a hitch and also creating a new one works perfect.
What also can be is that previously there were fusion 5.03 installed in parallel to tech preview ans that messes up.
Is there a way to clean up all vmware fusion stuff and begin from scratch ?