Problem running ECCE in Debian/Testing in VMware Player
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Gets Around
12:35:24 AM PDT - Tue, Apr 28th 2015
Does it work in Debian Testing (v-8.0) RC3 running natively, i.e. not in a VM?
Given that you seem to have graphics/video related issues I suspect this has to do with the GL/Mesa support in your VM.
Having said that, it's been working just fine for me in virtualbox using debian wheezy:
http://verahill.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/434-ecce-64-on-debian-7-in-32-bit.html