Here's a snippet of my logs from a healthy connection for comparison:
2013-06-21T15:45:17.956-07:00 INFO (1330-1F80) <8064> [wswc] Log for VMware View Client, version=5.3.0 build-1042023 2013-06-21T15:45:17.956-07:00 INFO (1330-1F80) <8064> [wswc] hostname=HOST 2013-06-21T15:45:17.956-07:00 INFO (1330-2390) <9104> [MessageFrameWork] Program 'wswc - VMware View Client' started, version=5.3.0 build-1042023, pid=0x1330, buildtype=release, usethread=1, closeafterwrite=0 2013-06-21T15:45:17.976-07:00 INFO (1330-0690) <logloaded> [MessageFrameWork] Plugin 'wswc_command - VMware View Connection Server Command Handler' loaded, version=5.3.0 build-1042023, buildtype=release 2013-06-21T15:45:17.976-07:00 INFO (1330-1100) <logloaded> [MessageFrameWork] Plugin 'wswc_http - VMware View Client HTTP Handler' loaded, version=5.3.0 build-1042023, buildtype=release 2013-06-21T15:45:17.986-07:00 INFO (1330-1CF0) <logloaded> [MessageFrameWork] Plugin 'wswc_pcoip - VMware View Client PCoIP Interaction Handler' loaded, version=5.3.0 build-1042023, buildtype=release 2013-06-21T15:45:17.986-07:00 INFO (1330-16B4) <logloaded> [MessageFrameWork] Plugin 'wswc_rdp - VMware View RDP Handler' loaded, version=5.3.0 build-1042023, buildtype=release 2013-06-21T15:45:17.986-07:00 INFO (1330-2130) <logloaded> [MessageFrameWork] Plugin 'wswc_rsa - VMware View RSA Handler' loaded, version=5.3.0 build-1042023, buildtype=release 2013-06-21T15:45:17.986-07:00 INFO (1330-20C0) <logloaded> [MessageFrameWork] Plugin 'wswc_tunnel - VMware View Secure Tunnel Client' loaded, version=5.3.0 build-1042023, buildtype=release 2013-06-21T15:45:17.986-07:00 INFO (1330-22FC) <logloaded> [MessageFrameWork] Plugin 'wswc_ui - VMware View Client UI handler' loaded, version=5.3.0 build-1042023, buildtype=release 2013-06-21T15:45:17.996-07:00 INFO (1330-08F8) <logloaded> [MessageFrameWork] Plugin 'wssm_uimanager - VMware View Framework UI Host' loaded, version=5.3.0 build-1042023, buildtype=release 2013-06-21T15:45:17.996-07:00 INFO (1330-2394) <logloaded> [MessageFrameWork] Plugin 'ws_winauth - VMware View Framework Windows Authentication Support' loaded, version=5.3.0 build-1042023, buildtype=release 2013-06-21T15:45:18.006-07:00 INFO (1330-2390) <Main Thread> [wswc] Windows Client started 2013-06-21T15:45:20.646-07:00 INFO (1330-1EC8) <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> [wswc_tunnel] Data frame policy set to NEGOTIATE (proposing 0 bytes) 2013-06-21T15:45:20.646-07:00 INFO (1330-1EC8) <MessageFrameWorkDispatch> [wswc_tunnel] Received chunk window set to 2 2013-06-21T15:45:20.746-07:00 INFO (1330-0B38) <TunnelRead> [wswc_tunnel] Tunnel Unnamed: connected to server 'SERVER', start tunnel protocol 2013-06-21T15:45:20.756-07:00 INFO (1330-0B38) <TunnelRead> [wswc_tunnel] Tunnel Unnamed authenticated Ok, set state = running 2013-06-21T15:45:33.518-07:00 INFO (1330-19EC) <DesktopWindow> [wswc_ui] Ask UsbDeviceManager to open client/agent channel 2013-06-21T15:45:33.518-07:00 INFO (1330-19EC) <DesktopWindow> [wswc_ui] vmware-view-usbd channel created OK
Have you tried connecting with the "Do not verify server identity" checked under the SSL Setup? That might help rule out (or not) a certificate issue. Any events show up in View?