Eu corri para este problema depois de atualizar para o ubuntu 15.10. Quando eu inicio o VMware, ele aparece dizendo que ele precisa compilar vários módulos para o kernel em execução.
Falhou com uma mensagem de erro dizendo que não foi possível iniciar os serviços.
Depois de iniciá-lo no terminal, recebi mais algumas informações. Eu estou correndo em um ubuntu totalmente atualizado 15.10 e estão usando o VMware Workstation 11.1.2 build-2780323
In file included from include/linux/pci.h:35:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-6ABO6Y/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27,
from /tmp/modconfig-6ABO6Y/vmnet-only/bridge.c:51:
include/linux/pci_ids.h:2252:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15ad
^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-6ABO6Y/vmnet-only/bridge.c:50:0:
/tmp/modconfig-6ABO6Y/vmnet-only/bridge.c: In function ‘VNetBridgeUp’:
/tmp/modconfig-6ABO6Y/vmnet-only/vmnetInt.h:81:40: error: too few arguments to function ‘sk_alloc’
# define compat_sk_alloc(_bri, _pri) sk_alloc(&init_net, \
^
/tmp/modconfig-6ABO6Y/vmnet-only/bridge.c:952:17: note: in expansion of macro ‘compat_sk_alloc’
bridge->sk = compat_sk_alloc(bridge, GFP_ATOMIC);
^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-6ABO6Y/vmnet-only/compat_sock.h:23:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-6ABO6Y/vmnet-only/bridge.c:35:
include/net/sock.h:1515:14: note: declared here
struct sock *sk_alloc(struct net *net, int family, gfp_t priority,
^
scripts/Makefile.build:258: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-6ABO6Y/vmnet-only/bridge.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-6ABO6Y/vmnet-only/bridge.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Makefile:1398: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/modconfig-6ABO6Y/vmnet-only' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-6ABO6Y/vmnet-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.2.0-16-generic'
Makefile:120: recipe for target 'vmnet.ko' failed
make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-6ABO6Y/vmnet-only'
Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual machine communication interface done
VM communication interface socket family done
Blocking file system done
Virtual ethernet failed
VMware Authentication Daemon done
uname -a
Linux testpc-cue 4.2.0-16-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 8 15:35:06 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux