Me encontré con este problema después de actualizar a ubuntu 15.10. Cuando inicio vmware, aparece un mensaje emergente que indica que es necesario compilar varios módulos en el kernel en ejecución.
Falló con un mensaje de error que decía que no se podían iniciar los servicios.
Después de iniciarlo desde la terminal obtuve más información. Estoy ejecutando un ubuntu 15.10 completamente actualizado y estoy usando 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