Regarding install of VMware rpm; As mentioned in my post in SuseUnbound here:
Vmware player version 2.5 64 bit rpm There is no longer a vmware-config.pl script, Magic, in the newer Player or 6.5 Workstation. You also no longer have to run the config script when loading a new kernel as the program will detect a kernel change next time it starts and reconfigure itself after asking for root permission.
Things have changed.