VMware Unable to start services

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#1

Hey guys,

so this is my first time installing VMware, so I’m probably messing something up. My problem is as it follow.

I installed VMware Player and I was getting the “Unable to start services” error as I still am, but the first time was due to it not being able to find the version.h file. I read some tutorials about how you need to copy that file or create a link, from another folder where you can find that file. Thing is that same folder and version.h file are not here in LEAP 42.1. So I did my best to guess which file I needed to copy and paste there, and now I’m getting a new error, and I don’t really know if it’s because I copied the wrong version.h or if I’m doing something wrong here. Here is my log, hope you guys can help.

2015-11-16T10:21:54.181-02:00| vthread-4| I125: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.
2015-11-16T10:21:54.181-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Validating path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for kernel release “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-11-16T10:21:54.181-02:00| vthread-4| I125: using /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 for preprocess check
2015-11-16T10:21:54.208-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-11-16T10:21:54.208-02:00| vthread-4| I125: The header path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for the kernel “4.1.12-1-default” is valid. Wh$
2015-11-16T10:21:54.208-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Using temp dir “/tmp”.
2015-11-16T10:21:54.209-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Obtaining info using the running kernel.
2015-11-16T10:21:54.209-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Setting header path for 4.1.12-1-default to “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include”.
2015-11-16T10:21:54.209-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Validating path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for kernel release “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-11-16T10:21:54.209-02:00| vthread-4| I125: using /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 for preprocess check
2015-11-16T10:21:54.228-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-11-16T10:21:54.229-02:00| vthread-4| I125: The header path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for the kernel “4.1.12-1-default” is valid. Wh$
2015-11-16T10:21:54.570-02:00| vthread-4| I125: found symbol version file /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/Module.symvers
2015-11-16T10:21:54.570-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Reading symbol versions from /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/Module.symvers.
2015-11-16T10:21:54.652-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Read 17543 symbol versions
2015-11-16T10:21:54.652-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Invoking modinfo on “vmmon”.
2015-11-16T10:21:54.662-02:00| vthread-4| I125: “/sbin/modinfo” exited with status 256.
2015-11-16T10:21:54.662-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Invoking modinfo on “vmnet”.
2015-11-16T10:21:54.673-02:00| vthread-4| I125: “/sbin/modinfo” exited with status 256.
2015-11-16T10:21:55.579-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Setting destination path for vmmon to “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/misc/vmmon.ko”.
2015-11-16T10:21:55.583-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Extracting the vmmon source from “/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar”.
2015-11-16T10:21:55.643-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Successfully extracted the vmmon source.
2015-11-16T10:21:55.643-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Building module with command "/usr/bin/make -j2 -C /tmp/modconfig-cDC4c7/vmmon-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/li$
2015-11-16T10:22:34.614-02:00| vthread-4| W115: Failed to build vmmon. Failed to execute the build command.
2015-11-16T10:22:34.627-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Setting destination path for vmnet to “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/misc/vmnet.ko”.
2015-11-16T10:22:34.627-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Extracting the vmnet source from “/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar”.
2015-11-16T10:22:34.694-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Successfully extracted the vmnet source.
2015-11-16T10:22:34.695-02:00| vthread-4| I125: Building module with command "/usr/bin/make -j2 -C /tmp/modconfig-cDC4c7/vmnet-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/li$
2015-11-16T10:23:44.255-02:00| vthread-4| W115: Failed to build vmnet. Failed to execute the build command.

I appreciate your time, thanks in advance.

#2

See recent threads, are likely related
https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/510579-How-to-install-VMware-on-Tumbleweed
https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/510808-VMWare-Workstation-cannot-compile-modules

Although I haven’t checked the new VMware version released approx 24 hrs ago, it’s likely that for now no VMware will install on a kernel 4.x

TSU

#3

Does /usr/bin/make actually exist on your system?
Do you have patterns-openSUSE-devel_basis installed?

#4

VMWare Player 7.1.2 installs and runs just fine on kernel 4.1.12, as does 7.1.3 on kernel 4.2.5

#5

Registered an account just to say that I’m running OpenSUSE 42.1 and have exactly the same problem (with almost identical error log) as the OP when trying to install VMware Workstation 11.0. Looking at the threads linked earlier, neither is really relevant (one has an incompatible GCC, and the other one refers to Tumbleweed having a much newer kernel (4.3, whereas VMware supports up to 4.2 and Leap has 4.1.12).

For reference, my log file looks like this:


2015-11-27T13:15:27.014Z| vthread-4| W110: Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-1696.log
2015-11-27T13:15:27.026Z| vthread-4| I120: System distribution is SuSE
2015-11-27T13:15:27.026Z| vthread-4| I120: System version is 42.1
2015-11-27T13:15:27.026Z| vthread-4| I120: Obtaining info using the running kernel.
2015-11-27T13:15:27.026Z| vthread-4| I120: Created new pathsHash.
2015-11-27T13:15:27.026Z| vthread-4| I120: Setting header path for 4.1.12-1-default to "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include".
2015-11-27T13:15:27.026Z| vthread-4| I120: Validating path "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include" for kernel release "4.1.12-1-default".
2015-11-27T13:15:27.026Z| vthread-4| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h
2015-11-27T13:15:27.026Z| vthread-4| I120: /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.
2015-11-27T13:15:27.026Z| vthread-4| I120: using /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 for preprocess check
2015-11-27T13:15:27.035Z| vthread-4| I120: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "4.1.12-1-default".
2015-11-27T13:15:27.035Z| vthread-4| I120: The header path "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include" for the kernel "4.1.12-1-default" is valid.  Whoohoo!
2015-11-27T13:15:27.209Z| vthread-4| I120: found symbol version file /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/Module.symvers
2015-11-27T13:15:27.210Z| vthread-4| I120: Reading symbol versions from /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/Module.symvers.
2015-11-27T13:15:27.227Z| vthread-4| I120: Read 17543 symbol versions
2015-11-27T13:15:27.227Z| vthread-4| I120: Reading in info for the vmmon module.
2015-11-27T13:15:27.227Z| vthread-4| I120: Reading in info for the vmnet module.                                                                                                               
2015-11-27T13:15:27.227Z| vthread-4| I120: Reading in info for the vmblock module.                                                                                                           
2015-11-27T13:15:27.227Z| vthread-4| I120: Reading in info for the vmci module.                                                                                                               
2015-11-27T13:15:27.227Z| vthread-4| I120: Reading in info for the vsock module.                                                                                                               
2015-11-27T13:15:27.227Z| vthread-4| I120: Setting vsock to depend on vmci.                                                                                                                     
2015-11-27T13:15:27.227Z| vthread-4| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmmon".                                                                                                                             
2015-11-27T13:15:27.229Z| vthread-4| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.                                                                                                               
2015-11-27T13:15:27.229Z| vthread-4| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmnet".                                                                                                                        
2015-11-27T13:15:27.231Z| vthread-4| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256.                                                                                                           
2015-11-27T13:15:27.231Z| vthread-4| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmblock".                                                                                                                    
2015-11-27T13:15:27.233Z| vthread-4| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256.                                                                                                           
2015-11-27T13:15:27.233Z| vthread-4| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmci".                                                                                                                         
2015-11-27T13:15:27.235Z| vthread-4| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256.                                                                                                           
2015-11-27T13:15:27.235Z| vthread-4| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vsock".                                                                                                                       
2015-11-27T13:15:27.237Z| vthread-4| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.                                                                                                              
2015-11-27T13:15:27.247Z| vthread-4| I120: to be installed: vmnet status: 0                                                                                                                   
2015-11-27T13:15:27.270Z| vthread-4| I120: Obtaining info using the running kernel.                                                                                                         
2015-11-27T13:15:27.270Z| vthread-4| I120: Setting header path for 4.1.12-1-default to "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include".    
2015-11-27T13:15:27.270Z| vthread-4| I120: Validating path "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include" for kernel release "4.1.12-1-default". 
2015-11-27T13:15:27.270Z| vthread-4| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h                          
2015-11-27T13:15:27.270Z| vthread-4| I120: /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead. 
2015-11-27T13:15:27.270Z| vthread-4| I120: using /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 for preprocess check                                                                                                   
2015-11-27T13:15:27.280Z| vthread-4| I120: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "4.1.12-1-default".                                                                           
2015-11-27T13:15:27.280Z| vthread-4| I120: The header path "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include" for the kernel "4.1.12-1-default" is valid.  Whoohoo! 
2015-11-27T13:15:27.409Z| vthread-4| I120: found symbol version file /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/Module.symvers 
2015-11-27T13:15:27.409Z| vthread-4| I120: Reading symbol versions from /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/Module.symvers. 
2015-11-27T13:15:27.425Z| vthread-4| I120: Read 17543 symbol versions                                                                               
2015-11-27T13:15:27.425Z| vthread-4| I120: Kernel header path retrieved from FileEntry: /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include         
2015-11-27T13:15:27.425Z| vthread-4| I120: Update kernel header path to /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include                         
2015-11-27T13:15:27.425Z| vthread-4| I120: Validating path "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include" for kernel release "4.1.12-1-default". 
2015-11-27T13:15:27.425Z| vthread-4| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h           
2015-11-27T13:15:27.425Z| vthread-4| I120: /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead. 
2015-11-27T13:15:27.425Z| vthread-4| I120: using /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 for preprocess check                    
2015-11-27T13:15:27.436Z| vthread-4| I120: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "4.1.12-1-default".                                       
2015-11-27T13:15:27.436Z| vthread-4| I120: The header path "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include" for the kernel "4.1.12-1-default" is valid.  Whoohoo! 
2015-11-27T13:15:27.438Z| vthread-4| I120: Found compiler at "/usr/bin/gcc"                                      
2015-11-27T13:15:27.442Z| vthread-4| I120: Got gcc version "4.8".                                                                                                                                   
2015-11-27T13:15:27.442Z| vthread-4| I120: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.                                                     
2015-11-27T13:15:27.442Z| vthread-4| I120: Using user supplied compiler "/usr/bin/gcc".                                                                           
2015-11-27T13:15:27.447Z| vthread-4| I120: Got gcc version "4.8".                                                                                                                       
2015-11-27T13:15:27.447Z| vthread-4| I120: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.                                                     
2015-11-27T13:15:27.453Z| vthread-4| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel "4.1.12-1-default".                                                       
2015-11-27T13:15:27.453Z| vthread-4| I120: No matching PBM set was found for kernel "4.1.12-1-default".                                                             
2015-11-27T13:15:27.454Z| vthread-4| I120: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.                                                     
2015-11-27T13:15:27.454Z| vthread-4| I120: Validating path "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include" for kernel release "4.1.12-1-default". 
2015-11-27T13:15:27.454Z| vthread-4| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h           
2015-11-27T13:15:27.454Z| vthread-4| I120: /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead. 
2015-11-27T13:15:27.454Z| vthread-4| I120: using /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 for preprocess check
2015-11-27T13:15:27.464Z| vthread-4| I120: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "4.1.12-1-default".
2015-11-27T13:15:27.464Z| vthread-4| I120: The header path "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include" for the kernel "4.1.12-1-default" is valid.  Whoohoo!
2015-11-27T13:15:27.466Z| vthread-4| I120: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.
2015-11-27T13:15:27.466Z| vthread-4| I120: Validating path "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include" for kernel release "4.1.12-1-default".
2015-11-27T13:15:27.466Z| vthread-4| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h
2015-11-27T13:15:27.466Z| vthread-4| I120: /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.
2015-11-27T13:15:27.466Z| vthread-4| I120: using /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 for preprocess check
2015-11-27T13:15:27.476Z| vthread-4| I120: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "4.1.12-1-default".
2015-11-27T13:15:27.476Z| vthread-4| I120: The header path "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include" for the kernel "4.1.12-1-default" is valid.  Whoohoo!
2015-11-27T13:15:27.476Z| vthread-4| I120: Using temp dir "/tmp".
2015-11-27T13:15:27.478Z| vthread-4| I120: Obtaining info using the running kernel.
2015-11-27T13:15:27.478Z| vthread-4| I120: Setting header path for 4.1.12-1-default to "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include".
2015-11-27T13:15:27.478Z| vthread-4| I120: Validating path "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include" for kernel release "4.1.12-1-default".
2015-11-27T13:15:27.478Z| vthread-4| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h
2015-11-27T13:15:27.478Z| vthread-4| I120: /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.
2015-11-27T13:15:27.478Z| vthread-4| I120: using /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 for preprocess check
2015-11-27T13:15:27.486Z| vthread-4| I120: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "4.1.12-1-default".
2015-11-27T13:15:27.486Z| vthread-4| I120: The header path "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include" for the kernel "4.1.12-1-default" is valid.  Whoohoo!
2015-11-27T13:15:27.663Z| vthread-4| I120: found symbol version file /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/Module.symvers
2015-11-27T13:15:27.663Z| vthread-4| I120: Reading symbol versions from /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/Module.symvers.
2015-11-27T13:15:27.680Z| vthread-4| I120: Read 17543 symbol versions
2015-11-27T13:15:27.680Z| vthread-4| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmnet".
2015-11-27T13:15:27.682Z| vthread-4| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256.
2015-11-27T13:15:28.186Z| vthread-4| I120: Setting destination path for vmnet to "/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/misc/vmnet.ko".
2015-11-27T13:15:28.186Z| vthread-4| I120: Extracting the vmnet source from "/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar".
2015-11-27T13:15:28.195Z| vthread-4| I120: Successfully extracted the vmnet source.
2015-11-27T13:15:28.195Z| vthread-4| I120: Building module with command "/usr/bin/make -j16 -C /tmp/modconfig-dRVbQI/vmnet-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc IS_GCC_3=no"
2015-11-27T13:15:29.809Z| vthread-4| W110: Failed to build vmnet.  Failed to execute the build command.
#6

Is your install source the very latest downloadable from the VMware site?
I haven’t checked whether the very latest version for compatibility which was released a couple weeks ago as of this writing

Also,
According to your log, the install was able to overcome all obstacles up to the last couple lines.
Verify make exists on your system

zypper se make

And, you can try running that last command which failed manually in a console to see if you get any additional information when it fails.

TSU

TSU

#7

we tried to install vmware- player on suse leap 42.1, we have give everything which is needed and after solving lot of problems we come to a window where it is failing to start services.
Open Suse Version : Open suse leap 42.1
VMWare-Player version : 7.1.2
kernel-header version : 4.1.12-1

2015-12-15T14:37:46.583+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Log for VMware Workstation pid=9972 version=11.1.2 build=build-2780323 option=Release
2015-12-15T14:37:46.583+05:30| vthread-4| I120: The process is 64-bit.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.583+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
2015-12-15T14:37:46.583+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Host is Linux 4.1.12-1-default openSUSE Leap 42.1 (x86_64)
2015-12-15T14:37:46.582+05:30| vthread-4| I120: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file “/usr/lib/vmware/settings”: No such file or directory.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.582+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Msg_Reset:
2015-12-15T14:37:46.582+05:30| vthread-4| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file “/usr/lib/vmware/settings”: No such file or directory.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.582+05:30| vthread-4| I120: ----------------------------------------
2015-12-15T14:37:46.582+05:30| vthread-4| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.583+05:30| vthread-4| I120: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file “/home/satwadhir/.vmware/config”: No such file or directory.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.583+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Msg_Reset:
2015-12-15T14:37:46.583+05:30| vthread-4| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file “/home/satwadhir/.vmware/config”: No such file or directory.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.583+05:30| vthread-4| I120: ----------------------------------------
2015-12-15T14:37:46.583+05:30| vthread-4| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /home/satwadhir/.vmware/config. Using default values.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.583+05:30| vthread-4| I120: PREF Unable to check permissions for preferences file.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.583+05:30| vthread-4| I120: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file “/home/satwadhir/.vmware/preferences”: No such file or directory.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.583+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Msg_Reset:
2015-12-15T14:37:46.583+05:30| vthread-4| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file “/home/satwadhir/.vmware/preferences”: No such file or directory.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.583+05:30| vthread-4| I120: ----------------------------------------
2015-12-15T14:37:46.583+05:30| vthread-4| I120: PREF Failed to load user preferences.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.596+05:30| vthread-4| W110: Logging to /tmp/vmware-root-1723800807/vmware-9972.log
2015-12-15T14:37:46.605+05:30| vthread-4| I120: System distribution is SuSE
2015-12-15T14:37:46.605+05:30| vthread-4| I120: System version is 42.1
2015-12-15T14:37:46.605+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Obtaining info using the running kernel.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.605+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Created new pathsHash.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.605+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Setting header path for 4.1.12-1-default to “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include”.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.605+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Validating path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for kernel release “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.605+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h
2015-12-15T14:37:46.605+05:30| vthread-4| I120: /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.605+05:30| vthread-4| I120: using /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 for preprocess check
2015-12-15T14:37:46.614+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.614+05:30| vthread-4| I120: The header path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for the kernel “4.1.12-1-default” is valid. Whoohoo!
2015-12-15T14:37:46.839+05:30| vthread-4| I120: found symbol version file /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/Module.symvers
2015-12-15T14:37:46.840+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Reading symbol versions from /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/Module.symvers.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.868+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Read 17543 symbol versions
2015-12-15T14:37:46.868+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Reading in info for the vmmon module.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.868+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Reading in info for the vmnet module.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.868+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Reading in info for the vmblock module.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.868+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Reading in info for the vmci module.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.868+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Reading in info for the vsock module.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.868+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Setting vsock to depend on vmci.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.868+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Invoking modinfo on “vmmon”.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.870+05:30| vthread-4| I120: “/sbin/modinfo” exited with status 256.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.870+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Invoking modinfo on “vmnet”.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.872+05:30| vthread-4| I120: “/sbin/modinfo” exited with status 256.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.872+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Invoking modinfo on “vmblock”.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.874+05:30| vthread-4| I120: “/sbin/modinfo” exited with status 256.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.874+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Invoking modinfo on “vmci”.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.876+05:30| vthread-4| I120: “/sbin/modinfo” exited with status 256.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.876+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Invoking modinfo on “vsock”.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.878+05:30| vthread-4| I120: “/sbin/modinfo” exited with status 0.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.894+05:30| vthread-4| I120: to be installed: vmmon status: 0
2015-12-15T14:37:46.894+05:30| vthread-4| I120: to be installed: vmnet status: 0
2015-12-15T14:37:46.925+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Obtaining info using the running kernel.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.926+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Setting header path for 4.1.12-1-default to “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include”.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.926+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Validating path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for kernel release “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.926+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h
2015-12-15T14:37:46.926+05:30| vthread-4| I120: /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.926+05:30| vthread-4| I120: using /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 for preprocess check
2015-12-15T14:37:46.935+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-12-15T14:37:46.935+05:30| vthread-4| I120: The header path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for the kernel “4.1.12-1-default” is valid. Whoohoo!
2015-12-15T14:37:47.147+05:30| vthread-4| I120: found symbol version file /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/Module.symvers
2015-12-15T14:37:47.147+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Reading symbol versions from /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/Module.symvers.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.176+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Read 17543 symbol versions
2015-12-15T14:37:47.176+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Kernel header path retrieved from FileEntry: /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include
2015-12-15T14:37:47.176+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Update kernel header path to /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include
2015-12-15T14:37:47.176+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Validating path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for kernel release “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.176+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h
2015-12-15T14:37:47.176+05:30| vthread-4| I120: /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.176+05:30| vthread-4| I120: using /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 for preprocess check
2015-12-15T14:37:47.185+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.185+05:30| vthread-4| I120: The header path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for the kernel “4.1.12-1-default” is valid. Whoohoo!
2015-12-15T14:37:47.187+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Found compiler at “/usr/bin/gcc”
2015-12-15T14:37:47.191+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Got gcc version “4.8”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.191+05:30| vthread-4| I120: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.191+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Using user supplied compiler “/usr/bin/gcc”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.196+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Got gcc version “4.8”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.196+05:30| vthread-4| I120: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.200+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.200+05:30| vthread-4| I120: No matching PBM set was found for kernel “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.200+05:30| vthread-4| I120: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.200+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Validating path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for kernel release “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.200+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h
2015-12-15T14:37:47.200+05:30| vthread-4| I120: /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.200+05:30| vthread-4| I120: using /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 for preprocess check
2015-12-15T14:37:47.210+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.210+05:30| vthread-4| I120: The header path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for the kernel “4.1.12-1-default” is valid. Whoohoo!
2015-12-15T14:37:47.217+05:30| vthread-4| I120: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.217+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Validating path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for kernel release “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.217+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h
2015-12-15T14:37:47.217+05:30| vthread-4| I120: /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.217+05:30| vthread-4| I120: using /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 for preprocess check
2015-12-15T14:37:47.226+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.226+05:30| vthread-4| I120: The header path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for the kernel “4.1.12-1-default” is valid. Whoohoo!
2015-12-15T14:37:47.226+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Using temp dir “/tmp”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.227+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Obtaining info using the running kernel.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.227+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Setting header path for 4.1.12-1-default to “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.227+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Validating path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for kernel release “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.228+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h
2015-12-15T14:37:47.228+05:30| vthread-4| I120: /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.228+05:30| vthread-4| I120: using /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 for preprocess check
2015-12-15T14:37:47.237+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value “4.1.12-1-default”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.237+05:30| vthread-4| I120: The header path “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include” for the kernel “4.1.12-1-default” is valid. Whoohoo!
2015-12-15T14:37:47.445+05:30| vthread-4| I120: found symbol version file /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/Module.symvers
2015-12-15T14:37:47.445+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Reading symbol versions from /lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/Module.symvers.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.470+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Read 17543 symbol versions
2015-12-15T14:37:47.470+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Invoking modinfo on “vmmon”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.473+05:30| vthread-4| I120: “/sbin/modinfo” exited with status 256.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.473+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Invoking modinfo on “vmnet”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.475+05:30| vthread-4| I120: “/sbin/modinfo” exited with status 256.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.718+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Setting destination path for vmmon to “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/misc/vmmon.ko”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.718+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Extracting the vmmon source from “/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar”.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.727+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Successfully extracted the vmmon source.
2015-12-15T14:37:47.728+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Building module with command “/usr/bin/make -j4 -C /tmp/modconfig-fNJfO1/vmmon-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc IS_GCC_3=no”
2015-12-15T14:37:49.019+05:30| vthread-4| W110: Failed to build vmmon. Failed to execute the build command.
2015-12-15T14:37:49.021+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Setting destination path for vmnet to “/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/misc/vmnet.ko”.
2015-12-15T14:37:49.021+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Extracting the vmnet source from “/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar”.
2015-12-15T14:37:49.027+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Successfully extracted the vmnet source.
2015-12-15T14:37:49.027+05:30| vthread-4| I120: Building module with command “/usr/bin/make -j4 -C /tmp/modconfig-fNJfO1/vmnet-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/4.1.12-1-default/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc IS_GCC_3=no”
2015-12-15T14:37:50.621+05:30| vthread-4| W110: Failed to build vmnet. Failed to execute the build command.

we have tried executing failed lines manually but their also it is failing with lot of errors. What else we need to do to start VMWare-players without any problem

#8

I installed VMware® Workstation 12 Player** 12.0.1 build-3160714**
on LEAP 42.1 with kernel 4.1.12 with no problems.
You appear to have an earlier release (11.1.2) that might not be compatible with LEAP.
Before I even tried to install VMware I have installed (and updated):

kernel-default-devel
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
cpp48
gcc
gcc48
make

Check that **all these are installed before **running the VMware installer.
Since I also have installed “dkms” from the X11 repo, VMware Player even rebuilt its own modules automatically after update to the 4.1.13.5 kernel.
HTH