I’m having an issue starting up VMware workstation 11. Issue is below.
http://i.imgur.com/xWWub2h.png
A few kernel modules must be compiled from source to enable vmware.
To do so you need to install a minimal development environment, at least:
kernel-devel
kernel-default-devel
gcc
make
and likely a few other dependencies / recommends (be sure to have “install recommended” enabled before proceeding.
Report back if you need further details…
Just beware, VMware has had a checkered history running on TW.
Doesn’t mean it won’t always run, just that problems happen… relatively recently there were kernel issues.
Your specific error suggests that gcc 5.2.1 wasn’t found.
AFAIK gcc 5.2.1 is automatically installed by default in TW, but you’ll need to verify.
Verify it’s installed, one way is to simply search for the package
zypper se gcc
If it’s installed, my next guess is that there might be a bug in the install script.
You can look for it yourself and modify or post in the VMware forums.
TSU
Yep I did gcc --version, got 5.2.1. I’ll post on the VMware forums and post the solution here
OKAY I FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT 
Just copy paste this:
cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
unpack vmnet.tar
cd vmnet-only
make
cd …
unpack vmmon.tar
cd vmmon-only
make
cd …
cp vmmon.o /lib/modules/uname -r/kernel/drivers/misc/vmmon.ko
cp vmnet.o /lib/modules/uname -r/kernel/drivers/misc/vmnet.ko
depmod -a
/etc/init.d/vmware restart
FYI I installed the non commercial VMware® Workstation 12 Player on Leap and found the two vmmon.ko and vmnet.ko in
/lib/modules/uname -r/misc/
and apparently the player installed and works without a glitch. Is the configuration for TW (or for the full Workstation) different?
This seems to be a long running problem problem with VMware.