Hi,
since this cost me some time and others might run into the
same trouble...
Context: kubuntu (here in 64bit-mode on an Athlon64 X2,
but seen also in 32bit-mode).
I'm using VMWare Player quite a lot. After a kernel upgrade,
I also had to reinstall the player - but it wouldn't properly
start, saying that I needed to run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
- which would fail while shutting down all services etc.
In the end, the issue is rather trivial - the installation
of the player leaves a file "/etc/vmware/not_configured"
even though everything is configured as it should be.
It is sufficient to rename or delete the file, and vmplayer
will run.
hth, Eric