vmplayer Failed to compile module

Not able to load VMPlayer? If the issue is related to compiling module in Linux 3.0 Kernel, you may try the followig solution

$ mkdir /tmp/vmware && cd /tmp/vmware
$ cp -R /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/ .
$ cd /tmp/vmware/source
$ wget http://linux-knowledgebase.com/userFiles/files/vmware2_6_39patchv3.tar.bz2
$ bunzip2 vmware2.6.39patchv3.tar.bz2
$ tar -xvf vmware2.6.39patchv3.tar
$ for i in ./*.tar; do tar -xf $i; done
$ for i in ./*.tar; do mv $i $i.orginal; done
$ patch -t -f -p1 < vmware2.6.39fixedv3.patch
$ tar cf vmblock.tar vmblock-only
$ tar cf vmci.tar vmci-only
$ tar cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only
$ tar cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
$ tar cf vsock.tar vsock-only
$ sudo cp -vf *.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
$ vmplayer