We start VMware Workstation with kernel 2.6.24

The current version of VMware Workstation 6.0.2 for Linux (Build: 59824) does not support the 2.6.24 kernel. To remedy this situation, it is enough to perform several steps, which are described below.

1. we stop working vmware
in ubuntu: sudo /etc/init.rc/vmware stop
in others:
$ lsmod | grep vm
sudo rmmod vmmon
sudo ifdown vmnet2. we delete services
sudo /usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-vix.pl
sudo /usr/bin/vmware-uninstall.pl

3. Download and unpack the latest version of VMware Workstation 6.0.2. Then we install:
sudo vmware-install.pl
We answer all questions from the installer and ignore errors that will be displayed when creating modules.
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4. download and unpack the vmware-any-any-update-116 patch
run
sudo runme.pl

Unfortunately, the author of the patch is not known, the patch is found on the vmware forums.

PS: The method works successfully on all versions of the 2.6.24 kernel.