gentoo ~ # vmware
vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
for this system. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command:
/opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware-config.pl.

gentoo ~ # vmware-config.pl
Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped.

 * ERROR:  "vmware" has not yet been started.
Unable to stop services for VMware Workstation

Execution aborted.

gentoo ~ # /etc/init.d/vmware start
 * Re-caching dependency info (mtimes differ)...
 * VMware Workstation is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
 * for the running kernel. To (re-)configure it, invoke the
 * following command: /opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware-config.pl.
 * VMware is not properly configured! See above.                                                                                                       [ !! ]gentoo ~ # vmware-config.pl
Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped.

 * ERROR:  "vmware" has not yet been started.
Unable to stop services for VMware Workstation

Execution aborted.

gentoo ~ #