uname -a
Linux fizban 2.6.22-gentoo-r8 #1 Sun Oct 7 15:41:34 EDT 2007 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
fizban monte # ls -ld /usr/src/linux
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Oct  7 16:05 /usr/src/linux -> linux-2.6.22-gentoo-r8
fizban monte # 
 /etc/init.d/vmware stop
 * Stopping VMware services:                                              [ ok ]
 *   Virtual machine monitor                                              [ ok ]
 *   Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0                                    [ ok ]
 *   Virtual ethernet                                                     [ ok ]
fizban monte # /opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware-config.pl 
Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped.

 * WARNING:  vmware has not yet been started.

Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries.

You have already setup networking.

Would you like to skip networking setup and keep your old settings as they are?
(yes/no) [yes] 

 * Starting VMware services:                                              [ ok ]
 *   Virtual machine monitor                                              [ !! ]
 *   Virtual ethernet                                                     [ !! ]
 *   Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0                                    [ !! ]

The configuration of VMware Workstation 5.5.5 build-56455 for Linux for this 
running kernel completed successfully.

You can now run VMware Workstation by invoking the following command: 
"/opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware".

Enjoy,

--the VMware team
 /opt/vmware/workstation/bin/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.

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