this script posted by tangramor in ubuntu forums solved my problem (vm workstation 8):
#!/bin/bash
if [[ $UID != 0 ]]; then
echo "Please run this script with sudo:"
echo "sudo $0 $*"
exit 1
fi
sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/linux/version.h
cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
sudo cp vmci.orig.tar vmci.tar
sudo cp -n vmci.tar vmci.orig.tar
sudo tar -xf vmci.tar
cd vmci-only/linux/
sudo sed '127s/.*/ .remove = vmci_remove_device,/' driver.c > driver.c.tmp
mv driver.c.tmp driver.c
sudo sed '1744s/.*/static int/' driver.c > driver.c.tmp
mv driver.c.tmp driver.c
sudo sed '1972s/.*/static void/' driver.c > driver.c.tmp
mv driver.c.tmp driver.c
cd ../..
sudo tar -cf vmci.tar vmci-only/
sudo rm vmci-only/ -Rf
sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
sudo rm /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/linux/version.h
echo "Done"