I’ve faced this issue today in the morning after a fresh ubuntu 14.04 installation on my laptop. The issue occurs because vmware cannot configure the Ethernet module.
Virtual machine monitor done Virtual machine communication interface done VM communication interface socket family done Blocking file system done Virtual ethernet failed VMware Authentication Daemon done
to resolve the issue complete the following objectives:
open terminal
sudo gedit /tmp/filter.c.diff
copy the below content and save it
<code>205a206 > #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 13, 0) 206a208,210 > #else > VNetFilterHookFn(const struct nf_hook_ops *ops, // IN: > #endif 255c259,263 < transmit = (hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING); --- > #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 13, 0) > transmit = (hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING); > #else > transmit = (ops->hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING); > #endif </code>and carry out those commands
<code>sudo -E -s cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/ cp vmnet.tar vmnet.tar.original tar xvf vmnet.tar vmnet-only/filter.c patch vmnet-only/filter.c < /tmp/filter.c.diff tar -uvf vmnet.tar vmnet-only/filter.c rm -rf vmnet-only/</code>
and you are good to go! Starting VMware services: Virtual machine monitor done Virtual machine communication interface done VM communication interface socket family done Blocking file system done Virtual ethernet done VMware Authentication Daemon done Shared Memory Available done