I just did this - and thought others might benefit:

vi /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.30/arch/x86/kernel/init_task.c

find this existing line:-

struct mm_struct init_mm = INIT_MM(init_mm);

and add this line after it:-

EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(init_mm); /* will be removed in 2.6.26 */

rebuild kernel (make; make install; reboot)

rpm -ivh VMware-server-1.0.9-156507.i386.rpm

cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/

tar xvfj /tmp/vmware-update-2.6.29-5.5.9-3.tar.bz2

cd vmware-update-2.6.29-5.5.9/

./runme.pl

cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/

tar xvf vmmon.tar

vi vmmon-only/Makefile

Comment-out ("#") lines 25 and 28, the "ifndef VMWARE_VER" and matching "endif" lines.

tar cvf vmmon.tar vmmon-only

vmware-config.pl