Hi:

       Here is the compile output when starting WS TP on Ubuntgu 12.10 kernel 3.4. Note teh services start afater the reported error. Perhaps the developers can make use of it

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Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-modconfig-6046.log
Stopping VMware services:
   VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done
   VM communication interface socket family                            done
   Virtual machine communication interface                             done
   Virtual machine monitor                                             done
   Blocking file system                                                done
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only'
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.4.0-3-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
      MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.0-3-generic'
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only/linux/block.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only/linux/control.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only/linux/file.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only/linux/inode.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only/linux/module.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only/linux/stubs.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only/linux/super.o
/tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.c: In function ‘FsOpReadSuper’:
/tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.c:528:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘d_alloc_root’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
/tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.c:528:15: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.0-3-generic'
make: *** [vmblock.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-eTN71U/vmblock-only'
Failed to build vmblock.  Failed to execute the build command.
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
filename:       /lib/modules/3.4.0-3-generic/misc/vmmon.ko
supported:      external
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author:         VMware, Inc.
srcversion:     82C3E2F35FB98323E59B083
depends:       
vermagic:       3.4.0-3-generic SMP mod_unload modversions
PID: 6041, log output: /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-ui-6041.log
USBGL: Connected to arbitrator socket: 12