Downloaded and installed player.
The first time you run it there are some final install steps it attempts, these failed on my box.
Enclosed contents of /tmp/vmware-root/setup-18752.log
Sep 06 15:07:30.795: app-140221509113632| Log for VMware Workstation pid=18752 version=7.1.4 build=build-385536 option=Release
Sep 06 15:07:30.795: app-140221509113632| The process is 64-bit.
Sep 06 15:07:30.795: app-140221509113632| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
Sep 06 15:07:30.795: app-140221509113632| Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-18752.log
Sep 06 15:07:30.869: app-140221509113632| modconf query interface initialized
Sep 06 15:07:30.869: app-140221509113632| modconf library initialized
Sep 06 15:07:30.905: app-140221509113632| Your GCC version: 4.6
Sep 06 15:07:30.914: app-140221509113632| Your GCC version: 4.6
Sep 06 15:07:30.927: app-140221509113632| Your GCC version: 4.6
Sep 06 15:07:30.960: app-140221509113632| Your GCC version: 4.6
Sep 06 15:07:30.971: app-140221509113632| Your GCC version: 4.6
Sep 06 15:07:31.009: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.013: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.016: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.018: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.019: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.042: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.045: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.048: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.052: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.055: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.062: app-140221509113632| Your GCC version: 4.6
Sep 06 15:07:31.074: app-140221509113632| Your GCC version: 4.6
Sep 06 15:07:31.124: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.127: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.130: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.134: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.137: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.162: app-140221509113632| Your GCC version: 4.6
Sep 06 15:07:31.184: app-140221509113632| Your GCC version: 4.6
Sep 06 15:07:31.240: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.244: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.247: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.248: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.250: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.359: app-140221509113632| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64.
Sep 06 15:07:31.360: app-140221509113632| Building module vmmon.
Sep 06 15:07:31.360: app-140221509113632| Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
Sep 06 15:07:31.383: app-140221509113632| Building module with command: /usr/bin/make -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only auto-build SUPPORT_SMP=1 HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/2.6.40.3-0.fc15.x86_64/build/include CC=/usr/lib64/ccache/gcc GREP=/usr/bin/make IS_GCC_3=no VMCCVER=4.6.0
Sep 06 15:07:32.267: app-140221509113632| Failed to compile module vmmon!
