I just upgraded my laptop to the latest beta of Kubuntu 15.10. When I try to start vmware it simply does nothing. No messages, no errors, no flashes, no nothing. I ran an strace against it and it was fairly short given that strace produces a lot of output and did not see anything out of the ordinary. I have added it to pastbin at : strace vmware 12 startup - Pastebin.com.
Kernel: Linux paullap 4.2.0-12-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 28 18:36:22 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I tried starting vmware 11 with the 4.2 patch and rebuilt modules and vmware 12 pro. Workstation and Player respond identically.
Any assistance would be much appreciated.