VMware Workstation 12 vmmon not found or not loaded

On Ubuntu 12.04, I have been happily using VMware Workstation 6. Then, one умер day, this ошибка occurred when starting в VM:

Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory.
Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded.
Failed to initialize monitor device.

гm not sure of the reason, but it could be, purely speculative, due to upgrading the Nvidia драйвер (it was akin to в visit to the dentist's office, so please do not tell я to mess around again with the graphic драйвер.)
In pursuit of в resolution, I updated to VMware Workstation 12 using the GUI installer.

gksudo bash xxxxx.bundle  

I assume it was smart enough to uninstall the older версия before proceeding to installing the new версия. All is good, except the same problem above occured when I tried to start в виртуальный machine. Indeed, эксперт counselled, I could not find the file or directory/dev/vmmon in my system (this is also true before reinstalling to the newer версия.)
Following another wise counsel, I tried:

sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

The full output (lest I be downvoted for lack of providing detail) is such:

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 kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only'
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.13.0-49-generic/build/include/..    SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-49-generic'
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/common/apic.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/common/task.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
/tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function   ‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:
/tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1983: warning: the frame size of 1280 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
WARNING: "mcount" [/tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko] undefined!
  CC      /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-49-generic'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
      MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmmon-only'
Using kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only'
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.13.0-49-generic/build/include/..     SUBDIRS=$PWD     SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-49-generic'
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only/driver.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only/hub.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only/userif.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only/netif.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only/bridge.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only/procfs.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only/smac.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only/vmnet.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
WARNING: "mcount" [/tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko] undefined!
  CC      /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-49-generic'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only'
cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-ha12A3/vmnet-only'
Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor                                            failed
   Virtual machine communication interface                             done
   VM communication interface socket family                            done
   Blocking file system                                                done
   Virtual ethernet                                                   failed
   VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done
Unable to start services

I see в couple of warning messages but не errors, hence baffling indeed the вступите в брак of the missing and unloadable vmmon.

Following other counsels:

>> sudo /etc/init.d/vmware restart
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
Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor                                            failed
   Virtual machine communication interface                             done
   VM communication interface socket family                            done
   Blocking file system                                                done
   Virtual ethernet                                                   failed
   VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done

>> sudo modprobe vmmon
FATAL: Error inserting vmmon (/lib/modules/3.13.0-49-generic/misc/vmmon.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

Thy wise counsel I desperately seeketh.