According the release notes of new workstation 14.1 (here): On a Linux host with a post-4.13 kernel, the vmmon driver does not build successfully, which prevents VMware Workstation Pro from launching. This issue is resolved.
It wasn't resolved for me...
root@XXXXXXXXX:/home/XXXXXXXXX/Downloads# uname -a
Linux XXXXXXXXX 4.14.0-kali1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.14.2-1kali1 (2017-12-04) x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@XXXXXXXXX:/home/XXXXXXXXX/Downloads# vmware
(process:9979): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create directory '/run/user/0/dconf': Permissão negada. dconf will not work properly.
(process:9979): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create directory '/run/user/0/dconf': Permissão negada. dconf will not work properly.
(process:9983): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create directory '/run/user/0/dconf': Permissão negada. dconf will not work properly.
(process:9983): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create directory '/run/user/0/dconf': Permissão negada. dconf will not work properly.
Unexpected signal: 11.
VMware Workstation Error:
VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vmui)
Unexpected signal: 11.
A log file is available in "/tmp/vmware-root/vmware-ui-9361.log".
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