create file vmware-checktools , touch vmware-checktools , contents of file below,
#! /bin/bash
# Following lines auto-recompile VM Tools when kernel updated
VMToolsCheckFile="/lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/.vmware_installed"
VMToolsVersion=`vmware-config-tools.pl --help 2>&1 | awk '$0 ~ /^VMware Tools [0-9]/ { print $3,$4 }'`
printf "\nCurrent VM Tools version: $VMToolsVersion\n\n"
if [[ ! -e $VMToolsCheckFile || `grep -c "$VMToolsVersion" $VMToolsCheckFile` -eq 0 ]]; then
[ -x /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl ] && \
printf "Automatically compiling new build of VMware Tools\n\n" && \
/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl --default && \
printf "$VMToolsVersion" > $VMToolsCheckFile && \
rmmod pcnet32
rmmod vmxnet
depmod -a
modprobe vmxnet
fi
copy the file vmware-checktools into the directory /etc/init.d , cp vmware-checktools /etc/init.d
change permissions on the file, chmod 755 /etc/init.d/vmware-checktools
create symbolic link in startup directory to the script, ln -s /etc/init.d/vmware-checktools /etc/rc3.d/S09vmware-checktools
