Hi,
try call vmware-config-tools.pl --help
Thats not clear see, no mention how to do that
VMware Tools 9.4.0 build-1399439 configurator.
Usage: vmware-config-tools.pl [OPTION]...
Options
-d, --default Automatically answer questions with the
proposed answer.
-c, --compile Force the compilation of kernel modules.
-p, --prebuilt Force the use of pre-built kernel modules.
--preserve Always preserve user-modified configuration
files.
--overwrite Always overwrite user-modified configuration
files.
-m, --modules-only Only rebuild/install kernel modules and skip
all other configuration steps (including
system configuration for the kernel modules).
NOTE: This flag will only work after the system
has been configured to work with the VMware
kernel modules at least once.
-k, --kernel-version <version>
Build/install modules for the specified kernel
version. Implies --compile and --modules-only.
--clobber-kernel-modules=<module1,module2,...>
Overrides any VMware related modules installed
by other installers or provided by your distro
and installs the modules provided by this
installer. This is a comma seperated list
of modules.
--clobber-xorg-modules Skips the Xorg module version comparison tests
and installs the VMware shipped Xorg modules.
Command line arguments: The acceptable characters are:
The letters A, B, C, ...
The letters a, b, c, ...
The numbers 0, 1, 2, ...
and the special characters '_', '-', ',' and '='.
Hi,
for example:
vmware-config-tools.pl -d -c
It appears that "vmware-config-tools.pl -d -c" won't enable the "automatic kernel modules" option if it is not enabled by default (which it isn't).