Same thing here. All rc.d -files are messed up by Workstation 8 install. My host is Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit.
VMWARE, FIX THIS BUG!
rc.d files after Workstation 8 install:
$ /bin/ls -A1 /etc/rc?.d/
/etc/rc0.d:
K01speech-dispatcher
K01vmware-workstation-server
K02bluetooth
K02vmware
README
S01halt
S01networking
S01sendsigs
S01umountfs
S01umountnfs.sh
S01umountroot
S01unattended-upgrades
S02urandom
/etc/rc1.d:
K01acpi-support
K01kerneloops
K01pulseaudio
K01saned
K01speech-dispatcher
K02bluetooth
README
S01dns-clean
S01killprocs
S01pppd-dns
S02single
/etc/rc2.d:
K01vmware-USBArbitrator
README
S01binfmt-support
S01bluetooth
S01dns-clean
S01kerneloops
S01pppd-dns
S01pulseaudio
S01rsync
S01saned
S01speech-dispatcher
S01sudo
S01vmware
S02acpi-support
S02vmware-workstation-server
S03grub-common
S03ondemand
S03rc.local
S50vmware-USBArbitrator
/etc/rc3.d:
K01vmware-USBArbitrator
README
S01binfmt-support
S01bluetooth
S01dns-clean
S01kerneloops
S01pppd-dns
S01pulseaudio
S01rsync
S01saned
S01speech-dispatcher
S01sudo
S01vmware
S02acpi-support
S02vmware-workstation-server
S03grub-common
S03ondemand
S03rc.local
S50vmware-USBArbitrator
/etc/rc4.d:
README
S01binfmt-support
S01bluetooth
S01dns-clean
S01kerneloops
S01pppd-dns
S01pulseaudio
S01rsync
S01saned
S01speech-dispatcher
S01sudo
S02acpi-support
S03grub-common
S03ondemand
S03rc.local
/etc/rc5.d:
K01vmware-USBArbitrator
README
S01binfmt-support
S01bluetooth
S01dns-clean
S01kerneloops
S01pppd-dns
S01pulseaudio
S01rsync
S01saned
S01speech-dispatcher
S01sudo
S01vmware
S02acpi-support
S02vmware-workstation-server
S03grub-common
S03ondemand
S03rc.local
S50vmware-USBArbitrator
/etc/rc6.d:
K01speech-dispatcher
K01vmware-workstation-server
K02bluetooth
K02vmware
README
S01networking
S01reboot
S01sendsigs
S01umountfs
S01umountnfs.sh
S01umountroot
S01unattended-upgrades
S02urandom
/etc/rcS.d:
README
S01apparmor
S01brltty
S01x11-common
S02pcmciautils
S02urandom
rc.d -files before Workstation 8 install:
/etc/rc0.d:
K20speech-dispatcher
K74bluetooth
README
S10unattended-upgrades
S20sendsigs
S30urandom
S31umountnfs.sh
S35networking
S40umountfs
S60umountroot
S90halt
/etc/rc1.d:
K15pulseaudio
K20acpi-support
K20kerneloops
K20saned
K20speech-dispatcher
K74bluetooth
README
S30killprocs
S70dns-clean
S70pppd-dns
S90single
/etc/rc2.d:
README
S20kerneloops
S20speech-dispatcher
S25bluetooth
S50pulseaudio
S50rsync
S50saned
S70dns-clean
S70pppd-dns
S75sudo
S90binfmt-support
S99acpi-support
S99grub-common
S99ondemand
S99rc.local
/etc/rc3.d:
README
S20kerneloops
S20speech-dispatcher
S25bluetooth
S50pulseaudio
S50rsync
S50saned
S70dns-clean
S70pppd-dns
S75sudo
S90binfmt-support
S99acpi-support
S99grub-common
S99ondemand
S99rc.local
/etc/rc4.d:
README
S20kerneloops
S20speech-dispatcher
S25bluetooth
S50pulseaudio
S50rsync
S50saned
S70dns-clean
S70pppd-dns
S75sudo
S90binfmt-support
S99acpi-support
S99grub-common
S99ondemand
S99rc.local
/etc/rc5.d:
README
S20kerneloops
S20speech-dispatcher
S25bluetooth
S50pulseaudio
S50rsync
S50saned
S70dns-clean
S70pppd-dns
S75sudo
S90binfmt-support
S99acpi-support
S99grub-common
S99ondemand
S99rc.local
/etc/rc6.d:
K20speech-dispatcher
K74bluetooth
README
S10unattended-upgrades
S20sendsigs
S30urandom
S31umountnfs.sh
S35networking
S40umountfs
S60umountroot
S90reboot
/etc/rcS.d:
README
S13pcmciautils
S25brltty
S37apparmor
S55urandom
S70x11-common
