What should I set so that VMware tools is running after a guest reboots or comes back from sleep?

Posted by Thierry Lam on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Thierry Lam
Published on 2010-06-02T15:07:06Z Indexed on 2010/06/02 15:14 UTC
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On my Ubuntu 10.04 Server guest VM running from VMware fusion, the VMware tools doesn't seem to be running after a reboot or my computer comes back from stand-by or sleep(when I close my MacBook lid):

$ /etc/init.d/vmware-tools status
vmware-guestd is not running

I did try running it as a service but the tools would still not run after coming back from stand by:

sudo service vmware-tools start

Any ideas what I should do to make the tools run all the time? My Ubuntu Server can only be accessed from the CLI, I won't be able to try any GUI solution.

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