Apologies, the patch was incomplete. Please use the attached patch instead.
--- /etc/init.d/open-vm-tools.orig 2008-05-12 21:28:58.000000000 -0400 +++ /etc/init.d/open-vm-tools 2008-05-12 21:29:43.000000000 -0400 @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ log_daemon_msg "Loading open-vm-tools modules" log_progress_msg "vmhgfs"; modprobe vmhgfs log_progress_msg "vmmemctl"; modprobe vmmemctl + log_progress_msg "vmsync"; modprobe vmsync log_end_msg 0 if vmxnet_needed @@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ log_daemon_msg "Removing open-vm-tools modules" log_progress_msg "vmhgfs"; modprobe -r vmhgfs log_progress_msg "vmmemctl"; modprobe -r vmmemctl + log_progress_msg "vmsync"; modprobe -r vmsync log_end_msg 0 ;;