emerge pciutils mkinitrd
mkdir /etc/rc.d
cd /etc/rc.d
for i in seq 0 6; do mkdir rc$i.d; done
File -> Install VMware Tools
mount /mnt/cdrom
cd /tmp
tar xvfz /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-3.5.0-158874.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib/
./vmware-install.pl
All defaults with the exception of: * /etc/rc.d -> location of the rc.d directories * /etc/init.d -> location of the init scripts
When prompted to run vmware-tools-config, decline
rc-update add vmware-tools default
/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl
Verify that everything compiles without error. Reboot, and verify that VMware tools are reported as running in the VI console.
Note: This was tested and found working under VMware VI 3.5.x with Gentoo x86_64, kernel 2.6.27-gentoo-r8.