Questions tagged [vmware-tools]
VMware tools is a software installed in the guest operating system when using VMware Player, Workstation or ESX software for virtualization. It provides additional features such as network and video acceleration.
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How to install VMware Tools in Ubuntu
I installed Ubuntu 23.04 as a Guest OS on VMware Workstation. Please let me know how install VMware Tools.
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Install VMware tools
I have an ubuntu vm on VMware ESXi, When I try to install VMware tools it is grayed out, I make sure it is not installed.
Note: I install Ubuntu server 23.04 from USB stick.
Also there no internet ...
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How to enable copy paste between Mac M1 and Ubuntu server 22.0
I am using Vmware fusion 13 on Mac M1. Im trying to copy paste and have tried different solutions but all in vain. In isolation, copy paste is enabled. I have also reinstalled VM tools. But nothing ...
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Ubuntu Server 20.04 in VMware Workstation (Windows Host); open-vm-tools isn't working?
I don't think open-vm-tools is working in this Ubuntu Server 20.04 guest.
Small screen in runtime. Paste isn't working.. But I see vmtoolsd with a ps aux | grep vmtoolsd running.. :shrugs ?
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Ubuntu 22.04 OVA Cloud Image does not get a DHCP IPv4 address in vSphere
I imported both Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 OVA into vSphere like this:
govc import.ova -name ubuntu-20.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-md -folder vm/DIA_RnD/RMD/buildenvironment/templates https://cloud-images....
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kcore file on /proc/ 128tb
my vm with windows with shared folders and my ubuntu showing the file on KDE Dolphin
/proc/kcore - 128TB
a link to the file
ok, i creating a project in a Windows VM, the Linux+Windows, copying my host ...
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Export or convert files [ovf - mf - vmdk] to img
An exported VM of which I have 3 files.
os.mf
os.ovf
os-disk1.vmdk
I want to convert this to a * .img image
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How do I mount shared folders in Ubuntu (version >= 18.04) using VMware tools?
(migrating this ticket to have correct answer for recent Ubuntu-s. Originally asked here, but most answers are obsolete.)
I've successfully installed VMware tools for Ubuntu. Everything seems to work ...
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Why can't I SSH in to my Ubuntu VM anymore?
I have a couple Debian based Linux distributions running on VMware Workstation Player on Windows 10. I used to be able to SSH in to the virtual machine from the host machine from a PowerShell or ...
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VMware tools could not locate components on 20.04
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 host and I tried to install VMware tools on MacOS 10.15 guest.
When I tried to press "Install VMware tools", It shows Could not find component on update server. ...
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How to uninstall VMWARE-VMRC
I have this error when I try to uninstall using vmware-installer -u vmware-vmrc
/usr/bin/vmware-installer: line 421: 8988 Segmentation fault (core dumped) LC_ALL="C" VMWARE_INSTALLER=&...
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How to convert ubuntu 20.04 physical machine to virtual machine in vmware
I tried following this link but after doing half of the process the convertion failed in 97% saying grub failed and it does not work later got to know that vcenter conversion works only till ubuntu ...
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File has unexpected size (250 != 140516). Mirror sync in progress? [duplicate]
I have had a Ubuntu 19.04 system. I upgraded it to 20.04 some how I found Vmware tools were not giving desired results. So I decided to upgrade previously installed vmware tools. So I did following.
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VMWare Failed to start on Ubuntu 18.04
This is Error output from "systemctl status vmware" command :
● vmware.service - LSB: This service starts and stops VMware services
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/vmware; generated)
Active: failed ...
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VMware issue after Kernel Update
has anyone had an issue with VMware after updating to Linux A 5.0.5-050005-generic?
I have tried everything, I can think of and find.
Thanks.
Makefile:1553: recipe for target 'module/tmp/modconfig-...
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Unable to run vmware tools with Ubuntu 16.04 on Workstation 14.1.2
I have installed VMware tools 10.2.5 successfully. When I reboot the VM for some reason VMware tools does not run correctly. I tried restarting VMware tools with sudo /etc/init.d/vmware-tools restart ...
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Can't install vmware tools after update - Lubuntu 16.04
I applied some system updates and after the updates I realized that copy&paste wasn't working anymore. I remembered that this usually happens after a kernel upgrade.
I tried reinstalling open-...
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Enable wmtools on 32 bit Ubuntu
I have installed 32 bit Ubuntu 14 in vmware virtual machine. Unfortunatly I can't copy/paste with host machine. I tried to install open vmtools:
sudo aptitude install open-vm-tools
Got answer is ...
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Restart vmware tools
Sometimes my Ubuntu virtual machine looses copy/paste from windows host functionality. I'm too lazy restart whole machine. How to restart just vmware tools?
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I cannot install vmware tools
I'm using VMWare Workstation 14 with Ubuntu 16.04 on it. When I go into Player>Manage and attempt to click "Install VMWare Tools" I am unable to. It is faded out as shown in the picture:
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Searching for a valid kernel header path in Ubuntu 16.04 VMware [duplicate]
I'm using a Ubuntu VM. Very recently I upgraded the system from Ubuntu 15.04 to 16.04. While installing ./vmware-tools.pl, I get the following line:
Searching for a valid kernel header path...
The ...
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Copy/paste not working in Vmware
I run my Ubuntu in a VMWare virtual machine that is hosted by Win10. Vmware tools is installed.
I can't copy from notepad in Windows and paste into Ubuntu applications. Vice versa works fine. The ...
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Is sudo required for installing VMware Tools?
I'm trying to install VMware Tools in Ubuntu 16.04. Should I do this by using sudo? Why?
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Black screen after login running on VMware Workstation when resolution too high
I have Ubuntu 14.04 running in a VMware Workstation VM. While attempting to resize some partitions I decided I needed to get shared folders to work properly, so I clicked VM > Reinstall VMware ...
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No Mouse/Keyboard interaction in new Ubuntu install with xfce4 (VirtualMachine)
I'm running Ubuntu-Server 16.04.2 LTS in VMware-Workstation-12-Player.
I installed
sudo apt install xfce4
and
sudo apt install open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop
when I now start the X-Server by
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Issue running the VMware tools configuration in Ubuntu 17.10 VM
When I start the vmware-config-tools.pl perl script after the installation, I receive the message (process:3679): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_file_test: assertion 'filename != NULL' failed.
Additionally, ...
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How to uncompress VMware tools file with tar
I'm attempting to install VMware tools on a Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS vm and I get the following message:
Make sure that you are logged in to the guest OS. Mount the virtual cd drive in the guest, launch ...
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How is it possible to install VMware tools on a guest, without host access?
I have TeamViewer access to a VMware virtual machine, which is running Ubuntu.
I would like to install VMware tools on it, but I can't, because all of the tutorials start with: Mount an image...
I ...
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Install VMware Tools on Ubuntu machine [closed]
Trying to install VMWare tools on Ubuntu 10 that is running in VMWare machine. Tools are mounted on /media/VMware Tools
I do:
sudo sh run_upgrade.sh
but got :
exec: 1: 10: not found
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Mounting VMware shared folders on Ubuntu - ANSWER
There are many pages on this, but they are not all careful to distinguish WHICH set of vmware tools they are describing. There are two sets that are quite different:
The apt package open-vm-tools (...
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sddm not starting after upgrade to 16.04, gnome and kde both installed
I upgraded a VM Ware virtual machine from 15.10 to 16.04.
Services are up but the desktop is not, and the log messages are not very helpful.
I am not sure if it's related to sddm settings, xorg, or ...
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Can't get VMware-tools to work (copy&paste and shared folders)
I've googled tried reinstall, many different things but copy&paste or shared folders won't work. What works is windows scaling, eg I can make window full screen it it is adjusted correctly which ...
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Getting shared folders working in vmware fusion 8.1.0 and ubuntu 14.04
Yes, I've seen the other answers. Either they don't work or they do un-recommended things like installing the old deprecated VMWare Tools
I'm looking for a solution that uses the recommended open-vm-...
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open-vm-tools doesn't resize display
I am running Ubuntu 15.10 in VMware Workstation 12 Player on Windows 7. Since VMware has stopped updating VMware Tools or something, I have to use open-vm-tools. Unfortunately, it doesn't resize the ...
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Unable to mount windows share under vmplayer 12
So this feels like one of those common problems where the suggested solutions just fail to apply to my situation.
I have an Ubuntu 14.04 installation running on wmplayer 12 under windows 7. I have ...
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Cannot Install VMware Tools in 15.10 VM, due to Easy Install being in progress
Good evening.
I want to upgrade the VMware Tools on a Virtual Machine to be able to see full-screen Ubuntu 15.10. When I attempt to install the tools manually, however, I get the following error:
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Copy/paste and drag&drop not working in VMware machine with Ubuntu
Suddenly copy/paste stopped working from/to Windows 8 host computer to/from ubuntu virtual machine. Ubuntu restart did not help. I tried command:
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools
But got report I ...
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VMware tools not working 14.04
So I upgraded my distro from 12.10 to 14.04 and VMware tools now no longer works.
I've recompiled with the new 3.13 kernel, I've tried uninstalling and installing again, nothing seems to be working. ...
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How can I automatically start vmware tools?
I'm able to run vmware tools by issuing the following command after startup:
sudo /usr/bin/vmware-user
I'm trying to automate and have this happen when I start up. When I place the above command in ...
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VMware 5 Player - Ubuntu 14.04 guest autofit - open-vm-tools
I would like to have an Ubuntu 14.04 guest autofit the VMware Player 5 window. It works with the VMware provided Tools (if you unpack/setup), but VMware recommends using open-vm-tools, as it is fully ...
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Copy and paste between Mac and Ubuntu using keyboard shortcuts via VMware Fusion
I use OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 and have VMware Fusion 7.1.1 where Ubuntu 14.04 has been installed. Moreover, I have installed VMware Tools patches.
Copy and paste between Mac and Ubuntu using keyboard ...
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Errors of installing VMware-tools
Previously, I post a question about an error of installing VMware-tools in a Ubuntu under a virtual machine. I have not got any solution yet.
So I installed another Ubuntu 14.04 LTS under the virtual ...
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VMWare Tools Won't Install on Edubuntu (on VMware Workstation)
I can install Edubuntu on workstation 11 but i cannot get VMware tools installed probably to get the display and network devices working properly.
Can anyone help or advise?
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vmware tools installation problem
I just installed XUbuntu on my Vmware Workstation.
After I saw, that I can't change display settings (resolution), I try to install VMware Tools. But - after I run vmware-install.pl, I get a message:
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Installing vmware tools on Ubuntu host?
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit, and using vmware player to run Windows 7 32 bit as guest with vmware tools installed.
I can't get the shared clipboard to run!
I found that I must also install ...
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VMWare Windows 7 (host) Ubuntu 14.04 (guest) shared folder won't mount
I have a windows 7 with vmware workstation 9, and I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 on it.
I configured the shared folder in the VM/settings menu, and I can see it in the Ubuntu when doing vmware-hgfsclient. ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 and VMWare: cannot install hgfs
I have patched official VMWare tools with https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches
These patches were required to compile VMWqare tools under Ubuntu 14.04 without compilation errors.
Than I listed ...
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VMware Tools "Unable to start services"
I am unable to get vmware tools to work in xubuntu guest, on vmware workstation 10 on windows 8.1 host. I keep getting this message below:
Disabling timer-based audio scheduling in pulseaudio.
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Lubuntu 13.10 - can't install VMware tools
Some days ago I installed Lubuntu 13.10 (on VMware Server). Now I want to install vmware-tools, but after running ./vmware-install.pl -d, I get:
The following VMware kernel modules have been found on ...
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Unable to install vmware tools and get VM full-screen
I am running Ubuntu 13.04 with VMware player 6 and I cannot get the VM to full screen or install the VMware tools on the VM. The VM is Windows 7. any ideas on how to full screen the VM?
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