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Night81cal Lurker 1 posts since
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Jun 1, 2009 1:01 PM

OpenSolaris 2009.6 - Unable to install VMware Tools

 

Hi,

 

 

Have problems during installation of VMware Tools under OpenSolaris 2009.6:

 

 

 

 

 

Detected X.org version 7.4.3.

 

Unable to copy the source file

/usr/lib/vmware-tools/configurator/XOrg/7.4/vmware_drv.so to the destination

file /usr/X11/lib/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so.

 

Execution aborted.

 

root@MacBook_Solaris:/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib#

root@MacBook_Solaris:/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib# cd /usr/lib/vmware-tools/configurator/XOrg/

root@MacBook_Solaris:/usr/lib/vmware-tools/configurator/XOrg# ls -ltr

total 6

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4 2009-06-01 12:28 6.8.x

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4 2009-06-01 12:28 7.0

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4 2009-06-01 12:28 7.1

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4 2009-06-01 12:28 7.1_64

root@MacBook_Solaris:/usr/lib/vmware-tools/configurator/XOrg#

 

 

I also attached a screenshot.

 

 

As you can see the directory "/usr/lib/vmware-tools/configurator/XOrg/7.4" is missing (probably because the X.Org version is too new).

 

 

Is there a more current version of VMware Tools which includes the support for XOrg 7.4 version?

 

 

 

 

 

Niels

 

 

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LuvableMarmot Lurker 4 posts since
Jun 8, 2007
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1. Jun 3, 2009 8:11 PM in response to: Night81cal
Re: OpenSolaris 2009.6 - Unable to install VMware Tools

 

I'm having the same issue, using Version e.x.p (169060)

 

 

mauricev Enthusiast 137 posts since
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2. Jun 3, 2009 11:58 PM in response to: Night81cal
Re: OpenSolaris 2009.6 - Unable to install VMware Tools

 

To workaround this, make a symlink

 

 

ln -s  /usr/lib/vmware-tools/configurator/XOrg/7.1  /usr/lib/vmware-tools/configurator/XOrg/7.4

 

 

(For x64, use the 7.1_x64 directory.)

 

 

bewst Novice 13 posts since
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3. Jun 7, 2009 7:26 AM in response to: mauricev
Re: OpenSolaris 2009.6 - Unable to install VMware Tools

Taht workaround makes the installation complete, but doesn't seem to get me any of the Xorg features of vmware tools, e.g. mouse integration, resolution fit, etc.

Gen. K. Whale Lurker 4 posts since
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4. Jul 5, 2009 11:57 PM in response to: mauricev
Re: OpenSolaris 2009.6 - Unable to install VMware Tools

Yes, I also see that the workaround proposed above does make the failure message go away, but the vmware tools don't work at all. The vmware-user process does run when I log in, but none of the features work, as far as I can tell.

 

When I log into my desktop GUI on the Solaris box, I can see that vmware-guestd-binary and vmware-memctld are running, but not vmware-user. If I manually start vmware-user it complains:

 

vmware-user: failed to load vmblock

vmware-user: failed to start vmblock

 

...and then proceeds to do nothing.

 

Any other ideas how to fix this?

bewst Novice 13 posts since
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5. Jul 6, 2009 8:31 PM in response to: Gen. K. Whale
Re: OpenSolaris 2009.6 - Unable to install VMware Tools
dorofeev Novice 12 posts since
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6. Jul 10, 2009 3:10 PM in response to: bewst
Re: OpenSolaris 2009.6 - Unable to install VMware Tools

Please provide messages printed by the Solaris kernel when vmblock driver fails to load.

(bug 427212 was filed for this)<!EndFragment>

rosstimson Lurker 1 posts since
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7. Aug 19, 2009 2:03 AM in response to: Night81cal
Re: OpenSolaris 2009.6 - Unable to install VMware Tools

I have this problem as well.  I see there was a bug filed for this, is there anyway to be notified when this is fixed and a new compatible version is available?

rjm Lurker 2 posts since
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8. Sep 19, 2009 12:14 PM in response to: rosstimson
Re: OpenSolaris 2009.6 - Unable to install VMware Tools

 

Any update on a bug fix for opensolaris vmware tools install?

 

Unable to copy the source file

/usr/lib/vmware-tools/configurator/XOrg/7.4/vmware_drv.so to the destination

file /usr/X11/lib/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so.

rjm Lurker 2 posts since
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9. Sep 19, 2009 12:14 PM in response to: Night81cal
Re: OpenSolaris 2009.6 - Unable to install VMware Tools

Any update on a bug fix for opensolaris vmware tools install?

 

Unable to copy the source file

/usr/lib/vmware-tools/configurator/XOrg/7.4/vmware_drv.so to the destination

file /usr/X11/lib/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so.

lmurbina Lurker 1 posts since
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10. Sep 27, 2009 1:04 PM in response to: rjm
Re: OpenSolaris 2009.6 - Unable to install VMware Tools

I have the same issue... any updates on this?

bodger Lurker 2 posts since
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11. Oct 20, 2009 2:00 PM in response to: lmurbina
Re: OpenSolaris 2009.6 - Unable to install VMware Tools

I have this issue as well.  There are drivers for XOrg up to 7.5 for Linux, so it should just be a recompile of the updated vmware_drv and vmmouse_drv for Opensolaris.

Owyn Lurker 1 posts since
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12. Nov 10, 2009 10:44 PM in response to: Night81cal
Re: OpenSolaris 2009.6 - Unable to install VMware Tools

Bump. 

 

5 months later, this is still an issue... Just installed an opensolaris 10 guest on VMware Fusion 3 and the vmware tools will not install due to this.

Scissor Master User Moderators 1,933 posts since
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13. Nov 11, 2009 5:01 AM in response to: Owyn
Re: OpenSolaris 2009.6 - Unable to install VMware Tools

What about trying the "Open Virtual Machine Tools" as a workaround?  Their latest release was a month ago and supposedly supports solaris...Haven't tried it myself though.

 

http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/

bewst Novice 13 posts since
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14. Nov 11, 2009 5:33 AM in response to: Owyn
Re: OpenSolaris 2009.6 - Unable to install VMware Tools

I switched to VirtualBox and haven't looked back since.

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