No Network after installing VMware Tools in Kubuntu 7.10 Guest

[Jackster]

Hey, I just installed Kubuntu 7.10 into a VM on my Macbook. The

networking works fine up until I install VMware Tools at which point

all the other VMware Tools things work like window resizing etc, but

the networking then seems to disappear. I get a little picture in the

bottom left of my screen with an unplugged cable and a little cross and the internet no longer works in the guest.

It's wierd because I've used Kubuntu 7.10 in VMware Fusion before and never had any problems with VMware Tools.

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Kubuntu but no joy, any ideas?

[Technogeezer]

Something is broken between Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" based releases and the version of VMware tools released in Fusion 1.1, resulting in Ubuntu's Network Manager becoming unable to configure the network. This did work in 7.04 and Fusion 1.0, though. Changes have been made to both so it's difficult to say which is the problem. (I've inspected the VMware vmxnet driver sources and it's had some significant changes between versions, and Ubuntu's had changes as well to the Network Manager)

Try configuring your network manually rather than relying on Network Manager in its default roaming settings. Open the Network Manager, and select the "Wired Connection". Click on the "Properties button, which brings up the properties. Uncheck the "Enable Roaming Mode" button, and set "Configuration" to "Automatic Configuration (DHCP). Hit the "OK" button and you will be returned to the "Properties" screen. Make sure the box next to the "Wired Connection" is a check and not a dash.

[Jackster]

Hi, thanks for replying.

I just installed Ubuntu there (replacing Kubuntu) to see if that would make a difference. Needless to say it didn't.

I've discovered a solution to the problem from Ubuntu's Launcpad:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/source/network-manager/bug/153635

Or more specifically:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/source/network-manager/bug/153635/comments/16

It seems that after disabling roaming some people, including myself, have to run these commands to get networking back up and running:

sudo ifconfig eth0 up

sudo dhclient

It also seems there's already a thread on this problem here:

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/118348?tstart=0

Thanks,

Jack