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thetravellor
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OSX 10.9 Host with Windows 7 Guest: Fusion 6 Unity Mode, Copy and Paste and Mouse Between Host and Guest not working -

Hi,

Am at the point of replacing Vmware Fusion 6.02 with Parallels 9. I want to run in Unity mode, but cannot.

I have migrated my Windows 7 Sp1 Enterprise laptop into a Virtual machine using the vCenter Converter Standalone, while doing so I had the vCenter Converter install Vmware Tools on my new guest.

Moved guest to MacBook Pro 15 with a Retina screen (Late 2013 model).

Booted the Guest, started up fine. However

1. Unity mode is greyed out. I can run either in a single window or full screen. But Unity doesnt work.

2. Copy and paste either by CMD-C or CTRL-C do not work

3. The mouse does not transparently pass between guest and host. Need to use CTRL-CMD to release mouse each time

I have tried removing and reinstalling VMWARE Tools, with and without "run as administrator", also with rebooting.

I have tried repairing VMWARE Tools, also as administrator/ Rebooting.

vmtoolsd appears to be running as a service, visible in the Task manager, with no obvious crashes

Am I flogging a dead donkey? Should I give up and go buy Parallels for Coherence mode?

As an aside, I have Debian linux installed as a Guest also, and Unity Mode works just fine. Its just Windows 7 that will not work.

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thetravellor
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I since have discovered that Vmware Tools are indeed generating a constant error whenever the service starts, and so I presume they are not working correctly and are the cause of my problem(s)

This is what is found in the host logs

2013-12-11T00:26:17.559+10:00| VMware Fusion| I120: OnGuestCanRunUnityChanged: OS is not old Windows, checking Tools status. Version status: 0, running status: 0

2013-12-11T00:26:26.691+10:00| VMware Fusion| I120: OnGuestCanRunUnityChanged: OS is not old Windows, checking Tools status. Version status: 0, running status: 0

Any thoughts on how VMTools can be fixed?

Disappointing that its working so badly. My gut feel is that vmware tools do not work with the new Macbook Pro's pixel doubling high resolution retina displays.

This is the error:

[critical] [vmsvc:Glib-GObject] file ..\..\..\gobject\gsignal.c: line 3062: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

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and these warnings

LevelDate and TimeSourceEvent IDTask Category
Warning10/12/2013 22:16VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmtoolsd] Plugin path is not a directory: (null)\plugins\vmusr
Warning10/12/2013 22:16VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmusr] GuestApp_GetInstallPath: Unable to retrieve install path: The operation completed successfully
Warning10/12/2013 22:16VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning10/12/2013 22:15VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning10/12/2013 22:15VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:autoUpgrade] vmx returned Autoupgrade is not supported for guest.initiateUpgradeAtShutdown.
Warning10/12/2013 22:15VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmtoolsd] Plugin path is not a directory: (null)\plugins\vmusr
Warning10/12/2013 22:15VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmusr] GuestApp_GetInstallPath: Unable to retrieve install path: The operation completed successfully
Warning10/12/2013 22:15VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning10/12/2013 22:15VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning10/12/2013 22:08VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmtoolsd] Plugin path is not a directory: (null)\plugins\vmusr
Warning10/12/2013 22:08VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmusr] GuestApp_GetInstallPath: Unable to retrieve install path: The operation completed successfully
Warning10/12/2013 22:08VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning10/12/2013 22:06VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning10/12/2013 21:59VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:bitMapper] BitMapperGetBitmap: Unable to compute bitmaps.
Warning10/12/2013 21:59VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:bitMapper] Unable to Open Volume: q
Warning10/12/2013 21:59VMware Tools1000None"[ warning] [vmsvc:bitMapper] Access is denied.

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Warning10/12/2013 9:36VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmtoolsd] Plugin path is not a directory: (null)\plugins\vmusr
Warning10/12/2013 9:36VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmusr] GuestApp_GetInstallPath: Unable to retrieve install path: The operation completed successfully
Warning10/12/2013 9:36VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning10/12/2013 9:35VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning10/12/2013 9:35VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:autoUpgrade] vmx returned Autoupgrade is not supported for guest.initiateUpgradeAtShutdown.
Warning10/12/2013 8:10VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmtoolsd] Plugin path is not a directory: (null)\plugins\vmusr
Warning10/12/2013 8:10VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmusr] GuestApp_GetInstallPath: Unable to retrieve install path: The operation completed successfully
Warning10/12/2013 8:10VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning10/12/2013 8:02VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning10/12/2013 8:02VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:autoUpgrade] vmx returned Autoupgrade is not supported for guest.initiateUpgradeAtShutdown.
Warning10/12/2013 8:02VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmtoolsd] Plugin path is not a directory: (null)\plugins\vmusr
Warning10/12/2013 8:02VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmusr] GuestApp_GetInstallPath: Unable to retrieve install path: The operation completed successfully
Warning10/12/2013 8:02VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning10/12/2013 8:02VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning10/12/2013 7:45VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmtoolsd] Plugin path is not a directory: (null)\plugins\vmusr
Warning10/12/2013 7:45VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmusr] GuestApp_GetInstallPath: Unable to retrieve install path: The operation completed successfully
Warning10/12/2013 7:45VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning9/12/2013 23:43VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning9/12/2013 23:43VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:autoUpgrade] vmx returned Autoupgrade is not supported for guest.initiateUpgradeAtShutdown.
Warning9/12/2013 23:31VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmtoolsd] Plugin path is not a directory: (null)\plugins\vmusr
Warning9/12/2013 23:31VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmusr] GuestApp_GetInstallPath: Unable to retrieve install path: The operation completed successfully
Warning9/12/2013 23:31VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning9/12/2013 23:29VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning9/12/2013 23:29VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:autoUpgrade] vmx returned Autoupgrade is not supported for guest.initiateUpgradeAtShutdown.
Warning9/12/2013 23:28VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmtoolsd] Plugin path is not a directory: (null)\plugins\vmusr
Warning9/12/2013 23:28VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmusr] GuestApp_GetInstallPath: Unable to retrieve install path: The operation completed successfully
Warning9/12/2013 23:28VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning9/12/2013 23:28VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning9/12/2013 15:47VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmtoolsd] Plugin path is not a directory: (null)\plugins\vmusr
Warning9/12/2013 15:47VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmusr] GuestApp_GetInstallPath: Unable to retrieve install path: The operation completed successfully
Warning9/12/2013 15:47VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning9/12/2013 15:10VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning9/12/2013 15:10VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:autoUpgrade] vmx returned Autoupgrade is not supported for guest.initiateUpgradeAtShutdown.
Warning9/12/2013 10:16VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:powerops] Unable to send the status RPC.
Warning4/12/2013 16:08VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmtoolsd] Plugin path is not a directory: (null)\plugins\vmusr
Warning4/12/2013 16:08VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmusr] GuestApp_GetInstallPath: Unable to retrieve install path: The operation completed successfully
Warning4/12/2013 16:08VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning4/12/2013 16:07VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning4/12/2013 16:07VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:autoUpgrade] vmx returned Autoupgrade is not supported for guest.initiateUpgradeAtShutdown.
Warning4/12/2013 15:37VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:vmtoolsd] Plugin path is not a directory: (null)\plugins\vmsvc
Warning4/12/2013 15:37VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:vmsvc] GuestApp_GetInstallPath: Unable to retrieve install path: The operation completed successfully
Warning4/12/2013 15:37VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning4/12/2013 15:10VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmtoolsd] Plugin path is not a directory: (null)\plugins\vmusr
Warning4/12/2013 15:10VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:vmusr] GuestApp_GetInstallPath: Unable to retrieve install path: The operation completed successfully
Warning4/12/2013 15:10VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning4/12/2013 15:06VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning4/12/2013 15:06VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:autoUpgrade] vmx returned Autoupgrade is not supported for guest.initiateUpgradeAtShutdown.
Warning4/12/2013 15:06VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmsvc:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
Warning4/12/2013 15:06VMware Tools1000None[ warning] [vmusr:Glib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance
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thetravellor
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I have a workaround.

Have downgraded to Vmware Fusion 5 (needed to remove vmware fusion 6 tools and Shut the VM down completely before doing this)

Set the VM to Fusion 5 compatibility.

Unselected "Use full resolution on Retina Display"

Unity still doesnt work, but at least the vmtoolsd is not generating errors.

I will check back in with Fusion 6 in a few months, I presume by then Vmware will have fixed the tools.

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Hi thetravellor,

Thx for using Fusion.

Could you please give us more information that helps us identify the root cause? Thx in advance.

1. What's the machine type of your laptop where your original windows runs on? Such as Dell-Ins15RD-4526, Thinkpad X301 etc.

2. What kind of graphics card do you use?

3. After you downgrading to VMware Fusion 5, do you reinstall VMware tools? What's your VMware tools version now?

* you can get the vmware tools version by right clicking the vmware tools icon on windows notification area(right bottom of your desktop, it may in hidden icon list), and choose "About VMware Tools".

4. After you downgrading to VMware Fusion 5, does copy and paste either by CMD-C or CRTL-C work? Does mouse can pass transparently between host and guest?

Thx a lot for you great help.

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