VMware tools crashing with root access in Ubuntu

[SterlingButters]

In trying to enable graphical root login with commands on Ubuntu 14.04.2:

sudo passwd root
sudo sh -c 'echo "greeter-show-manual-login=true" >> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf'

Portions of the VMware tools crash associated with lightdm

Is there any way to enable root access graphically at the login menu without conflicting with the VMware tools

[amzhang]

Hi SterlingButters,

Welcome to Fusion community, could you please let me know your Fusion version? Thank you.

I'd like to see if it can also be reproducible on my env.

Best Regards,

Amanda

[SterlingButters]

VMware 7.1.1

I was able to solve the problem with the following procedure:

Execute this command

sudo gedit /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf

Then add this statement

greeter-show-manual-login=true

Restart your machine and It should work.

However an error message exists at login but everything seems to work fine