VMware tools install for Ubuntu 7.10

[mcvosi]

When Fusion mounts the VMware tools, all I see when doing a file list is script code. There are no files. Very strange.

[mcvosi]

Well, after a couple other remount attempts it seems to have mounted properly.

[synapco]

Hi - looks like you were successful in mounting the "Tools" - could you tell me what steps you took?

Thanks!

[mcvosi]

Good question. I just kept trying to get it to mount properly, and it eventually worked. I don't have any clue to why it just started working, but it did. Try rebooting the VM and see if that helps.

[synapco]

MCVOSI: I have not downloaded and installed 7.10 yet. Just wondering what steps you took and did you set up a new VM for 7.10. As to "Tools" here is one of my past posts regarding installing "Tools" for Ubuntu. Yes I know you can go to the help files for Fusion and find some of the steps - this just happened to be easier and worked for me:

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It has been years since I last tried Linux. So I downloaded Ubuntu 7.04

and started searching this site on how to install VMware's Tools. While

there is documentation spread through several threads, I ran across a

review at www.macintouch.com/reviews/vmware.html that had a very good

explanation as to installing Tools. Part of this I am copying for quick

review. To review the entire article - cut and paste the link above.

Worked like a charm for me and I hope it can help others.

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Linux Support

VMware Fusion supports several major Linux distributions and includes

generic support for Linux 2.2, 2.4 and 2.6 kernels. (Linux kernel 2.2.0

was released in January 1999, so VMware should work with pretty much

every Linux currently in use.)

We tested Ubuntu, a popular Linux distribution, downloading both 7.04,

the latest version, and 6.06.1, which is a long-term supported version.

(Both are considered current.) Fusion's Setup Assistant knows about

Ubuntu and configures a VM for either version, but you'll have to

manually intervene in a few places to get full integration for version

7, and we discovered that version 6.06.1 doesn't integrate without a

lot of work.

We started Ubuntu 7.04 from an ISO CD image (another nice Fusion

feature) and ran the installer. It installed, then restarted... and

started from CD again. We explored Fusion's menus and window icons

until we discovered that "Use Physical Disk Drive" in the CD icon's

popup menu served to "eject" the virtual CD ISO image. This done, the

new Ubuntu install started up properly.

Unlike with Windows, VMware Fusion doesn't automatically install the

VMware Tools for Ubuntu 7.04; you must do it yourself. The process is

roughly as follows:

start the Terminal app (Applications menu -> Accessories -> Terminal)

type tar xvfz /media/cdrom0/VMwareTools-e.x.p-51348.tar.gz

type cd vmware-tools-distrib

type sudo ./vmware-install.pl

accept all defaults

exit shell, restart Ubuntu

This is not too difficult, but someone not already familiar with

installing software from a Unix command line and with Ubuntu's style of

mounting removable media could be completely stymied. On the other

hand, even without the VMware Tools installed, Ubuntu runs fine. But

the different mouse speed, and having to press a special key sequence

to exit the Ubuntu window, is inconvenient.

We could not install VMware Tools on Ubuntu 6.06.1. The default Ubuntu

6 install does not include development tools, and this meant that

VMware Tools couldn't find support libraries it required, so this is a

task more suited to Linux experts.

Once installed, VMware Tools provide drag-and-drop file exchange

between Ubuntu and Mac OS X, plus clipboard synchronization and clock

synchronization. We dragged Mac Word documents to the Ubuntu desktop

and double-clicked: OpenOffice fired right up. If you stick with the

latest version of your Linux distribution, we expect things will go

fairly smoothly.

[mcvosi]

OK, well, that was not my question as I already knew how to install the tools, provided I could get the tools disk mounted properly.

[nospamboz]

Yeah, the funny scripty thing happened to me with 7.10 RC. I was installing direct from the Ubuntu ISO image file.

It turned out that "install VMware tools" was using that image instead of the tools image.

Instead of using the "install tools" menu item, mount the Tools image manually via the "CD/DVD" menu. The ISO is:

/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/isoimages/linux.iso

Then you can get the tar.gz and proceed from there.

Mouse is still funny, though. Must be a xorg version thing.

[abovethewater]

This seems to be a problem with vmware tools being mounted over the top of another CD.

Just make sure your CDs are ejected before mounting the VMWare Tools - worked for me the few times I have tried installing the tools (another issue..) and had problems mounting the Tools.

[rcardona2k]

This seems to be a problem with vmware tools being mounted over the top of another CD.

Just make sure your CDs are ejected before mounting the VMWare Tools - worked for me the few times I have tried installing the tools (another issue..) and had problems mounting the Tools

Yes at a minimum when you're done with done with a CD in Ubuntu, right-click the CD and choose Eject, or use eject on the command-line. umount /media/cdrom works too.

If you attempt to prematurely disconnect a CD that Ubuntu has mounted, you should see the message: "The guest operating system has locked the CD-ROM door and is probably using the CD-ROM, which can prevent the guest from recognizing media changes. If possible, eject the CD-ROM from inside the guest before disconnecting. Disconnect anyway (and override the lock)?"

If you see that message, click No and go into Ubuntu and eject the cd. If you don't see the cd icon on the desktop, you can type eject in Applications > Terminal.

[DPrevite]

I had the same problem, just eject/unmount any disc image already loaded and then try and mount vmware tools.