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CharlesBH
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Can anyone suggest how to resolve VMTools Installation Problem?

Installed VMPlayer 3.0 12/2010, but don't think I have VMTools. When trying to install VMTools, get this message, "VMware Tools installation cannot be started manually while Easy Install is in progress". Don't know how to resolve /finish easy install or verify whether VMTools is actually installed.

I've been running Unbuntu linux (Karmic Koala) as the guest OS under Windows XP, SP3 and having recent trouble in file sharing. Hoping VMTools will help with file sharing.

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WoodyZ
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After logging is as root, and cd'ing to /media/cdrom1 (already mounted), I cannot untar/zip the tools tqr.gz file

When I follow the instructions (tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-8.1.4-227600.tar.gz) , I get the following:

You're not following the directions properly.

You should not be changing to the /media/cdrom1 directory.

You should be changing to the /tmp directory and then execute the tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-8.1.4-227600.tar.gz command.

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Easy Install creates a virtual FDD "autoinst.flp" in the VM's folder. Edit the VM's settings and detach this file from the FDD drive and delete the file or move it to another folder.

André

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CharlesBH
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Thanks for the previous suggestion which worked. Still having a problem though.

I'm now following instructions per the following site to install VMTools and ran into a snag.

file:///C:/Program%20Files/VMware/VMware%20Player/help/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm#href=t_install_tools_from_command_line_with_tar_or_rpm.html

After logging is as root, and cd'ing to /media/cdrom1 (already mounted), I cannot untar/zip the tools tqr.gz file

When I follow the instructions (tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-8.1.4-227600.tar.gz) , I get the following:

Cannot open:No such file or directory

tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

tar: Child returned status 2

tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

--If I try gunzip on this *gz file, I get "Read-only file system"

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WoodyZ
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After logging is as root, and cd'ing to /media/cdrom1 (already mounted), I cannot untar/zip the tools tqr.gz file

When I follow the instructions (tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-8.1.4-227600.tar.gz) , I get the following:

You're not following the directions properly.

You should not be changing to the /media/cdrom1 directory.

You should be changing to the /tmp directory and then execute the tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-8.1.4-227600.tar.gz command.

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CharlesBH
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Where should the binary files for VMware Tools be installed?

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CharlesBH
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Thanks for the help. I'm just following default suggestions for dirs.

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plc775
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I had / am having similar difficulties.

What happened when you did the mount command without arguments ?

Did it give you a directory where you found the VMware Tools Zip file ?

Mine gave me /media/cdrom0 and it had nothing in it, because ...

The .iso file to which I was connected was NOT the correct linux.iso file.

Once connected to the proper .iso file, the /media/cdrom0 file populated just fine.

Unfortunately when I unzipped the tar ball, I got a stdin error and am waiting to see what was causing that.

Hope you have better luck than I did.

Patrick

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plc775
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I had / am having similar difficulties.

What happened when you did the mount command without arguments ?

Did it give you a directory where you found the VMware Tools Zip file ?

Mine gave me /media/cdrom0 and it had nothing in it, because ...

The .iso file to which I was connected was NOT the correct linux.iso file.

Once connected to the proper .iso file, the /media/cdrom0 file populated just fine.

Unfortunately when I  unzipped the tar ball, I got a stdin error and am waiting to see what was causing that.

Hope you have better luck than I did.

Patrick

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