How to get vmware-toolbox to work on this VM?

[UlyssesOfEpirus]

Linux is running in this VM, specifically quantOS based on linux mint 11.  Installed the open-vm-toolbox package from the repos.

But when attempting to run vmware-toolbox, see attachment:

[continuum]

do you have
monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = 'true"
in your vmx-file ?
if yes - remove that line

[UlyssesOfEpirus]

No, this is what I have in the .vmx:

.encoding = "windows-1253"

displayName = "quantos"   

guestOS = "ubuntu"

#

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"

ethernet0.vnet = "VMnet6"           

ethernet0.virtualDev = "vlance"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"       

#               

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "7"

memsize = "1200"

MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "TRUE"

svga.autodetect = "FALSE"    # to not let vmware tools adjust values automatically

svga.maxWidth = 1680

svga.maxHeight = 1050

svga.vramSize = 7077888    # 6.75 MB. Min allowed = maxX * maxY * 4/(1024*1024) and

            # multiple of 65536 for windows guests

scsi0:0.filename = "systemDisk\disk.vmdk"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:1.filename = "swapDisk\disk.vmdk"

scsi0:1.mode = "independent-nonpersistent" #

scsi0:1.redo = ".\disk.vmdk.REDO_a02984"

scsi0:1.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:2.filename = "dataDisk\disk.vmdk"

scsi0:2.redo = ""

scsi0:2.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:3.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:3.fileName = "D:\DATA\Links\tempIso.iso"

scsi0:3.deviceType = "cdrom-image"

scsi0:3.startConnected = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

usb.present = "TRUE"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

serial0.present = "FALSE"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

sound.fileName = "-1"

# sound.virtualDev = "es1371"

# sound.virtualdev = "sb16"

sound.highPriority = "true"

pciSound.priorityBoost = "true"

tools.syncTime = "TRUE"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

tools.upgrade.policy = "manual"

###################

extendedConfigFile = "quantos.vmxf"

uuid.location = "56 4d 20 9d 12 a4 4e eb-cd dd ae 10 ee 7c 1b a8"

uuid.bios = "56 4d 20 9d 12 a4 4e eb-cd dd ae 10 ee 7c 1b a8"

checkpoint.vmState = ""

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:7c:1b:a8"

vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "7077888"

scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"

usb.pciSlotNumber = "17"

ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "18"

sound.pciSlotNumber = "19"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

[UlyssesOfEpirus]

And here's config.ini:

prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "50"

sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE"

prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE"

MemTrimRate = "0"

MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"

mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE"

mainMem.partialLazySave = "FALSE"

mainMem.partialLazyRestore = "FALSE"

priority.ungrabbed = "normal"

priority.grabbed = "high"

usb.generic.autoconnect = "FALSE"

vmplayer.searchbar = "FALSE"

devices.hotplug = "FALSE"