VMWare Tools File Sharing Stops Working After Reboot

[EricFMA]

VMWare Fusion Professional Version 8.5.2

Mac OS 10.9.5

Linux 3.12.17  (Ubuntu 12.04)

VMware Tools 9.9.4 build-3193940

I have several Linux VMs which all have vmware tools installed. All is well, except that maybe 50% of the time, when I reboot a VM, the folder sharing doesn't work. Sometimes, /mnt/hgfs isn't even there.

So then I try various combinations of reinstalling or uninstalling/reinstalling until folder sharing works again.

It's a royal pain.

Anyone have any idea of what might be going on, and how I could fix it?

Thanks!

-Eric

P.S. Almost forgot to mention that the installer will often hang, and I have to kill and restart it, making things take even longer to get back into working order

[Darcyz]

Hi Eric,

Welcome to Fusion Community.

You need to reinstall your vmware-tools.

Actually you need to uninstall you open-vm-tools.  if still doesn't work, please let me know

How to install open-vm-tools?
In Terminal, run 'sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools'
How to check if open-vm-tools has been installed on Ubuntu?
In Terminal, run 'dpkg -l | grep open-vm-tools'
How to uninstall open-vm-tools?
1.Terminal and run 'sudo apt-get remove open-vm-tools'
Note: If 'open-vm-tools-dkms' installed, it is also needed to be removed.

How to uninstall open-vm-tools?

apt-get purge open-vm-tools-desktop  open-vm-tools

Thanks and Regards

[EricFMA]

Thanks for your reply!

I've been using the vmware tools supplied by VMWare. Is the open-vm-tools package the preferred tool set?

Thanks again

-Eric

[Darcyz]

Hi Eric

Welcome to Fusion Community Again.

For some guest OS , open-vm-tools is default to install, but from my view, suggest to install the vmware-tools to get better user experience.

Thanks and Regards