I recently installed Kubuntu 14.04 LTS (3.19.0-25) 64-bit in a VMware virtual machine. After doing an apt- get upgrade<\/tt>, Shared Folders stopped working. When attempting to build and install VMware Tools, I saw compilation errors relating to f_dentry and d_alias.<\/p>\n
I fixed this using rasa’s VMware Tools patcher<\/a>. It’s a slick tool that automatically applies appropriate patches to the VMware Tools distribution.<\/p>\n Before using the script, I selected Install VMware Tools from the VMware menu. For whatever reason, the VM used \/media\/username<\/i>\/VMware Tools\/<\/tt>, and only after I selected “Open with File Manager” from the Kubuntu popup.<\/p>\n The exact commands I used on a fresh install were:<\/p>\n Looking back at the rasa code repository, it looks like I didn’t need to do all those steps. Instead, this should work on a clean install:<\/p>\n I recently installed Kubuntu 14.04 LTS (3.19.0-25) 64-bit in a VMware virtual machine. After doing an apt- get upgrade, Shared Folders stopped working. When attempting to build and install VMware Tools, I saw compilation errors relating to f_dentry and d_alias. … Continue reading cd ~\ntar xvzf \/media\/username\/VMware\\ Tools\\VMwareTools-9.6.5-2700074.tar-gz\n\nsudo apt-get install git\ngit clone https:\/\/github.com\/rasa\/vmware-tools-patches.git\ncd vmware-tools-patches\nmv ..\/vmware-tools-distrib .\n.\/patch.sh\n\ncd vmware-tools-distrib\nsudo .\/vmware-install.pl --default\n<\/pre>\n
cd ~\nsudo apt-get install git\ngit clone https:\/\/github.com\/rasa\/vmware-tools-patches.git\ncd vmware-tools-patches\n.\/patched-open-vm-tools.sh\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"