Open Meai1 opened 7 years ago
In desktop VMs (that is VMs that have a graphical UI installed), there should be two vmtoolsd processes running. One is for the system and does for example power oerations. It runs as root. You can start it with the command:
/usr/bin/vmtoolsd -b
or
/usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd -b /var/run/vmtoolsd.pid
, if you built from source with default options.
The '-b' option makes it runs as a daemon, ideal for init scripts (not for systemd and upstart).
For copy/paste, dnd and resolutionSet there should be another process running with the "-n vmusr" option. This runs with the user's privileges. Ideally, this is started automatically when the user logs into the GUI. You can start it manually with
vmware-user-suid-wrapper
Or to start it automatically, add a file /etc/xdg/autostart/vmware-user.desktop
with this content:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=/usr/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper
Name=VMware User Agent
X-KDE-autostart-phase=1
For the vmhgfs error: please make sure that you have sharing enabled for that VM in WS or Fusion, and have selected a folder to share.
When I try vmware-user-suid-wrapper
it says: "vmware-user: could not open /proc/fs/vmblock/dev"
You need the fuse mount for vmblock as well (sorry for not mentioning that earlier). Also, the vmware-user-suid-wrapper needs the suid bit set. You can use these steps:
#!/bin/bash
echo "mounting vmblock-fuse"
sudo modprobe fuse
sudo mkdir -p /var/run/vmblock-fuse
sudo /usr/local/bin/vmware-vmblock-fuse -o subtype=vmware-vmblock,default_permissions,allow_other /var/run/vmblock-fuse
echo "starting vmtoolsd"
sudo /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd --background /var/run/vmtoolsd.pid
echo "setting suid bit for vmware-user-suid-wrapper"
sudo chmod u+s /usr/local/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper
echo "starting vmusr process"
/usr/local/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper
To share folders, make sure you have sharing enables in WS/Fusion, and follow the steps as outlined by @lousybrit at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/issues/147#issuecomment-285737514 .
I observe that /var/run/vmblock-fuse
doesn't exist on Kali 2017.3 (i386). vmtoolsd
is running, and the suid bit is in-place for vmware-user-suid-wrapper
. But without the directory, vmware-vmblock-fuse
won't mount. And /var/run
is a symlink to /run
, which is a tmpfs
ramdisk. I don't see anything that creates this directory during boot. Steps from @oliverkurth above work.
Thanks @oliverkurth for your advice. I got the copy-and-paste working in VMware14/Win7 host running Linux/Ubuntu16.04 guest OS but I always have to run vmware-user-suid-wrapper
script manually after login to my system. Eventually I added to my $HOME/.profile
file this:
# VMware: ensure that copy/paste and drag/drop are working
# - this should be run from xdg/desktop settings but it doesn't happen in this guest :(
[[ -x /usr/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper ]] && /usr/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper
to make it run automatically after login and while the X/lightdm is starting.
I was just wondering what could be the reason for the /etc/xdg/autostart/vmware-user.desktop
not working. I have that file excatly with that content that you posted in the above comment, but still it doesn't work. It might be caused by how the VMware14 in Win7/host boots my Linux guest, but am not sure.
This is ridiculous. Five years later, I still can't find a single working solution that allows me to paste into a VMware machine. I'm trying to configure a server and I have to type huge code blocks by hand. It's asking for errors and misconfigurations. There needs to be a working implementation of copy/paste between host and guest or this system is not usable for any serious purpose.
lol i still have the same problem - i find myself here searching for the mythical copy/paste solution that randomly stops in vmware workstation
For example, the readme only says:
Ok but what do I need to start to make this work? Same with copy+paste.
I tried starting vmtoolsd, but it doesnt seem to do anything. Not sure, copy paste or resize doesnt work while it's running. I tried starting the vmghfs-fuse binary but it said: Error -107: cannot open connection. I dont know what to do. I want copy+paste/resolutionSet and shared folders to work.