KEM PISETH

Open Vmware Tools May 24, 2011

Open Vmware Tools:
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1. Obtain the build prerequisities

sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools build-essential open-vm-toolbox

2. Run module assistant to build the modules

sudo m-a

3. Choose select and activate open-vm

4. Click okay, then select build

5. Once it completes it will ask if you want to install. Choose yes, then quit out of m-a and reboot.

6. After a reboot check to see that the vm modules inserted into the kernel properly.

vmware@vmware-desktop:~$ lsmod | grep vm
vmsync                  5104  0
vmmemctl               10120  0
vmhgfs                 59080  0
vmci                   33952  0

If you see the 4 modules listed above then you should have functioning copy/paste, auto-resolution switching, and even shared folders. However, to enable shared folders you’ll need to follow these steps:

1. Enable shared folders and add a folder in the VM settings
2. Run this command:

sudo mount -t vmhgfs -v -o ro .host:/sharedfoldername /path/to/mnt