VMWare Tools for Ubuntu Hardy

Question

I've been having a very tough time with VMWare tools for Ubuntu Hardy.

For some reason, vmware-install.pl finds fault with my linux headers. Saying the "address space size" doesn't match. I have resorted to vmware-any-any-update117 and here is the error I am getting now:

    In file included from include/asm/page.h:3,
           from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/hostKernel.h:56,
           from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/task.c:30:
    include/asm/page_32.h: In function ‘pte_t native_make_pte(long unsigned int)’:
    include/asm/page_32.h:112: error: expected primary-expression before ‘)’ token
    include/asm/page_32.h:112: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘{’ token
    include/asm/page_32.h:112: error: expected primary-expression before ‘.’ token
    include/asm/page_32.h:112: error: expected `;' before ‘}’ token

Answer 1

Hi.

This error ofter occurs because incompatibility of VMWare Tools Version and recent Kernels (You can test it using older Kernels). Sometimes you can fix some thing with patches all over the internet, but I prefer to downgrade my kernel or don't using latest distribution's version in VMWare. It can be really annoying. Another problem you may have is with your mouse pointer in X Windows, like if it was a inch to left or below than it really shows.

About vmware-any-any-update117, it's a patch to VMWare running under linux, usually Workstation version. It won't have effect in Tools.

Answer 2

You're probably best off using the VMWare Tools .rpm file instead of the install script on Ubuntu. Alien is a program that will let you turn a .rpm into a Ubuntu-friendly .deb package.

Answer 3

I've heard a lot of good things about VirtualBox from Sun. If you get fed up with VMWare, it's worth a look.

Answer 4

Check out this link as it helped me install the tools in one of my vms. http://diamondsw.dyndns.org/Home/Et_Cetera/Entries/2008/4/25_Linux_2.6.24_and_VMWare.html