[Bug 1275656] Re: open-vm-dkms 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build

[Alex Bligh]

Hi,

I tried to test this and couldn't get it to work, though I may have done
something stupid.

I run precise, and upgraded to the lts-trusty kernel. I then removed
open-vm-tools (& friends), and inserted the custom built precise
package.

That all worked fine, but I still can't mount vmhgfs as I did before I
did the kernel upgrade in the first place (more precisely, my /etc/fstab
line worked, whereas now the system still hangs on boot until I press
'S' at the console). I note the above says "The modules which fail to
build have been merged upstream, ***with the exception of the host-guest
file system (hgfs) module which has been replaced with an hgfs FUSE
helper***. These modules are available in v3.9 of the kernel and later
(Saucy and later)" (my emphasis).

That rather implies that the FUSE helper is now included within the
package(s). If so, how do I use it as the previous syntax does not
appear to work. If not, how does one get the FUSE helper?

Alex

amb at nimrod-ubuntu:~$ fgrep vmhgfs /etc/fstab
.host:/amb-nimrod /home/amb/nimrod vmhgfs none 0 0
amb at nimrod-ubuntu:~$ sudo mount -t vmhgfs .host:/amb-nimrod /home/amb/nimrod
Error: cannot mount filesystem: No such device
amb at nimrod-ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux nimrod-ubuntu 3.13.0-29-generic #53~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 4 22:06:25 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
amb at nimrod-ubuntu:~$ dpkg --list | egrep '(open-vm|linux-image|linux-headers)'
ii  linux-headers-3.13.0-29                     3.13.0-29.53~precise1                        Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii  linux-headers-3.13.0-29-generic             3.13.0-29.53~precise1                        Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-headers-3.2.0-64                      3.2.0-64.97                                  Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.2.0
ii  linux-headers-3.2.0-64-generic              3.2.0-64.97                                  Linux kernel headers for version 3.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-headers-3.8.0-35                      3.8.0-35.52~precise1                         Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.8.0
ii  linux-headers-3.8.0-35-generic              3.8.0-35.52~precise1                         Linux kernel headers for version 3.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-headers-generic                       3.2.0.64.76                                  Generic Linux kernel headers
ii  linux-headers-generic-lts-trusty            3.13.0.29.25                                 Generic Linux kernel headers
ii  linux-image-3.13.0-29-generic               3.13.0-29.53~precise1                        Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-3.2.0-48-generic                3.2.0-48.74                                  Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-3.2.0-57-generic                3.2.0-57.87                                  Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-3.2.0-58-generic                3.2.0-58.88                                  Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-3.2.0-64-generic                3.2.0-64.97                                  Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-3.8.0-35-generic                3.8.0-35.52~precise1                         Linux kernel image for version 3.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-generic                         3.2.0.64.76                                  Generic Linux kernel image
ii  linux-image-generic-lts-trusty              3.13.0.29.25                                 Generic Linux kernel image
ii  open-vm-tools-lts-trusty                    2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6~precise1            Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
ii  open-vm-tools-lts-trusty-dbg                2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6~precise1            Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (debug)
ii  open-vm-tools-lts-trusty-desktop            2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6~precise1            Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (GUI)

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