[xubuntu-users] Problem with Xubuntu in VMware Player

[Stephen P. Molnar]

On 03/10/2015 12:19 PM, Elbert LaGrew wrote:
> Usually to install VMWare tools and a new machine, you need to have 
> VMWare Workstation...not player. I only use Player to play an already 
> running and fully configured VM which I've made with VMWorkstation.
>
> VMWorkstation is up to version 11.
>
> With that said, you might look here:
> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1022525
>
> --El
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Stephen P. Molnar 
> <s.molnar at sbcglobal.net <mailto:s.molnar at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>
>     I am hoping to get assistance on this list, as my experience is
>     that VMware is difficult to query successfully.
>
>     I have installed Xubuntu v-14.10 in VMware Player v-7.1.0
>     build-2496824 for several reasons. My primary purpose was to
>     install xfce v-4.12 as Xubuntu seems to be the sole distro to make
>     it easy to upgrade xfce.  Incidental, it worked without any
>     hitches. The other, actually more important, reason the use as a
>     test bed before installing new applications on my production machine.
>
>     However, to the problem.
>
>     The installer installed the  3.16.0-23 kernel.  Happily, with that
>     kerned I could access the Host C: drive.  However, updating the
>     kernel to 3.160.31, necessitating the reinstallati0on of
>     vmware-tools, resulted in errors in the reinstallation that makes
>     the hos C: drive unavailable,
>
>     It seems to me that there may be two solutions.  Number one would
>     be to revet to the -23 kernel.  Now, I am  not too thrilled with
>     this solution1  It's been years since I've compiled a linux
>     kernel, about 20 r so, and I am not too cm=comfortable with the
>     idea of monkeying with grub.
>
>     The second solution would be to successfully install vmware-tools
>     with the -31 kernel.  The error messages I got are in the attached
>     log file.
>
>     I hope that someone on the list has a solution.
>
>     Thanks In  advance.
>
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>     Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.                Life is a fuzzy set
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> El LaGrew
>
>
Many thanks for the replies.

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.                Life is a fuzzy set
Foundation for Chemistry                Stochastic and Multivariate
www.FoundationForChemistry.com
(614)312-7528(c)
Skype:  smolnar1

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