Hi,
Firstly, I understand that Linux Mint is UNSUPPORTED (Aside: Anyone know if this is going to change?), so I appreciate any help. My main problem is with Shared Folders
Dead Ends
So far I have run into a few dead ends:
1. I watched Installing VMware Tools in Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon (Olivia) - YouTube - but this install was on "VMware Workstation 9.0.2" and the author admits "I don't know whether it works or not with fusion."
2. I downloaded a copy of the latest vmwaretools for linux from CDS Repository - /www/stage/session-32/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/5.0.3/1040386/packages only to find that it was exactly the same as the vmwaretools package that fusion gives me anyway VMwareTools-9.2.2-893383
Some Success
I have had some slight success in running the following commands before attempting to install - it seems to stop error messages:
apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo apt-get install xinetd
But my MAJOR PROBLEM IS...
When I try to turn on shared folders while the guest is running, I see a message:
Or if I turn on shared folders when the guest is NOT running, I don't get an error message - but I don't see hgfs folder under /mnt either
Other research
I read Can't see shared folders in Linux Guest (Windows Host) and Re: File sharing on Player betw host and guest doesn't work on Ubuntu 13.04 and even tried running WoodyZ's vmtoolspatch script from that post - with the following result:
user@GNS3WB62 /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib $ ./vmtoolspatch
patching file driver.c
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] n
Apply anyway? [n] y
Hunk #1 FAILED at 152.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 1978.
Hunk #3 succeeded at 1962 (offset -71 lines).
2 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file driver.c.rej
patching file inode.c
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] n
Apply anyway? [n] y
Hunk #1 succeeded at 62 with fuzz 2 (offset 12 lines).
To install VMware Tools type the following
commands, pressing Enter after each:
cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib
sudo ./vmware-install.pl
But after installing VMware tools the shared folders still didn't work.
My plea
Has anyone had success with shared folder with Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon (32 bit - no codecs) guest on Fusion 5.0.3, and if so could you share the steps you used?
My system details
I have attempted this using VMware Fusion 5.0.3 on both a
MacMini running Lion Server (OS X 10.7.5) 2 GHz Intel Core i7 16GB DDR3 and a
MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8.4) 2.8 GHz Intel Core Duo 8GB DDR3
I have only attempted this using Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon (32 bit - no codecs)