Hi, The fix in wheezy backports does not correct the issue. I upgraded open-vm-tools and open-vm-dkms from this repository (to version 2:8.8.0+2012.05.21-724730-1+nmu2) and I still cannot compile vmhgfs. I still get the same error:
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2012.05.21/build/vmhgfs/inode.o /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2012.05.21/build/vmhgfs/inode.c: In function 'HgfsPe rmission': /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2012.05.21/build/vmhgfs/inode.c:1821:19: error: 'str uct dentry' has no member named 'd_alias' /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2012.05.21/build/vmhgfs/inode.c:1821:19: warning: in itialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2012.05.21/build/vmhgfs/inode.c:1821:19: error: 'str uct dentry' has no member named 'd_alias' make[4]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2012.05.21/build/vmhgfs/inode.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/2012.05.21/build/vmhgfs] Error 2 make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2 make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 Jacques