VMWare Workstation 12.5.6 Pro running a Kubuntu 17.04 vm. Bug confirmed.
Temporary workaround is to to add the following line to crontab:
@reboot /usr/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper
^ That will start the required process so auto-resolution, copy/paste &
drag/drop will work.
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Note that this in an issue with Kubuntu 17.04 (KDE), but on in Ubuntu
17.04 (gnome).
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Title:
vmtoolsd user process is not started for KDE
