Public bug reported:
Updated to Saucy and not the vmware shared folders don't work anymore.
Seems that the module vmghfs is not being build by dkms.
Steps to reproduce:
- Install open-vm-tools, then via cml:
vm@vmrk:~$ vmware-hgfsclient
Downloads
vm@vmrk:~$ sudo vmware-hgfsmounter .host:/Downloads /media/host/
Error: cannot mount filesystem: No such device
vm@vmrk:~$ sudo modprobe vmhgfs
FATAL: Module vmhgfs not found.
vm@vmrk:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch)
Release: 13.10
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: open-vm-tools 2013.04.16-1098359-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-11.17-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 7 11:51:45 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-08-25 (408 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120820.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: open-vm-tools
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.vmware.tools.tools.conf:
mtime.conffile..etc.vmware.tools.tools.conf: 2013-10-07T11:15:12.283459
** Affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy
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vmghfs not being build
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