[SOLVED] Open vm tools copy/paste

[andyj]

I've built an extension for the latest open-vm-tools 9.2.2 and everything works except copy/paste to/from host/vm. I also have a vmware-tools 9.2.2 extension I made where it does work. They are in the same VM, so I can set either one in onboot.lst. Has anyone gotten the open-vm-tools copy/paste working?

Andy

[genec]

Please remember that newer platforms disable this feature in the name of security.  I believe everything in the last 2-4 years is under than umbrella.  Care to mention the product, version and build?

[andyj]

Almost solved: It's a "all the files and links have to be in a certain spot in the file system" thing. I figured it out for VMware's tools, and I had it working a few minutes ago with the open-vm-tools. I made my changes to my extension and rebooted, and now it's not working again. DOH! But I know it CAN work, so I'll have to play with it a little while longer.

Andy

[andyj]

There is a dependency on gtkmm. It doesn't give an error if it doesn't find the library, it just doesn't work.

Andy

[sebus]

Did you build it on 32-bit or pure64?

I am struggling to get Vmware Tools start on pure 64

[andyj]

My setup:
Host: Slackware 64 14.0
VM: VMware Player 5.0.1 build 894247
Guest: TC 4.7.2 32-bit
VM tools #1: VMware client tools 9.2.2 build 893683, modules built in VM, programs/libraries are binaries from VMware, extension builds out at 14M as it includes dependent libraries from VMware.
VM tools #2: Open VM tools 9.2.2 build 893683, modules, programs, and libraries built in VM, extension builds out at 608k, but has a lot of dependencies.

I've learned that the compiled modules are interchangeable between the two, and my copy/paste problem was because of vmtoolsd, not the modules. It's picky about how it's installed. I haven't tried anything with 64-bit VM's or clients. Copy/paste to/from host/vm works, resizing the window and X automagically resizes the desktop, mounting host folders, mouse autograb/autorelease and time sync work. I haven't tested thinprint or drag and drop

Getting VMware tools working was hard. I had to move a lot of stuff around.
1. See the attachment for the file list. The links are important. If you see a link, it needs to be a link. Don't copy files. vmware-user-suid-wrapper checks for this.
2. vmware-user-suid-wrapper needs to be suid.
3. Blacklist pcnet32 in your extlinux.conf file.
4.  A lot of files need to be edited or added. I don't remember all of them right now, but here's a few:
/etc/vmware-tools/locations (attached)
/etc/X11/xorg.conf (configure for vmware video and vmmouse)
/etc/init.d/vmware-tools (fix a few things to work with the busybox versions of commands)
/etc/release ("TinyCore 4.7.2" is what I put, but you need to have something)
/usr/local/tce.installed/vmware-tools (/etc/init.d/vmware-tools start)
/home/tc/.xsession (not in extension, start client tools in here)

Good luck,

Andy

[sebus]

Thanks, will give it a go & report back

edit
Had play with it, it almost worked (vmci did not start, vmxnet also, as I did not blacklist pcnet32, fuse is missing in pure64 version)
I hope somebody else spends more time on it & gets a working .tcz for pure64

sebus

[deckard]

could anyone upload a working copy extension of open-vm-tools 9.2.2 to TCL 4.x repositories or send me a link to download it? I really need this. Thanks

[druf]

Any chance, that this extension is getting published?

[lapawa]

I'm currently working on a package. I've managed to compile the open-vm-tools kernel modules for tiny core 4 32bit.
But the packaging and the init.d scipts needs some more time.

[lapawa]

Hello tinycore users,

since I will not have much time to complete the task the next days. I'll post some informations about the actual state.
Have a look at the github repository lapawa/tc4-open-vm-tools for detailed build instructions. (Can't post the complete url. The forum prevents it  )

The result is splitted into two tcl extension.
 * open-vm-tools-modules-3.0.21.tinycore.tcz contains kernel modules.
    vmci, vmhgfs, vmxnet, vsock, vmblock is included.
   
 * open-vm-tools.tcz - VMware tools with vmtoolsd, init script and examples of custom power state scripts.
    The script poweroff script will initiate a backup before shutting the linux system down.
   
Some limitations or points to be aware of:
 * vmtoolsd is configure in debug mode and spits out a lot of informations into /var/log/vm*.log
 * pvscsi - the module for the vmware paravirtualized SCSI controller is missing.
 * Functionality with the Xorg server has not been tested

To be continued...


PS: Who has configured this forum in such a paranoia mode. I can't attach the extension to this message because of their file size 

[curaga]

pvscsi is included in our builds, there is no need to get it from the vmware packages.

[Rich]

Hi lapawa

(Can't post the complete url. The forum prevents it

You'll be able to post links and use code tags once you have a couple more posts to your credit.

I can't attach the extension to this message because of their file size

Even if you could, the  Forum Rules and Guidelines  prohibit attaching binaries/extensions. See rule # 2 here:
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,7738.0.html

[druf]

Amazing. Your build Instructions work very well. But as you said, there are still some issues with the init.d-scripts.
Please continue your great work.

[lapawa]

I've modified the build script to work with the recently released version of open-vm-tools 9.2.3-1031360.
Additional it uses ezremaster to build an iso image with the created packages.