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VMware: HGFS not working - Ubuntu 14.04 2.2.5 #556
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Opened this one just a few seconds after I opened one - renamed for clarity. |
Yep, Ubuntu 14.04 v2.2.3 is working fine with HGFS. Is there any way to help find the problem? |
@moonglum what kernel does 2.2.3 report? This is probably going back to issues with HWE and the way around that is to start off with an older ISO and dist-upgrade. |
@cheeseplus Here is the output for
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Upgrading with dist-upgrade, right? |
Correct, the deb-ish distros do dist-upgrade - it's just that if you start with 14.04.3 you'll get HWE even if you don't want it. |
Correct, the deb-ish distros do dist-upgrade - it's just that if you start with 14.04.2 you'll get HWE even if you don't want it. |
Just tested the new 2.2.7 release and its working. |
Closing! |
Yeha! Thank you :) |
Hmm... is there any way to get it working on 16.04? We don't have the option of rolling back to any kernel older than the one in 16.04[.0] :/ [Edit: Nevermind, just found https://github.com//issues/591] |
The issue is that the kernel module is not compatible with the newer On Thu, May 26, 2016, 8:49 PM Jeff Geerling notifications@github.com
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vmware 8.1 + ubuntu 14.04 v2.2.5 - i tested this build and it still hangs on HFGS kernel module
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