VMware: HGFS not working - Ubuntu 14.04 2.2.5

[ayanich]

vmware 8.1 + ubuntu 14.04 v2.2.5 - i tested this build and it still hangs on HFGS kernel module

==> default: Waiting for HGFS kernel module to load...
The HGFS kernel module was not found on the running virtual machine.
This must be installed for shared folders to work properly. Please
install the VMware tools within the guest and try again. Note that
the VMware tools installation will succeed even if HGFS fails
to properly install. Carefully read the output of the VMware tools
installation to verify the HGFS kernel modules were installed properly.

[cheeseplus]

Opened this one just a few seconds after I opened one - renamed for clarity.

[moonglum]

Yep, Ubuntu 14.04 v2.2.3 is working fine with HGFS. Is there any way to help find the problem?

[cheeseplus]

@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.

[moonglum]

@cheeseplus Here is the output for uname -a

Linux vagrant 3.19.0-25-generic #26~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 24 21:16:20 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[cheeseplus]

@moonglum so this is what I expected - this is very much related to #529. When you grab the latest 14.04 ISO they do you the courtesy of upgrading your kernel for hardware compatibility purposes. In order to get a non-HWE kernel you have to use an older ISO and upgrade from it.

[moonglum]

Upgrading with dist-upgrade, right?

[cheeseplus]

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.

[cheeseplus]

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.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack

[davidmnoriega]

Just tested the new 2.2.7 release and its working.

[cheeseplus]

Closing!

[moonglum]

Yeha! Thank you :)

[geerlingguy]

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]

[davidmnoriega]

The issue is that the kernel module is not compatible with the newer
kernels, vmware now recommends using openvm tools instead. That package
includes the functionality as a fuse module, but vagrant's vmware plugin
only looks for the kernel module. See
hashicorp/vagrant#6775

On Thu, May 26, 2016, 8:49 PM Jeff Geerling notifications@github.com
wrote:

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] :/

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