localhost open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743 # make
Making all in lib
make[1]: Entering directory '/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/lib'
Making all in guestRpc
make[2]: Entering directory '/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/lib/guestRpc'
/bin/sh ../../scripts/build/rpcgen_wrapper.sh lib/guestRpc/nicinfo.x nicinfo.h
/bin/sh ../../scripts/build/rpcgen_wrapper.sh lib/guestRpc/nicinfo.x nicinfo_xdr.c
/bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DPACKAGE_NAME="open-vm-tools" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME="open-vm-tools" -DPACKAGE_VERSION="2015.01.29" -DPACKAGE_STRING="open-vm-tools\ 2015.01.29" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT="[email protected]" -DPACKAGE="open-vm-tools" -DVERSION="2015.01.29" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DLT_OBJDIR=".libs/" -DX_DISPLAY_MISSING=1 -DHAVE_ECVT=1 -DHAVE_FCVT=1 -DHAVE_CRYPT_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_WCHAR_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_IO_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_SYSINFO_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_USER_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_VFS_H=1 -DHAVE_UNWIND_H=1 -DHAVE__BOOL=1 -DHAVE_STDBOOL_H=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_RDEV=1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1 -DNO_XSM=1 -DNO_XCOMPOSITE=1 -DNO_MULTIMON=1 -I. -I/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/lib/include -I/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/lib/include -DUSING_AUTOCONF=1 -DOPEN_VM_TOOLS -DUSE_VGAUTH -DU_DISABLE_RENAMING=1 -I/usr/include -DUSE_ICU -DHAVE_ICU_38 -DVMX86_TOOLS -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE -g -O2 -Wall -Werror -Wno-pointer-sign -Wno-unused-value -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-uninitialized -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused -MT nicinfo_xdr.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/nicinfo_xdr.Tpo -c -o nicinfo_xdr.lo nicinfo_xdr.c
libtool: compile: gcc -DPACKAGE_NAME="open-vm-tools" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME="open-vm-tools" -DPACKAGE_VERSION="2015.01.29" "-DPACKAGE_STRING="open-vm-tools 2015.01.29"" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT="[email protected]" -DPACKAGE="open-vm-tools" -DVERSION="2015.01.29" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DLT_OBJDIR=".libs/" -DX_DISPLAY_MISSING=1 -DHAVE_ECVT=1 -DHAVE_FCVT=1 -DHAVE_CRYPT_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_WCHAR_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_IO_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_SYSINFO_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_USER_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_VFS_H=1 -DHAVE_UNWIND_H=1 -DHAVE__BOOL=1 -DHAVE_STDBOOL_H=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_RDEV=1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1 -DNO_XSM=1 -DNO_XCOMPOSITE=1 -DNO_MULTIMON=1 -I. -I/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/lib/include -I/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/lib/include -DUSING_AUTOCONF=1 -DOPEN_VM_TOOLS -DUSE_VGAUTH -DU_DISABLE_RENAMING=1 -I/usr/include -DUSE_ICU -DHAVE_ICU_38 -DVMX86_TOOLS -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE -g -O2 -Wall -Werror -Wno-pointer-sign -Wno-unused-value -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-uninitialized -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused -MT nicinfo_xdr.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/nicinfo_xdr.Tpo -c nicinfo_xdr.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/nicinfo_xdr.o
In file included from /usr/include/stdlib.h:24:0,
from /usr/include/rpc/types.h:60,
from /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/lib/include/vmxrpc.h:29,
from nicinfo.h:9,
from nicinfo_xdr.c:6:
/usr/include/features.h:148:3: error: #warning "_BSD_SOURCE and _SVID_SOURCE are deprecated, use _DEFAULT_SOURCE" [-Werror=cpp]

warning "_BSD_SOURCE and _SVID_SOURCE are deprecated, use _DEFAULT_SOURCE"

^
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
Makefile:348: recipe for target 'nicinfo_xdr.lo' failed
make[2]: *** [nicinfo_xdr.lo] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/lib/guestRpc'
Makefile:327: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/lib'
Makefile:361: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

will remove -Werror from makefile as temp work around.

Hi,

I'm experiencing a memory leak in vmxnet driver. When using XenApp receiver from Citrix to access a remote desktop, vmxnet fills dmesg with messages

eth0: Runt pkt (55 bytes) entry 31!

It's happening on Debian (wheezy), which routes traffic between two Ethernets - server on one eth0, client on second eth1. It's installed in ESXi 5.1.0

I saw a similar problem on forum and when I blindly tried to change vmxnet.c:2713 to

if (skb->len < (ETH_MIN_FRAME_LEN - 5)) {

memory consumption was fixed. But I'm not sure, what it could cause in other parts of code.

Used software:
open-vm-tools-9.4.0-1280544

In various releases of VMWare Tools a udev rule stored in /etc/udev/rules.d/99-vmware-scsi-udev.rules was created by the OSP packages to prevent SCSI subsystem intervention during storage head failovers and storage vMotions, etc. The following KB article describes this behavior:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1009465

The open-vm-tools packages should also incorporate the same udev rule.

On a fresh Fedora 22 install running kde-plasma and kernel 4.0.4-301.fc22:

• sudo dnf install open-vm-tools (dnf is Fedora 22's replacement to yum)
• reboot
• dmesg | grep vm shows "systemd[1]: Detected virtualization VMware."; "[drm] Initialized vmwgfx 2.6.1 20140704 for 0000:00:0f.0 on minor 0"; "vmw_vmci 0000:00:00.7: Found VMCI PCI device at 0x11080, irq 16"; "vmw_vmci 0000:00:07.7: Using capabilities 0xc"; and "VMCI host device registered (name=vmci, major=10, minor=58)".
• ps -ax | grep vm shows "/usr/bin/vmtoolsd".
• VMware Workstation->View->Fit Guest Now is grayed out

Is there more configuration that I have to do? Or, after rebooting after a successful repo install, should autofit and fitting guest be working?

If I install the VMware Tools included in VMware Workstation, it creates a new initrd boot image, starts VMware-tools via systemctl, and tells me to run /usr/bin/vmware-user, log out, restart my x session. Running /usr/bin/vmware-user fits guest without me asking for it.

What extra steps do I need to take, to use open-vm-tools? The only features I'm interested in is auto-fitting guest, and automatically handling resizing to fit. Do I need to install a new initrd image? If so, what are the steps? Do I need to run the comparable version of /usr/bin/vmware-user (as open-vm-tools doesn't install one?)

In the hgfsmounter, if the destination directory doesn't exist, then it masks the error.
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-9.4.x/open-vm-tools/hgfsmounter/hgfsmounter.c#L1052-L1055

You should probably use perror(3) instead.

Edit: It looks like it's fixed in 9.10 branch. Can it be backported to 9.4 as well so debian jessie can get the fix?

VGAuth is failing to build :(

mv -f .deps/libvgauth_la-usercheck.Tpo .deps/libvgauth_la-usercheck.Plo
/bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DPACKAGE_NAME="open-vm-tools" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME="open-vm-tools" -DPACKAGE_VERSION="2015.01.29" -DPACKAGE_STRING="open-vm-tools\ 2015.01.29" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT="[email protected]" -DPACKAGE="open-vm-tools" -DVERSION="2015.01.29" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DLT_OBJDIR=".libs/" -DX_DISPLAY_MISSING=1 -DHAVE_ECVT=1 -DHAVE_FCVT=1 -DHAVE_CRYPT_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_WCHAR_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_IO_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_SYSINFO_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_USER_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_VFS_H=1 -DHAVE_UNWIND_H=1 -DHAVE__BOOL=1 -DHAVE_STDBOOL_H=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_RDEV=1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1 -DNO_XSM=1 -DNO_XCOMPOSITE=1 -DNO_MULTIMON=1 -I. -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include -DG_LOG_DOMAIN="VCGA" -I/usr/include -DUSE_PAM -I/usr/include -I../../libvmtools -I../../vgauth/public -I../../vgauth/common -I/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/lib/include -I/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/lib/include -DUSING_AUTOCONF=1 -DOPEN_VM_TOOLS -DUSE_VGAUTH -DU_DISABLE_RENAMING=1 -I/usr/include -DUSE_ICU -DHAVE_ICU_38 -DVMX86_TOOLS -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -Wall -Werror -Wno-pointer-sign -Wno-unused-value -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-uninitialized -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -MT libvgauth_la-VGAuthLog.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/libvgauth_la-VGAuthLog.Tpo -c -o libvgauth_la-VGAuthLog.lo test -f '../common/VGAuthLog.c' || echo './'../common/VGAuthLog.c
libtool: compile: gcc -DPACKAGE_NAME="open-vm-tools" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME="open-vm-tools" -DPACKAGE_VERSION="2015.01.29" "-DPACKAGE_STRING="open-vm-tools 2015.01.29"" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT="[email protected]" -DPACKAGE="open-vm-tools" -DVERSION="2015.01.29" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DLT_OBJDIR=".libs/" -DX_DISPLAY_MISSING=1 -DHAVE_ECVT=1 -DHAVE_FCVT=1 -DHAVE_CRYPT_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_WCHAR_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_IO_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_SYSINFO_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_USER_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_VFS_H=1 -DHAVE_UNWIND_H=1 -DHAVE__BOOL=1 -DHAVE_STDBOOL_H=1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_RDEV=1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1 -DNO_XSM=1 -DNO_XCOMPOSITE=1 -DNO_MULTIMON=1 -I. -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include -DG_LOG_DOMAIN="VCGA" -I/usr/include -DUSE_PAM -I/usr/include -I../../libvmtools -I../../vgauth/public -I../../vgauth/common -I/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/lib/include -I/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/lib/include -DUSING_AUTOCONF=1 -DOPEN_VM_TOOLS -DUSE_VGAUTH -DU_DISABLE_RENAMING=1 -I/usr/include -DUSE_ICU -DHAVE_ICU_38 -DVMX86_TOOLS -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -Wall -Werror -Wno-pointer-sign -Wno-unused-value -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-uninitialized -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -MT libvgauth_la-VGAuthLog.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/libvgauth_la-VGAuthLog.Tpo -c ../common/VGAuthLog.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/libvgauth_la-VGAuthLog.o
../common/VGAuthLog.c: In function 'LogErrorPosixCodeV':
../common/VGAuthLog.c:213:4: error: format '%s' expects argument of type 'char ', but argument 9 has type 'int' [-Werror=format=]
g_warning("[function %s, file %s, line %d], %s, [errno = %d], %s\n",
^
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
Makefile:520: recipe for target 'libvgauth_la-VGAuthLog.lo' failed
make[2]: ** [libvgauth_la-VGAuthLog.lo] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/vgauth/lib'
Makefile:312: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/vgauth'
Makefile:361: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
localhost open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743 #

CFLAGS="-D_DEFAULT_SOURCE" ./configure --without-x --without-kernel-modules

emerge --info

Portage 2.2.18 (python 2.7.9-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0, gcc-4.8.4, glibc-2.20-r2, 3.18.11-gentoo x86_64)
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KiB Swap: 8387580 total, 8387580 free
Timestamp of repository gentoo: Fri, 08 May 2015 00:30:01 +0000
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I'm attempting to build the latest open-vm-tools on Gentoo linux, and basing my build on the previous version's configure flags and with a slightly modified ebuild.

In short, if I pass the following arguments to ./configure, the build fails entirely. Here's the configure and output of the build attempt:

thunderstorm open-vm-tools-10.0.0-3000743 # ./configure --prefix=/usr --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --disable-dependency-tracking --libdir=/usr/lib64 --disable-deploypkg --disable-tests --docdir=/usr/share/doc/open-vm-tools-10.0.0_p3000743 --with-procps --with-dnet --without-kernel-modules --disable-docs --disable-grabbitmqproxy --disable-vgauth --disable-multimon --without-icu --with-pam --with-pic --without-gtk2 --without-gtkmm --without-x

checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... (cached) x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking dependency style of x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... none
checking how to run the C preprocessor... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... (cached) x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... (cached) none
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++... none
checking whether x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... (cached) /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking for /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ar... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ar
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-strip... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-strip
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ranlib... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc object... ok
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) yes
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checking dependency style of x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++... (cached) none
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -E
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
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checking if x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc linker (/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for ld used by x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++... /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64
checking if the linker (/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ linker (/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
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checking if x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ linker (/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
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configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating lib/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/appUtil/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/auth/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/backdoor/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/asyncsocket/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/sslDirect/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/pollGtk/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/poll/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/dataMap/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/hashMap/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/dict/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/dynxdr/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/err/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/file/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/foundryMsg/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/glibUtils/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/guestApp/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/guestRpc/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/hgfs/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/hgfsBd/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/hgfsHelper/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/hgfsServer/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/hgfsServerManagerGuest/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/hgfsServerPolicyGuest/Makefile
config.status: error: cannot find input file: lib/hgfsUri/Makefile.in
thunderstorm open-vm-tools-10.0.0-3000743 #

I can't see any obvious option that could have caused this. There's no Makefile.in generated in that directory:

thunderstorm open-vm-tools-10.0.0-3000743 # ls -la lib/hgfsUri/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 portage portage 4096 Sep 10 17:31 .
drwxr-xr-x 51 portage portage 4096 Sep 13 21:34 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 3696 Sep 10 17:31 hgfsUriPosix.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 portage portage 1061 Sep 10 17:31 Makefile.am
thunderstorm open-vm-tools-10.0.0-3000743 #41

This is with GNU Make version 4.1, autoconf 2.69 and automake version 1.15.

hi,

as we are having point-releases in debian every other month, version detection in the current code is rather broken. for now i've patched it in Debian (yes, I'm the open-vm-tools maintainer in debian, just mail me if you want to get in contact!) with this patch: https://github.com/bzed/pkg-open-vm-tools/blob/master/debian/patches/debian/fix_debian_verison_recognition

the better fix for version >= 7.X would be to strip the .X part from the number and just use that one. I know that some longish time ago we had things like 3.0 and 3.1 being completely different releases, but that time is gone.

cheers,

Bernd

p.s. it would be really nice to have public access to new code and patches again!

Have mounted loop device:
mount loop.img loopmnt
mount
...
/dev/sdb1 on /home/rjokl/disk type ext3 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
/home/rjokl/disk/loop.img on /home/rjokl/loopmnt type ext3 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)

Now when you try to quiesce disks, vmtoolsd list all mounted FSs and call ioctl(fd, FIFREEZE) on them, one by one. However, that ioctl will hang on the loop device if the parent device is already frozen. It can be resumed by calling ioctl(fd, FITHAW) from another process, but that is not the case of vmtoolsd.

Result: guest is completely deadlocked.

I see several options to fix the issue:

1. if the ioctl is not supposed to lock, then it is bug in kernel. I don't know the restrictions of ioctl usage.
2. exclude loop devices from quiesce operation. underlaying block device is frozen, so the FS is probably consistent, but I'm not sure if this assumption correct.
3. freeze loop device first and thaw them in reverse order (otherwise thaw ioctl will lock too)

I have a host on ESX which I'm using to rsync on to gluster. When the nightly backups occur, I get hung_task_timeouts and the snapshot fails because of a failure to quiesce. The backup guy claims we cannot turn off quiesced backups because we are using a 3rd party backup solution. Is there I way I can disable quiescing from the machine itself?

In the README.md file http://sources.redhat.com/automake/ is no longer (if it ever was) a valid URL.

Will the http://packages.vmware.com/packages/rhel7/x86_64/ repo be updated with 9.10.0?

This version of open-vm-tools does not include libappmonitorlib.so to be able to perform ping, start and stop actions for individual components in a VM. Are there any plans in this area? It seems to me that the vSphere HA SDK conflicts with the contents of open-vm-tools, which may lead to unexpected failures if both are mixed in a VM, particularly for the deamon vmtoolsd if it finds in a path a library provided by the HA SDK instead of what is available in package open-vm-tools.

Hi VMware!

generic_file_aio_read and generic_file_aio_write were deleted from the kernel as for stable version 3.16.2, see torvalds/linux@ed978a8 and torvalds/linux@6abd232

These calls should be changed so vmhgfs kernel module could be compiled for the newest kernel:

modules/linux/vmhgfs/file.c#L688 and modules/linux/vmhgfs/file.c#L743

New iter_ functions in mm/filemap.c have been added, see https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commits/master/mm/filemap.c for 07 May 2014, reading diffs for this day should help.

When done, please close the ticket.
If I patch it, I'll send you a PR. Thanks!

I am trying to run ./configure for open-vm-tools in debian 8.1，but I get the error:
configure: error: mspack >= 0.0.20040308alpha is required.

libmspack0:amd64 and libmspack-dev:amd64 0.5-1 is installed

localhost open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743 # ./configure --without-x
.
.
checking for libmspack >= 0.0.20040308alpha (via pkg-config)... no
configure: error: mspack >= 0.0.20040308alpha is required.

mspack 0.5.0alpha is installed

using ./configure CUSTOM_MSPACK_LIBS=/usr/local/include/mspack.h --without-x
as a temp workaround

Currently tracking this repository is nearly impossible. When a single commit is "2 commits ahead of master" yet has "Showing 1,046 changed files with 186,655 additions and 982 deletions." This does lead to a good view into what is happening with the project. Additionally it doesn't even allow for use of the auditing of the codebase when errors like "Sorry, we could not display the entire diff because too many files (1,046) changed." are thrown.

Affects #8

As suggested by @ravindravmw I'm opening a new issue regarding the problem with hanging Debian VMs after taking a snapshot with quiesce FSs enabled.

We are seing that behaviour with esx 5.1 and 5.5. It happens with vmbackup and also while doing a manual snapshot.
A long description of the issue is available in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=784398

When open-vm-tools are built and uninstalled with 'make uninstall', the host will not get notified of the change. Before uninstalling, a rpc call should be sent using the vmware-rpc-tool like this:

/usr/bin/vmware-rpctool 'tools.set.version 0'

When tools are installed with rpm, Debian or similar packages, this should be done automatically in the uninstall scripts.

See http://0pointer.de/public/systemd-man/os-release.html

This removes the need for supporting a bunch of hardcoded OSes (https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/master/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/hostinfoPosix.c#L174-L215) and would allow e.g. NixOS to be supported without code changes.

I've just created a linux image in Workstation 12 (debian-8.2-testing-amd64-netinst).

Once open-vm-tools is installed, I get errors on each power change:
"The VMware Tools power-on script did not run successfully in this virtual machine. If you have configured a custom power-on script in this virtual machine, make sure that it contains no errors. You can also submit a support request to report this issue"

Hi,

trying to use "Cycle multiple monitors" from VMware-Workstation 11 results in

"..cannot use multiple monitors..virtual machine must have up-to-date VMware Tools installed and running"

However using the official tools with the same VM and Host works and has working multi-screen (with some glitches).

Using official tools is very distribution-related and not maintainable on Gentoo, so I would prefer the open-vm-tools.

Using the multiscreen by using the script vmware-user-suid-wrapper and "Cycle multiple monitors" in the workstation" is a requirement.

I'm having the following issue on OpenSuSE Tumbleweed running Gnome 3.16.X on Wayland: The automatic screen resolution adjustment to fit the window size does not work. Further, there are resolutions missing from the list, and some non-available ones, when I open the Display control-panel in Gnome under Wayland. If I login in Gnome under Xorg, then things work as expected.

A typical Xorg log can be seen here: http://susepaste.org/890dd3fe
In it the proper resolutions are listed.

When I log into Gnome on Wayland I get the following log messages:
gnome-session

Xlib: extension "VMWARE_CTRL" missing on display ":0"

vmtoolsd
[ warning] [Gtk] gtk_disable_setlocale() must be called before gtk_init()

gnome-session
vmware-user: could not open /proc/fs/vmblock/dev

Now I don't know whether this is a open-vm-tools, SuSE Tumbleweed, Gnome, or Wayland issue, but perhaps you can help me finding out?

Looking at
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-10.0.x/open-vm-tools/m4/vmtools.m4#L157
which will also be called for C++ libraries - all cflags from pkg-config will be assigned to cppflags. So even flags which might be c++ compiler compatible only will go in there.
Imho pkg-config -cflags need to go into CFLAGS for C libraries and CXXFLAGS for c++ libraries. And then use the appropriate ones. Right now building fails as libsigx-2.0-dev ships with -std=gnu11 in cflags and your m4 macros assign that to CPPFLAGS which is used for c code, too...

compiled with --without-kernel-modules --without-gtk2 --without-gtkmm --without-ssl --without-xmlsecurity --without-xerces --without-icu --without-x --disable-vgauth

still links icu libraries, which are huge (~30MB)

libvmtools.so.0 => /lib/libvmtools.so.0 (0x28074000)
libdnet.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libdnet.so.1 (0x280e9000)
libkvm.so.6 => /lib/libkvm.so.6 (0x280f5000)
libcrypt.so.5 => /lib/libcrypt.so.5 (0x280fe000)
libthr.so.3 => /lib/libthr.so.3 (0x28122000)
libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x28143000)
libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x28146000)
libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0x28185000)
libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x28190000)
libintl.so.8 => /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.8 (0x28284000)
libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x2828d000)
libicui18n.so.55 => /usr/local/lib/libicui18n.so.55 (0x28402000)
libicuuc.so.55 => /usr/local/lib/libicuuc.so.55 (0x2867a000)
libicudata.so.55 => /usr/local/lib/libicudata.so.55 (0x28800000)
libiconv.so.2 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.2 (0x2a0b7000)
libpcre.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so.1 (0x2a1ab000)
libffi.so.6 => /usr/local/lib/libffi.so.6 (0x287f6000)
libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5 (0x2a222000)
libc++.so.1 => /usr/lib/libc++.so.1 (0x2a249000)
libcxxrt.so.1 => /lib/libcxxrt.so.1 (0x2a2f7000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x2a310000)

Whenever a quiesced snapshot is created from VMware, the tools will issue the freeze ioctl just before and the thaw ioctl just after the actual snapshot.

If for some reason the snapshot fails, the thaw ioctl is never issued and we have a frozen VM.

With 9.10.0, a stale -ctk.vmdk from a non-existing snapshot prevented a proper snapshot on the host side - This causes this issue, but I suspect, the problem is more generic in nature.

Would it be possible to add some sort of failsafe mechanism, to make sure we always bail out and unfreeze everything - or, if the tools are informed that the snapshot has failed, just handle it on that event? It seems a crash-consistent backup is preferable to a production server down. It is to me at least.

One way to reproduce (provoke) this behaviour on my end:

1. Create a test VM with no snapshots, with CBT enabled and with open-vm-tools 9.10 installed
2. Create a properly named snapshot CBT file (creating a naming conflict). For "test-app.vmdk", create an empty file named "test-app-000001-ctk.vmdk".
3. take a non-qiuescing snapshot (this validates the conflict and VMware should throw the error; Create VM snapshot test-app the virtual disk is either corrupted or not a supported format)
4. Now take a quiescing snapshot and notice how the system is frozen.

Let be know if I can provide you guys with more info.

Hi,

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04.03. I have tried open-vm-tools packages 9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6 and 9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu4~14.04.0.

When trying to execute vmware-user-suid-wrapper, the process exits with could not open /proc/fs/vmblock/dev. I think because of this DnD and clipboard do not work.

I have tried mounting the vmblock filesystem using vmware-vmblock-fuse command as suggested by https://gist.github.com/lloeki/62239da19ec25f90f215 onto /var/run/vmblock-fuse and onto /tmp/VMwareDnD. In both cases it mounts (mount target have: blockdir, dev), but vmware-user-suid-wrapper still exits with same error about /proc/fs/vmblock (and DnD and clipboard don't work). I can't mount it into /proc filesystem the way vmware-user-suid-wrapper seems to want me to do.

[vixTools.c:2291] -> [vixTools.c:2293]: (warning) Variable 'err' is reassigned a value before the old one has been used. 'break;' missing?

case VGAUTH_E_COMM:
err = VIX_E_FAIL;
case VGAUTH_E_NOTIMPLEMENTED:
err = VIX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED;
break;

I'm using the open-vm-tools-dkms AUR package to compile the hgfs module for kernel version 4.2.1 (4.2.1-1-ARCH is the Arch specific version string). I am using VMWare Workstation Pro 12.

Building the modules fails and the build output in /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/make.log is as follows:

hhunt /home/hhunt » cat /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/make.log                                                                    
DKMS make.log for open-vm-tools-10.0.0 for kernel 4.2.1-1-ARCH (x86_64)
Wed 30 Sep 15:00:56 BST 2015
make: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmxnet'
Using kernel build system.
make -C /lib/modules/4.2.1-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR=/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/4.2.1-1-ARCH/build'
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmxnet/vmxnet.o
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmxnet/vmxnet.c:54:0:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmxnet/./shared/vm_device_version.h:56:0: warning: "PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE" redefined
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE                    0x15AD
 ^
In file included from include/linux/pci.h:35:0,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmxnet/./shared/compat_pci.h:27,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmxnet/vmxnet.c:31:
include/linux/pci_ids.h:2252:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE  0x15ad
 ^
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmxnet/vmxnet.mod.o
  LD [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmxnet/vmxnet.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/4.2.1-1-ARCH/build'
make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR=/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmxnet'
make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmxnet'
cp -f vmxnet.ko ./../vmxnet.o
make: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmxnet'
make: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs'
Using kernel build system.
make -C /lib/modules/4.2.1-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR=/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/4.2.1-1-ARCH/build'
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/message.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/rpcout.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/filesystem.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/cpName.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/request.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/cpNameUtilLinux.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/stubs.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/cpNameUtil.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/hgfsUtil.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/link.o
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/link.c:59:21: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
    .follow_link   = HgfsFollowlink,
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/link.c:59:21: note: (near initialization for ‘HgfsLinkInodeOperations.follow_link’)
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/link.c:61:21: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
    .put_link      = HgfsPutlink,
                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/link.c:61:21: note: (near initialization for ‘HgfsLinkInodeOperations.put_link’)
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/link.c: In function ‘HgfsFollowlink’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/link.c:127:10: error: implicit declaration of function ‘nd_set_link’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
          nd_set_link(nd, fileName);
          ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/link.c: In function ‘HgfsPutlink’:
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/link.c:238:15: error: implicit declaration of function ‘nd_get_link’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
    fileName = nd_get_link(nd);
               ^
/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/link.c:238:13: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
    fileName = nd_get_link(nd);
             ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
scripts/Makefile.build:258: recipe for target '/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/link.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs/link.o] Error 1
Makefile:1386: recipe for target '_module_/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/4.2.1-1-ARCH/build'
Makefile:120: recipe for target 'vmhgfs.ko' failed
make: *** [vmhgfs.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/open-vm-tools/10.0.0/build/vmhgfs'

nd_{g,s}et_link() were removed by commit 680baacbca69, so the vmhgfs driver will need updating accordingly.

make
.
.
.
/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/shared/kernelStubsSal.h:111:8: warning: "_SAL_VERSION" is not defined [-Wundef]
#elif _SAL_VERSION == 10
^
CC [M] /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/file.o
CC [M] /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/transport.o
CC [M] /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/module.o
CC [M] /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/super.o
CC [M] /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/bdhandler.o
CC [M] /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/fsutil.o
CC [M] /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/page.o
CC [M] /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.o
In file included from include/linux/list.h:8:0,
from include/linux/preempt.h:10,
from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
from include/linux/mmzone.h:7,
from include/linux/gfp.h:5,
from include/linux/mm.h:9,
from include/linux/pagemap.h:7,
from /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c:29:
/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c: In function ‘HgfsPermission’:
include/linux/kernel.h:796:27: error: ‘struct dentry’ has no member named ‘d_alias’
const typeof( ((type _)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr);
^
include/linux/list.h:688:40: note: in expansion of macro ‘container_of’
#define hlist_entry(ptr, type, member) container_of(ptr,type,member)
^
include/linux/list.h:699:15: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_entry’
____ptr ? hlist_entry(___ptr, type, member) : NULL;
^
include/linux/list.h:709:13: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_entry_safe’
for (pos = hlist_entry_safe((head)->first, typeof((pos)), member);
^
/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c:1915:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_for_each_entry’
hlist_for_each_entry(dentry,
^
include/linux/kernel.h:796:48: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
const typeof( ((type _)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr);
^
include/linux/list.h:688:40: note: in expansion of macro ‘container_of’
#define hlist_entry(ptr, type, member) container_of(ptr,type,member)
^
include/linux/list.h:699:15: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_entry’
____ptr ? hlist_entry(___ptr, type, member) : NULL;
^
include/linux/list.h:709:13: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_entry_safe’
for (pos = hlist_entry_safe((head)->first, typeof((pos)), member);
^
/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c:1915:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_for_each_entry’
hlist_for_each_entry(dentry,
^
In file included from include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:106:0,
from include/linux/compiler.h:54,
from include/uapi/linux/stddef.h:1,
from include/linux/stddef.h:4,
from ./include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h:4,
from include/uapi/linux/types.h:13,
from include/linux/types.h:5,
from /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/shared/driver-config.h:71,
from /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c:26:
include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h:14:34: error: ‘struct dentry’ has no member named ‘d_alias’
#define __compiler_offsetof(a,b) __builtin_offsetof(a,b)
^
include/linux/stddef.h:17:31: note: in expansion of macro ‘__compiler_offsetof’
#define offsetof(TYPE,MEMBER) __compiler_offsetof(TYPE,MEMBER)
^
include/linux/kernel.h:797:29: note: in expansion of macro ‘offsetof’
(type _)( (char *)__mptr - offsetof(type,member) );})
^
include/linux/list.h:688:40: note: in expansion of macro ‘container_of’
#define hlist_entry(ptr, type, member) container_of(ptr,type,member)
^
include/linux/list.h:699:15: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_entry’
____ptr ? hlist_entry(__ptr, type, member) : NULL;
^
include/linux/list.h:709:13: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_entry_safe’
for (pos = hlist_entry_safe((head)->first, typeof((pos)), member);
^
/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c:1915:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_for_each_entry’
hlist_for_each_entry(dentry,
^
In file included from include/linux/preempt.h:10:0,
from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
from include/linux/mmzone.h:7,
from include/linux/gfp.h:5,
from include/linux/mm.h:9,
from include/linux/pagemap.h:7,
from /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c:29:
include/linux/list.h:711:35: error: ‘struct dentry’ has no member named ‘d_alias’
pos = hlist_entry_safe((pos)->member.next, typeof((pos)), member))
^
include/linux/list.h:698:12: note: in definition of macro ‘hlist_entry_safe’
({ typeof(ptr) ___ptr = (ptr);
^
/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c:1915:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_for_each_entry’
hlist_for_each_entry(dentry,
^
include/linux/list.h:711:35: error: ‘struct dentry’ has no member named ‘d_alias’
pos = hlist_entry_safe((pos)->member.next, typeof((pos)), member))
^
include/linux/list.h:698:28: note: in definition of macro ‘hlist_entry_safe’
({ typeof(ptr) ____ptr = (ptr);
^
/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c:1915:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_for_each_entry’
hlist_for_each_entry(dentry,
^
In file included from include/linux/list.h:8:0,
from include/linux/preempt.h:10,
from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
from include/linux/mmzone.h:7,
from include/linux/gfp.h:5,
from include/linux/mm.h:9,
from include/linux/pagemap.h:7,
from /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c:29:
include/linux/kernel.h:796:27: error: ‘struct dentry’ has no member named ‘d_alias’
const typeof( ((type _)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr);
^
include/linux/list.h:688:40: note: in expansion of macro ‘container_of’
#define hlist_entry(ptr, type, member) container_of(ptr,type,member)
^
include/linux/list.h:699:15: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_entry’
____ptr ? hlist_entry(___ptr, type, member) : NULL;
^
include/linux/list.h:711:13: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_entry_safe’
pos = hlist_entry_safe((pos)->member.next, typeof((pos)), member))
^
/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c:1915:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_for_each_entry’
hlist_for_each_entry(dentry,
^
include/linux/kernel.h:796:48: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
const typeof( ((type _)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr);
^
include/linux/list.h:688:40: note: in expansion of macro ‘container_of’
#define hlist_entry(ptr, type, member) container_of(ptr,type,member)
^
include/linux/list.h:699:15: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_entry’
____ptr ? hlist_entry(___ptr, type, member) : NULL;
^
include/linux/list.h:711:13: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_entry_safe’
pos = hlist_entry_safe((pos)->member.next, typeof((pos)), member))
^
/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c:1915:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_for_each_entry’
hlist_for_each_entry(dentry,
^
In file included from include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:106:0,
from include/linux/compiler.h:54,
from include/uapi/linux/stddef.h:1,
from include/linux/stddef.h:4,
from ./include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h:4,
from include/uapi/linux/types.h:13,
from include/linux/types.h:5,
from /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/shared/driver-config.h:71,
from /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c:26:
include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h:14:34: error: ‘struct dentry’ has no member named ‘d_alias’
#define __compiler_offsetof(a,b) __builtin_offsetof(a,b)
^
include/linux/stddef.h:17:31: note: in expansion of macro ‘__compiler_offsetof’
#define offsetof(TYPE,MEMBER) __compiler_offsetof(TYPE,MEMBER)
^
include/linux/kernel.h:797:29: note: in expansion of macro ‘offsetof’
(type _)( (char *)__mptr - offsetof(type,member) );})
^
include/linux/list.h:688:40: note: in expansion of macro ‘container_of’
#define hlist_entry(ptr, type, member) container_of(ptr,type,member)
^
include/linux/list.h:699:15: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_entry’
____ptr ? hlist_entry(___ptr, type, member) : NULL;
^
include/linux/list.h:711:13: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_entry_safe’
pos = hlist_entry_safe((pos)->member.next, typeof((pos)), member))
^
/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c:1915:7: note: in expansion of macro ‘hlist_for_each_entry’
hlist_for_each_entry(dentry,
^
scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target '/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.o' failed
make[4]: *** [/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.o] Error 1
Makefile:1381: recipe for target 'module/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs' failed
make[3]: *** [module/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-3.18.11-gentoo'
Makefile:120: recipe for target 'vmhgfs.ko' failed
make[2]: *** [vmhgfs.ko] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmhgfs'
Makefile:500: recipe for target 'vmhgfs' failed
make[1]: *** [vmhgfs] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules'
Makefile:361: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
localhost open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743 #

While this is probably a Workstation bug, it's possible to work around it by patching vmtoolsd, so I thought I'd make a report here so that it can be forwarded to the right place. (BTW, you might want to indicate in the readme on the master branch that this repo isn't dead, because it looks like the code hasn't been touched for two years unless you click around and notice that there's been activity in the branches.)

I reported this on the VMware forum:

When running a VM as a shared VM on Workstation 11, vmware-hostd crashes repeatedly if vmtoolsd is running in the guest and the distribution isn't recognized by vmware-hostd. This causes all shared VMs to disappear from the GUI, though they will continue to run if they are already running. Stopping vmtoolsd and restarting the shared VM service makes the VMs reappear, but if you restart vmtoolsd, the service will crash again. This happens for me with Arch Linux 64-bit and vmtoolsd from open-vm-tools; probably it is an issue on many other distributions too. Here is the relevant line from the hostd log file:

2015-01-06T16:52:51.141+09:00 [07580 error 'Default' opID=17217a18] Unable to convert Vigor value 'Arch-64' of type 'char const *' to VIM type 'enum Vim::Vm::GuestOsDescriptor::GuestOsIdentifier'

The patch in that thread is a hack to prevent vmtoolsd from providing the information that ultimately makes vmware-hostd crash. In case someone sees this thread hoping for a quick fix, here's an updated one for 9.10.2 (cd to open-vm-tools-stable-9.10.2/open-vm-tools and apply with patch -p2):

--- open-vm-tools-stable-9.10.2/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/hostinfoPosix.c.old  2015-06-17 06:49:24.000000000 +0900
+++ open-vm-tools-stable-9.10.2/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/hostinfoPosix.c  2015-07-22 00:26:59.716488677 +0900
@@ -457,387 +457,6 @@
 }


-#if !defined __APPLE__ && !defined USERWORLD
-/*
- *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * HostinfoGetOSShortName --
- *
- *      Returns distro information based on .vmx format (distroShort).
- *
- * Return value:
- *      Overwrited the short name if we recognise the OS.
- *      Otherwise leave the short name as it is.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *      None
- *
- *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-static void
-HostinfoGetOSShortName(char *distro,         // IN: full distro name
-                       char *distroShort,    // OUT: short distro name
-                       int distroShortSize)  // IN: size of short distro name
-
-{
-   char *distroLower = NULL;  /* Lower case distro name */
-
-   distroLower = calloc(strlen(distro) + 1, sizeof *distroLower);
-
-   if (distroLower == NULL) {
-      Warning("%s: could not allocate memory\n", __FUNCTION__);
-
-      return;
-   }
-
-   Str_Strcpy(distroLower, distro, distroShortSize);
-   distroLower = Str_ToLower(distroLower);
-
-   if (strstr(distroLower, "red hat")) {
-      if (strstr(distroLower, "enterprise")) {
-
-         /*
-          * Looking for "release x" here instead of "x" as there could be
-          * build version which can be misleading. For example Red Hat
-          * Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 3)
-          */
-
-         int release = 0;
-         char *releaseStart = strstr(distroLower, "release");
-
-         if (releaseStart) {
-            sscanf(releaseStart, "release %d", &release);
-            if (release > 0) {
-               snprintf(distroShort, distroShortSize, STR_OS_RED_HAT_EN"%d",
-                        release);
-            }
-         }
-
-         if (release <= 0) {
-            Warning("%s: could not read Red Hat Enterprise release version\n",
-                  __FUNCTION__);
-            Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_RED_HAT_EN, distroShortSize);
-         }
-
-      } else {
-         Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_RED_HAT, distroShortSize);
-      }
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "opensuse")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_OPENSUSE, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "suse")) {
-      if (strstr(distroLower, "enterprise")) {
-         if (strstr(distroLower, "server 12") ||
-             strstr(distroLower, "desktop 12")) {
-            Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_SLES_12, distroShortSize);
-         } else if (strstr(distroLower, "server 11") ||
-                    strstr(distroLower, "desktop 11")) {
-            Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_SLES_11, distroShortSize);
-         } else if (strstr(distroLower, "server 10") ||
-                    strstr(distroLower, "desktop 10")) {
-            Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_SLES_10, distroShortSize);
-         } else {
-            Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_SLES, distroShortSize);
-         }
-      } else if (strstr(distroLower, "sun")) {
-         Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_SUN_DESK, distroShortSize);
-      } else if (strstr(distroLower, "novell")) {
-         Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_NOVELL, distroShortSize);
-      } else {
-         Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_SUSE, distroShortSize);
-      }
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "mandrake")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_MANDRAKE, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "turbolinux")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_TURBO, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "sun")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_SUN_DESK, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "annvix")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_ANNVIX, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "arch")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_ARCH, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "arklinux")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_ARKLINUX, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "asianux server 3") ||
-              strstr(distroLower, "asianux client 3")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_ASIANUX_3, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "asianux server 4") ||
-              strstr(distroLower, "asianux client 4")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_ASIANUX_4, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "asianux server 5") ||
-              strstr(distroLower, "asianux client 5")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_ASIANUX_5, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "aurox")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_AUROX, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "black cat")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_BLACKCAT, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "cobalt")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_COBALT, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (StrUtil_StartsWith(distroLower, "centos")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_CENTOS, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "conectiva")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_CONECTIVA, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "debian")) {
-      if (strstr(distroLower, "4.0")) {
-         Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_DEBIAN_4, distroShortSize);
-      } else if (strstr(distroLower, "5.0")) {
-         Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_DEBIAN_5, distroShortSize);
-      } else if (strstr(distroLower, "6.0")) {
-         Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_DEBIAN_6, distroShortSize);
-      } else if (strstr(distroLower, "7.")) {
-         Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_DEBIAN_7, distroShortSize);
-      } else if (strstr(distroLower, "8.")) {
-         Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_DEBIAN_8, distroShortSize);
-      }
-   } else if (StrUtil_StartsWith(distroLower, "enterprise linux") ||
-              StrUtil_StartsWith(distroLower, "oracle")) {
-      /*
-       * [root@localhost ~]# lsb_release -sd
-       * "Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Carthage)"
-       *
-       * Not sure why they didn't brand their releases as "Oracle Enterprise
-       * Linux". Oh well. It's fixed in 6.0, though.
-       */
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_ORACLE, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "fedora")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_FEDORA, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "gentoo")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_GENTOO, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "immunix")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_IMMUNIX, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "linux-from-scratch")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_LINUX_FROM_SCRATCH, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "linux-ppc")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_LINUX_PPC, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "mandriva")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_MANDRIVA, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "mklinux")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_MKLINUX, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "pld")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_PLD, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "slackware")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_SLACKWARE, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "sme server")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_SMESERVER, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "tiny sofa")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_TINYSOFA, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "ubuntu")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_UBUNTU, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "ultra penguin")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_ULTRAPENGUIN, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "united linux")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_UNITEDLINUX, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "va linux")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_VALINUX, distroShortSize);
-   } else if (strstr(distroLower, "yellow dog")) {
-      Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_YELLOW_DOG, distroShortSize);
-   }
-
-   free(distroLower);
-}
-
-
-/*
- *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * HostinfoReadDistroFile --
- *
- *      Look for a distro version file /etc/xxx-release.
- *      Once found, read the file in and figure out which distribution.
- *
- * Return value:
- *      Returns TRUE on success and FALSE on failure.
- *      Returns distro information verbatium from /etc/xxx-release (distro).
- *
- * Side effects:
- *      None
- *
- *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-static Bool
-HostinfoReadDistroFile(char *filename,  // IN: distro version file name
-                       int distroSize,  // IN: size of OS distro name buffer
-                       char *distro)    // OUT: full distro name
-{
-   int fd = -1;
-   int buf_sz;
-   struct stat st;
-   Bool ret = FALSE;
-   char *distroOrig = NULL;
-   char distroPart[DISTRO_BUF_SIZE];
-   char *tmpDistroPos = NULL;
-   int i = 0;
-
-   /* It's OK for the file to not exist, don't warn for this.  */
-   if ((fd = Posix_Open(filename, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
-      return FALSE;
-   }
-
-   if (fstat(fd, &st)) {
-      Warning("%s: could not stat the file %s: %d\n", __FUNCTION__, filename,
-           errno);
-      goto out;
-   }
-
-   if (st.st_size == 0) {
-      Warning("%s: Cannot work with empty file.\n", __FUNCTION__);
-      goto out;
-   }
-
-   buf_sz = st.st_size;
-   if (buf_sz >= distroSize) {
-      Warning("%s: input buffer too small\n", __FUNCTION__);
-      goto out;
-   }
-   distroOrig = calloc(distroSize, sizeof *distroOrig);
-
-   if (distroOrig == NULL) {
-      Warning("%s: could not allocate memory\n", __FUNCTION__);
-      goto out;
-   }
-
-   if (read(fd, distroOrig, buf_sz) != buf_sz) {
-      Warning("%s: could not read file %s: %d\n", __FUNCTION__, filename,
-              errno);
-      goto out;
-   }
-
-   distroOrig[buf_sz - 1] = '\0';
-
-   /*
-    * For the case where we do have a release file in the LSB format,
-    * but there is no LSB module, let's parse the LSB file for possible fields.
-    */
-
-   distro[0] = '\0';
-
-   for (i = 0; lsbFields[i].name != NULL; i++) {
-      tmpDistroPos = strstr(distroOrig, lsbFields[i].name);
-      if (tmpDistroPos) {
-         sscanf(tmpDistroPos, lsbFields[i].scanstring, distroPart);
-         if (distroPart[0] == '"') {
-            char *tmpMakeNull = NULL;
-
-            tmpDistroPos += strlen(lsbFields[i].name) + 1;
-            tmpMakeNull = strchr(tmpDistroPos + 1 , '"');
-            if (tmpMakeNull) {
-               *tmpMakeNull = '\0';
-               Str_Strcat(distro, tmpDistroPos, distroSize);
-               *tmpMakeNull = '"' ;
-            }
-         } else {
-            Str_Strcat(distro, distroPart, distroSize);
-         }
-         Str_Strcat(distro, " ", distroSize);
-      }
-   }
-
-   if (distro[0] == '\0') {
-      /* Copy original string. What we got wasn't LSB compliant. */
-      Str_Strcpy(distro, distroOrig, distroSize);
-   }
-
-   ret = TRUE;
-
-out:
-   if (fd != -1) {
-      close(fd);
-   }
-   free(distroOrig);
-
-   return ret;
-}
-
-
-/*
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * HostinfoGetCmdOutput --
- *
- *      Run a cmd & get its cmd line output
- *
- * Results:
- *      An allocated string or NULL if an error occurred.
- *
- * Side effects:
- * The cmd is run.
- *
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-static char *
-HostinfoGetCmdOutput(const char *cmd)  // IN:
-{
-   Bool isSuperUser = FALSE;
-   DynBuf db;
-   FILE *stream;
-   char *out = NULL;
-
-   /*
-    * Attempt to lower privs, because we use popen and an attacker
-    * may control $PATH.
-    */
-   if (vmx86_linux && Id_IsSuperUser()) {
-      Id_EndSuperUser(getuid());
-      isSuperUser = TRUE;
-   }
-
-   DynBuf_Init(&db);
-
-   stream = Posix_Popen(cmd, "r");
-   if (stream == NULL) {
-      Warning("Unable to get output of command \"%s\"\n", cmd);
-
-      goto exit;
-   }
-
-   for (;;) {
-      char *line = NULL;
-      size_t size;
-
-      switch (StdIO_ReadNextLine(stream, &line, 0, &size)) {
-      case StdIO_Error:
-         goto closeIt;
-         break;
-
-      case StdIO_EOF:
-         break;
-
-      case StdIO_Success:
-         break;
-
-      default:
-         NOT_IMPLEMENTED();
-      }
-
-      if (line == NULL) {
-         break;
-      }
-
-      /* size does -not- include the NUL terminator. */
-      DynBuf_Append(&db, line, size + 1);
-      free(line);
-   }
-
-   if (DynBuf_Get(&db)) {
-      out = (char *) DynBuf_AllocGet(&db);
-   }
-
- closeIt:
-   pclose(stream);
-
- exit:
-   DynBuf_Destroy(&db);
-
-   if (isSuperUser) {
-      Id_BeginSuperUser();
-   }
-   return out;
-}
-#endif // !defined __APPLE__ && !defined USERWORLD
-
-
 /*
  *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -947,7 +566,6 @@
       char distro[DISTRO_BUF_SIZE];
       char distroShort[DISTRO_BUF_SIZE];
       static int const distroSize = sizeof distro;
-      char *lsbOutput;
       int majorVersion;

       /*
@@ -970,61 +588,6 @@
          Str_Strcpy(distroShort, STR_OS_OTHER_3X, distroSize);
       }

-      /*
-       * Try to get OS detailed information from the lsb_release command.
-       */
-
-      lsbOutput = HostinfoGetCmdOutput("/usr/bin/lsb_release -sd 2>/dev/null");
-      if (!lsbOutput) {
-         int i;
-
-         /*
-          * Try to get more detailed information from the version file.
-          */
-
-         for (i = 0; distroArray[i].filename != NULL; i++) {
-            if (HostinfoReadDistroFile(distroArray[i].filename, distroSize,
-                                       distro)) {
-               break;
-            }
-         }
-
-         /*
-          * If we failed to read every distro file, exit now, before calling
-          * strlen on the distro buffer (which wasn't set).
-          */
-
-         if (distroArray[i].filename == NULL) {
-            Warning("%s: Error: no distro file found\n", __FUNCTION__);
-
-            return FALSE;
-         }
-      } else {
-         char *lsbStart = lsbOutput;
-         char *quoteEnd = NULL;
-
-         if (lsbStart[0] == '"') {
-            lsbStart++;
-            quoteEnd = strchr(lsbStart, '"');
-            if (quoteEnd) {
-               *quoteEnd = '\0';
-            }
-         }
-         Str_Strcpy(distro, lsbStart, distroSize);
-         free(lsbOutput);
-      }
-
-      HostinfoGetOSShortName(distro, distroShort, distroSize);
-
-      if (strlen(distro) + strlen(osNameFull) + 2 > sizeof osNameFull) {
-         Warning("%s: Error: buffer too small\n", __FUNCTION__);
-
-         return FALSE;
-      }
-
-      Str_Strcat(osNameFull, " ", sizeof osNameFull);
-      Str_Strcat(osNameFull, distro, sizeof osNameFull);
-
       if (strlen(distroShort) + 1 > sizeof osName) {
          Warning("%s: Error: buffer too small\n", __FUNCTION__);

Hi,

I have the latest tools 9.10.0.2476743 on Gentoo Linux.
I'm using x11-base/xorg-server-1.17.1-r1 and xfce-base/xfwm4-4.12.2.
This is VMware Workstatation 11.1.0 on Windows 7.

Crossing the monitor borders to the next screen in fullscreen makes the mousepointer disappear for 1 second which is very annoying. Dragging windows from one screen to the other gets frozen for that 1 second. I always had that issue with older official tools, so looking for the latest version and coming to open-vm-tools.

It feels like in the middle for the screen the host get's the pointer. So I tried Exclusive mode, but doesn't help.

I thought about using a usual scaled window of the workstation scaled over both screens, this does not have the issue but Windows or Workstation does not have a function to remove the window decoration.

XFS filesystem is a popular file system and used as default on RHEL7/CentOS7.
However, an open-vm-tools doesn't support XFS.

Will open-vm-tools support XFS at an early date?

I want to get partition sizes with vsphere API or mob.

the current AC_VMW_CHECK_LIB currently only works for native builds and fails badly when trying to cross-compile due to:

• it hardcodes "pkg-config" instead of standard PKG_CHECK_MODULES ... at the very least, it should utilize AC_CHECK_TOOL and respect the $PKG_CONFIG env var
• it should use AC_CHECK_TOOL instead of AC_PATH_PROG to look for the fallback xxx-config scripts

Hi,

I have the latest tools 9.10.0.2476743 on Gentoo Linux.
I'm using x11-base/xorg-server-1.17.1-r1 and xfce-base/xfwm4-4.12.2.
This is VMware Workstatation 11.1.0 on Windows 7.

Starting firefox with a stored session of multiple windows breaks the multiscreen.
Both screens are still visible, but the pointer disappears on one screen and doesn't accept control anymore. I always need to reset multiscreen by "Cycle multiple monitors" which means that all windows on all virtual desktops are reset to one screen only and need to be re-arranged.

I always had that issue with older official tools, so looking for the latest version and coming to open-vm-tools.

Xfce4 on native Linux does not have these issues. Firefox is the only application causing this. A running Firefox instance for days works fine, only restart causes the issue. Firefox is the only application I know using the XSHM feature which could be related to this issue.

In ESXI I can create custom settings to apply custom settings- the main one being "change hostname to vm name". This is extremely useful for puppet templates.

This works fine on my image that uses vmware tools, but creating an image with open-vm-tools fails to handle the hostname change.

I'm trying to update open-vm-tools in epel-6, but the build fails on VGAuth:

mv -f .deps/VGAuthService-ticket.Tpo .deps/VGAuthService-ticket.Po
mv -f .deps/VGAuthService-service.Tpo .deps/VGAuthService-service.Po
mv -f .deps/VGAuthService-verify.Tpo .deps/VGAuthService-verify.Po
../serviceImpl/saml.cpp: In function 'bool SAMLCheckSubject(const xercesc_3_0::DOMDocument*, SAMLTokenData&)':
../serviceImpl/saml.cpp:790: error: 'const class xercesc_3_0::DOMElement' has no member named 'getFirstElementChild'
../serviceImpl/saml.cpp:791: error: 'class xercesc_3_0::DOMElement' has no member named 'getNextElementSibling'
../serviceImpl/saml.cpp: In function 'xercesc_3_0::DOMElement* SAMLFindChildByName(const xercesc_3_0::DOMElement*, const char*)':
../serviceImpl/saml.cpp:1218: error: 'const class xercesc_3_0::DOMElement' has no member named 'getFirstElementChild'
../serviceImpl/saml.cpp:1219: error: 'class xercesc_3_0::DOMElement' has no member named 'getNextElementSibling'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/open-vm-tools-9.10.2-2822639/vgauth/service'
make[2]: *** [VGAuthService-saml.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/open-vm-tools-9.10.2-2822639/vgauth'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

RHEL/CentOS 6 has xerces 3.0, while Fedora and RHEL/CentOS 7 do have 3.1.

mv -f .deps/xferlogs.Tpo .deps/xferlogs.Po
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CXX --mode=link g++ -g -O2 -o vmware-xferlogs xferlogs.o /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/libvmtools/libvmtools.la -lglib-2.0 -L/usr/lib64 -licui18n -licuuc -licudata
libtool: link: g++ -g -O2 -o .libs/vmware-xferlogs xferlogs.o /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/libvmtools/.libs/libvmtools.so -L/usr/lib64 -ldnet -ldl -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -lssl -lcrypto -lglib-2.0 -licui18n -licuuc -licudata
make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/xferlogs'
Making all in modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules'
make VM_UNAME=3.18.11-gentoo MV=mv RM=rm
OVT_SOURCE_DIR=/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743
MODULEBUILDDIR=/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux
-C "/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmxnet"
make[2]: Entering directory '/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmxnet'
Using kernel build system.
make -C /lib/modules/3.18.11-gentoo/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/.
MODULEBUILDDIR=/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux modules
make[3]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-3.18.11-gentoo'
make[3]: Warning: File '.vmlinux.cmd' has modification time 2450903 s in the future
make[4]: Warning: File 'include/config/auto.conf' has modification time 2450395 s in the future
CC [M] /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmxnet/vmxnet.o
In file included from /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmxnet/vmxnet.c:54:0:
/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/lib/include/vm_device_version.h:56:0: warning: "PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE" redefined [enabled by default]
#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15AD
^
In file included from include/linux/pci.h:34:0,
from /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/shared/compat_pci.h:27,
from /root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmxnet/vmxnet.c:31:
include/linux/pci_ids.h:2248:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15ad
^
/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmxnet/vmxnet.c: In function ‘vmxnet_probe_device’:
/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmxnet/vmxnet.c:1148:7: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘do_ioctl’
dev->do_ioctl = vmxnet_ioctl;
^
scripts/Makefile.build:263: recipe for target '/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmxnet/vmxnet.o' failed
make[4]: *** [/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmxnet/vmxnet.o] Error 1
Makefile:1381: recipe for target 'module/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmxnet' failed
make[3]: *** [module/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmxnet] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-3.18.11-gentoo'
Makefile:120: recipe for target 'vmxnet.ko' failed
make[2]: *** [vmxnet.ko] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules/linux/vmxnet'
Makefile:500: recipe for target 'vmxnet' failed
make[1]: *** [vmxnet] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/modules'
Makefile:361: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
localhost open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743 #

will look at https://github.com/davispuh/open-vm-tools/commit/08836a47c56b47b658025e41a20027c5d915f836.patch and https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches for a fix for now.

While trying to compile the code using the configure options:

./configure --disable-deploypkg

the compilation fails, with the first error being:

In file included from /usr/include/c++/5/type_traits:35:0,
                 from /usr/include/sigc++-2.0/sigc++/visit_each.h:22,
                 from /usr/include/sigc++-2.0/sigc++/functors/slot.h:6,
                 from /usr/include/sigc++-2.0/sigc++/signal_base.h:27,
                 from /usr/include/sigc++-2.0/sigc++/signal.h:8,
                 from /usr/include/sigc++-2.0/sigc++/connection.h:22,
                 from ../../../../services/plugins/dndcp/dnd/copyPasteRpc.hh:28,
                 from ../../../../services/plugins/dndcp/dndGuest/copyPasteRpcV3.hh:29,
                 from ../../../../services/plugins/dndcp/dndGuest/copyPasteRpcV3.cc:26:
/usr/include/c++/5/bits/c++0x_warning.h:32:2: error: #error This file requires compiler and library support for the ISO C++ 2011 standard. This support is currently experimental, and must be enabled with the -std=c++11 or -std=gnu++11 compiler options

If I use the configure options:

    ./configure --disable-deploypkg --disable-gtkmm

the compilation succeed but then copy and paste doesn't work anymore, which is quite important to me.

Is thre any workaround? If you need more information about my environment, feel free to ask. Basically, it's a freshly installed Debian Stretch.

VMware has a Knowledge Base article about this:
Increasing the disk timeout values for a Linux 2.6 virtual machine

open-vm-tools should install a similar udev rule.

You have bug in log.h
See diff - http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/open-vm-tools.git/commit/?id=0225d0b56bab2860df28808f8541bf5f34ab6b62

When I tried to configure open-vm-tools 10.0.5 on FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE, the configure script executed properly, but I was unable to build:

$ gmake
Making all in lib
gmake[1]: Entering directory '/usr/home/dcarmich/open-vm-tools-10.0.5-3227872/lib'
Making all in guestRpc
gmake[2]: Entering directory '/usr/home/dcarmich/open-vm-tools-10.0.5-3227872/lib/guestRpc'
Makefile:331: .deps/nicinfo_xdr.Plo: No such file or directory
gmake[2]: *** No rule to make target '.deps/nicinfo_xdr.Plo'.  Stop.
gmake[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/home/dcarmich/open-vm-tools-10.0.5-3227872/lib/guestRpc'
Makefile:330: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/home/dcarmich/open-vm-tools-10.0.5-3227872/lib'
Makefile:361: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
gmake: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

I have gmake version 4.1 installed, would this be a version issue?

I just installed pfsense 2.2.3 on my vmware esxi 6.0 host, but when I try to install open-vm-tools I get different errors for each different installation attempt. The errors are:

1.) ERROR: Failed to read PBI header! Possible corrupt PBI, or wrong PBI version for this OS.

2.) Verifying Checksum...SKIP_ARCHLINES: 67
Archive checksum: ab39b91f1552b5d702703668d976c15daa3fba706c6388c82c57a07157546b4f
Saved checksum: 6ce8ce1af97f35fceff5f46bd829d9440f7b050453343f81fabd5ed39fc0b86f
ERROR: /tmp/apkg_open-vm-tools-1280544_9-amd64.pbi failed checksum, the archive may be corrupt.
of open-vm-tools-1280544_9-amd64 failed!

Hoping for your help. Thanks.

I am trying to run ./configure for open-vm-tools in RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.6, but it is giving me this error:

checking for libmspack >= 0.0.20040308alpha (via pkg-config)... no
configure: error: mspack >= 0.0.20040308alpha is required.

got this problem, any help?

configure: error: Can't find include dir under /lib/modules/3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64

When compiling open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743 with gcc4.3, I see the following errors:

[   84s] xutils/xutils.cc: In function 'void xutils::SetFullscreenMonitorsHint(Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Window>, std::vector<long int, std::allocator<long int> >)':
[   84s] xutils/xutils.cc:406: error: 'memset' was not declared in this scope
[   84s] xutils/xutils.cc: In function 'void xutils::RaiseWindowInternal(Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Window>, Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Window>, guint32)':
[   84s] xutils/xutils.cc:733: error: 'memset' was not declared in this scope
[   84s] xutils/xutils.cc: In function 'void xutils::ChangeEWMHWindowState(bool, Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Window>, _GdkAtom*, _GdkAtom*)':
[   84s] xutils/xutils.cc:1254: error: 'memset' was not declared in this scope

The problem is due to the older version of gcc failing to automatically track down and include cstring. The following simple fix resolves the issue in my environment, and should not cause any problems in newer gcc environments. (I've tested against 4.3 and 4.8.)

Index: open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/services/plugins/dndcp/xutils/xutils.cc
===================================================================
--- open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743.orig/services/plugins/dndcp/xutils/xutils.cc
+++ open-vm-tools-9.10.0-2476743/services/plugins/dndcp/xutils/xutils.cc
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #include <X11/Xatom.h>
 #include <gdk/gdkx.h>
+#include <cstring>

 extern "C" {
 #include "vm_assert.h"

Hi,

This is the first time i am using openvm tools, i would like to install them from compiling. I patched the code source from git to match my kernel, and started make install which work perfectly without a mistake, then used ldconfig to resolve library paths. But when i reboot, i cannot find processes of vmtoolsd, nor launched kernel modules, i tried to add vmtoolsd to init.d script but this process doesn't seem to do anything.
For exemple i tried to activate the log feature but without any services, i doubt changing the config file will do anything.
What should i do to use the general features of open-vm-tools ? i am a little lost.

libDeployPkg/processPosix.c needs

include <signal.h>

or compile will fail with

processPosix.c: In function 'Process_RunToComplete':
processPosix.c:180:13: error: implicit declaration of function 'kill' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]

Warning exists underneath 3D Acceleration option. Windows 10 64-bit host, Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit guest. sudo apt-get update and tried installing latest version. No cigar. Also tried typical VMWare Tools install + open-vm-tools desktop, which gets me autofit at least.