Receiving the following error:
Unable to update runtime folder sharing status: There was an error
mounting Shared Folders file system inside the guest operating system.Running VMWare Fusion 5.0.2 on OS X 10.6.8, guest OS is Ubuntu 12.10 with VMware Tools installed.
Have been unable to get to /mnt/hgfs at all, /mnt/ directory is blank. Turned Shared Folders off and then on in VMWare Fusion and received the above error.
Any thoughts what to do to fix this?
Answer
Some parts of VMWare Tools will silently fail to install unless they can compile a kernel extension. That requires a compiler and the generic headers for the current kernel, so install those:
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
And then run
sudo vmware-config-tools.pl
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Source : Link , Question Author : fox , Answer Author : Phssthpok
