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open-vm-tools does not auto resize the display on Fedora 27 #204

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lvii opened this issue Oct 24, 2017 · 13 comments
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open-vm-tools does not auto resize the display on Fedora 27 #204

lvii opened this issue Oct 24, 2017 · 13 comments

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@lvii
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lvii commented Oct 24, 2017

I have installed open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop in Fedora 27 :

[root@fedora ~]# uname -a
Linux fedora 4.13.5-300.fc27.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Oct 5 16:57:11 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[root@fedora ~]# rpm -qa|grep open-vm
open-vm-tools-10.1.10-3.fc27.x86_64
open-vm-tools-desktop-10.1.10-3.fc27.x86_64

vmtoolsd service was auto start on boot :

[root@fedora ~]# systemctl status vmtoolsd.service
● vmtoolsd.service - Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vmtoolsd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2017-10-24 13:32:13 CST; 1min 4s ago
     Docs: http://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
 Main PID: 373 (vmtoolsd)
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 19660)
   CGroup: /system.slice/vmtoolsd.service
           └─373 /usr/bin/vmtoolsd

Oct 24 13:32:13 fedora systemd[1]: Started Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware.

I have to restart vmtoolsd service manually, VM could auto fit the screen.

Running vmware-user-suid-wrapper & with this error :

$ vmware-user-suid-wrapper &
[1] 1017 vmware-user: could not open /proc/fs/vmblock/dev
[1]+  Done            vmware-user-suid-wrapper
@ralves-uu
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Same problem on Arch linux (kernel 4.13.11)

@Bigsy
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Bigsy commented Nov 11, 2017 •
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Same problem here after I upgraded my arch install to 4.13, although I guess kernel version maybe unrelated. For me vmtoolsd.service is started fine and I can simply run vmware-user-suid-wrapper & and resize+copypaste start working again, maybe this isn't being run on session start anymore, if it was?

@stefcl
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stefcl commented Nov 17, 2017

@Bigsy
I am using archlinux too, I noticed that the launcher here:

/etc/xdg/autostart/vmware-user.desktop

is a symlink pointing to

/usr/share/applications/vmware-user.desktop

which does not exist.

Creating the file manually with the content below :

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=/usr/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper
Name=VMware User Agent
# KDE bug 190522: KDE does not autostart items with NoDisplay=true...
# NoDisplay=true
X-KDE-autostart-phase=1

should restore the autostart feature.

@zbindenren
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@Bigsy thanks, had the same problem on arch.

@stefcl
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stefcl commented Nov 30, 2017

I posted the solution above (should work for all arch flavoured distros), the root cause is a faulty symlink. However, I do not know whether this should be solved by open-vm-tools devs or reported to arch package maintainers.

@king-gu
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king-gu commented Nov 5, 2018

我已经安装open-vm-tools，并open-vm-tools-desktop在Fedora的27：

[root@fedora ~]# uname -a
Linux fedora 4.13.5-300.fc27.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Oct 5 16:57:11 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[root@fedora ~]# rpm -qa|grep open-vm
open-vm-tools-10.1.10-3.fc27.x86_64
open-vm-tools-desktop-10.1.10-3.fc27.x86_64

vmtoolsd 服务是在启动时自动启动：

[root@fedora ~]# systemctl status vmtoolsd.service
● vmtoolsd.service - Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vmtoolsd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2017-10-24 13:32:13 CST; 1min 4s ago
     Docs: http://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
 Main PID: 373 (vmtoolsd)
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 19660)
   CGroup: /system.slice/vmtoolsd.service
           └─373 /usr/bin/vmtoolsd

Oct 24 13:32:13 fedora systemd[1]: Started Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware.

我必须手动重启 vmtoolsd服务，VM可以自动适应屏幕。

运行vmware-user-suid-wrapper &此错误：

$ vmware-user-suid-wrapper &
[1] 1017 vmware-user: could not open /proc/fs/vmblock/dev
[1]+  Done            vmware-user-suid-wrapper

vmware-user-suid-wrapper &
[1] 3605
[1] + 3605 done vmware-user-suid-wrapper
vmware-user: could not open /proc/fs/vmblock/dev
/usr/bin/vmtoolsd: error while loading shared libraries: libicui18n.so.62: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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@king-gu
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king-gu commented Nov 5, 2018

@Bigsy
我也在使用archlinux，我注意到这里的启动器：

/etc/xdg/autostart/vmware-user.desktop

是指向的符号链接

/usr/share/applications/vmware-user.desktop

哪个不存在。

使用以下内容手动创建文件：

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=/usr/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper
Name=VMware User Agent
# KDE bug 190522: KDE does not autostart items with NoDisplay=true...
# NoDisplay=true
X-KDE-autostart-phase=1

应该恢复自动启动功能。
zsh: bad pattern: [Desktop

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@king-gu
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king-gu commented Nov 5, 2018

我已经安装open-vm-tools，并open-vm-tools-desktop在Fedora的27：

[root@fedora ~]# uname -a
Linux fedora 4.13.5-300.fc27.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Oct 5 16:57:11 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[root@fedora ~]# rpm -qa|grep open-vm
open-vm-tools-10.1.10-3.fc27.x86_64
open-vm-tools-desktop-10.1.10-3.fc27.x86_64

vmtoolsd 服务是在启动时自动启动：

[root@fedora ~]# systemctl status vmtoolsd.service
● vmtoolsd.service - Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vmtoolsd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2017-10-24 13:32:13 CST; 1min 4s ago
     Docs: http://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
 Main PID: 373 (vmtoolsd)
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 19660)
   CGroup: /system.slice/vmtoolsd.service
           └─373 /usr/bin/vmtoolsd

Oct 24 13:32:13 fedora systemd[1]: Started Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware.

我必须手动重启 vmtoolsd服务，VM可以自动适应屏幕。

运行vmware-user-suid-wrapper &此错误：

$ vmware-user-suid-wrapper &
[1] 1017 vmware-user: could not open /proc/fs/vmblock/dev
[1]+  Done            vmware-user-suid-wrapper

`vmtoolsd.service - Open Virtual Machine Tools (VMware Tools)
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vmtoolsd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2018-11-05 16:25:46 CST; 1h 57min ago
Process: 338 ExecStart=/usr/bin/vmtoolsd (code=exited, status=127)
Main PID: 338 (code=exited, status=127)

11月 05 16:25:45 Manjaro systemd[1]: Started Open Virtual Machine Tools (VMware Tools).
11月 05 16:25:46 Manjaro vmtoolsd[338]: /usr/bin/vmtoolsd: error while loading shared libraries: l>
11月 05 16:25:46 Manjaro systemd[1]: vmtoolsd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=12>
11月 05 16:25:46 Manjaro systemd[1]: vmtoolsd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
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@msdisatis
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msdisatis commented Jan 18, 2021 •
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Same problem on Fedora 33, VMware Workstation 16.

@ghost
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ghost commented Mar 26, 2021

Same problem on Fedora 33, VMware Workstation 16.

Switch to an X based session, it does not work in Wayland.

@lousybrit
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Have you checked recent comments and updates in
#491

Thanks!

@msdisatis
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I have gnome installed, and of course I am running a x-session.

@johnwvmw
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I believe that this issue is fixed in currently supported Fedora releases with open-vm-tools 11.3.0 or later.

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