[opensuse-factory] [Leap 42.1] vmware tools not fully operational

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I can resize the guest that is running Leap, but I can not copy-paste between host and guest. I have: open-vm-tools-desktop-9.10.2-3.1.x86_64 open-vm-tools-9.10.2-3.1.x86_64 xf86-video-vmware-13.1.0-4.1.x86_64 xf86-input-vmmouse-13.1.0-4.1.x86_64 libvmtools0-9.10.2-3.1.x86_64 The same packages on a tumbleweed guest, and it works. Am I missing some package? - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlXU5loACgkQtTMYHG2NR9Wi9QCdFz7vdkWKU5/QqGzK5qMEKq1/ IhsAn0mVBECW4GGZyzGlmHI8dRQnjA/h =GHac -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

On Wed, 2015-08-19 at 22:26 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
bug report please.... I 'could' imagine that some kernel module is not being loaded properly (but that should not really be the case). Also: can you check that the process vmtoolds is really being started (IIRC, it should have two instances running). also, check the vmtoolsd service is enabled / started (systemctl status vmtoolsd) Cheers, Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

On 2015-08-19 23:16, Dominique Leuenberger / DimStar wrote:
bug report please.... I 'could' imagine that some kernel module is not being loaded properly (but that should not really be the case).
There is no vmware-guest-kmp-desktop package. In Tumbleweed it has been removed recently, it is no longer available. And Leap never had it. Sure, I can report in Bugzilla.
Yes, both ok. Eleanor-421:~ # ps afxu | grep vmto root 796 0.0 0.6 175216 4656 ? Ssl 21:45 0:04 /usr/bin/vmtoolsd root 5015 0.0 0.2 9288 1632 pts/0 S+ 23:31 0:00 \_ grep --color=auto vmto carlos 2092 0.0 0.6 207484 4704 tty2 S+ 21:47 0:03 /usr/bin/vmtoolsd -n vmusr Eleanor-421:~ # systemctl status vmtoolsd vmtoolsd.service - Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vmtoolsd.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Wed 2015-08-19 21:46:00 CEST; 1h 45min ago Docs: http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/about.php Main PID: 796 (vmtoolsd) CGroup: /system.slice/vmtoolsd.service └─796 /usr/bin/vmtoolsd Aug 19 21:46:00 Eleanor-421 systemd[1]: Started Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware. Eleanor-421:~ # -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)

On Wed, 2015-08-19 at 23:37 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
That's correct - all VMWare kernel modules are since part of the kernel (with the exception of vmhgfs, which is no longer supported by VMware)
The initial things look ok.. so that's a good start at least. Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2015-08-19 23:41, Dominique Leuenberger / DimStar wrote:
On Wed, 2015-08-19 at 23:37 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Do you have a list, so that I can see if I have them? Or a name pattern? - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlXU+cIACgkQtTMYHG2NR9U50ACfWl7OfhcO78ujCbru25BlCGly 7ZsAn30UTggl5l6sG/Mx2aSVNi5i57+b =npso -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

On 2015-08-19 23:54, Dominique Leuenberger / DimStar wrote:
Eleanor-421:~ # rpm -ql kernel-desktop | grep vmw /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx.ko /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.ko /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmw_vmci.ko /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.ko /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_vmci_transport.ko /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vsock.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmw_vmci.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_vmci_transport.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vsock.ko Eleanor-421:~ # Tumbleweed:~ # rpm -ql kernel-desktop | grep vmw /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmw_vmci.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_vmci_transport.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vsock.ko /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx.ko /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.ko /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmw_vmci.ko /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.ko /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_vmci_transport.ko /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vsock.ko Tumbleweed:~ # Apart from the versions, they look the same to me. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)

On Wed, 2015-08-19 at 22:26 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
bug report please.... I 'could' imagine that some kernel module is not being loaded properly (but that should not really be the case). Also: can you check that the process vmtoolds is really being started (IIRC, it should have two instances running). also, check the vmtoolsd service is enabled / started (systemctl status vmtoolsd) Cheers, Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

On 2015-08-19 23:16, Dominique Leuenberger / DimStar wrote:
bug report please.... I 'could' imagine that some kernel module is not being loaded properly (but that should not really be the case).
There is no vmware-guest-kmp-desktop package. In Tumbleweed it has been removed recently, it is no longer available. And Leap never had it. Sure, I can report in Bugzilla.
Yes, both ok. Eleanor-421:~ # ps afxu | grep vmto root 796 0.0 0.6 175216 4656 ? Ssl 21:45 0:04 /usr/bin/vmtoolsd root 5015 0.0 0.2 9288 1632 pts/0 S+ 23:31 0:00 \_ grep --color=auto vmto carlos 2092 0.0 0.6 207484 4704 tty2 S+ 21:47 0:03 /usr/bin/vmtoolsd -n vmusr Eleanor-421:~ # systemctl status vmtoolsd vmtoolsd.service - Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vmtoolsd.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Wed 2015-08-19 21:46:00 CEST; 1h 45min ago Docs: http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/about.php Main PID: 796 (vmtoolsd) CGroup: /system.slice/vmtoolsd.service └─796 /usr/bin/vmtoolsd Aug 19 21:46:00 Eleanor-421 systemd[1]: Started Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware. Eleanor-421:~ # -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)

On Wed, 2015-08-19 at 23:37 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
That's correct - all VMWare kernel modules are since part of the kernel (with the exception of vmhgfs, which is no longer supported by VMware)
The initial things look ok.. so that's a good start at least. Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2015-08-19 23:41, Dominique Leuenberger / DimStar wrote:
On Wed, 2015-08-19 at 23:37 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Do you have a list, so that I can see if I have them? Or a name pattern? - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlXU+cIACgkQtTMYHG2NR9U50ACfWl7OfhcO78ujCbru25BlCGly 7ZsAn30UTggl5l6sG/Mx2aSVNi5i57+b =npso -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

On 2015-08-19 23:54, Dominique Leuenberger / DimStar wrote:
Eleanor-421:~ # rpm -ql kernel-desktop | grep vmw /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx.ko /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.ko /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmw_vmci.ko /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.ko /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_vmci_transport.ko /lib/modules/4.1.2-5-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vsock.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmw_vmci.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_vmci_transport.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vsock.ko Eleanor-421:~ # Tumbleweed:~ # rpm -ql kernel-desktop | grep vmw /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmw_vmci.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_vmci_transport.ko /lib/modules/4.1.3-2-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vsock.ko /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx.ko /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.ko /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmw_vmci.ko /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.ko /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_vmci_transport.ko /lib/modules/4.1.4-1-desktop/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vsock.ko Tumbleweed:~ # Apart from the versions, they look the same to me. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)
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