Comments on: New Ubuntu 8.10 (on OSX VMWare Fusion) – it works! https://blog.red7.com/new-ubuntu-810-on-osx-vmware-fusion-it-works/ Communicating in a networked world Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:20:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Sky https://blog.red7.com/new-ubuntu-810-on-osx-vmware-fusion-it-works/#comment-64 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:20:16 +0000 http://sky.dlfound.org/?p=550#comment-64 I found that VMWare Tools “fails” to install. So I ignored it. Nevertheless, the features that I need -do- work even though the tools install fails. I use networking and sound, but not shared folders. I’ve seen the phantom small screen, but when I tested just now I was able to select/change display sizes (within Ubuntu itself) with no problem…it resized the window and everything worked fine. I’m on a dual-core Intel processor, the most recent OSX and Fusion 2.0.2.

My conclusion was that shared folders do not work – see also http://laurentbois.com/2008/04/26/install-ubuntu-804-using-vmware-fusion-on-mac-os-x/ and I just don’t have the time to go through the process of modifying the open-source for the VMWare tools and recompiling it.

I do share files from Ubuntu to the host Mac by using its ability to connect to network servers. I have network-attached-storage, and also I have a shared volume on the local Mac, which Ubuntu can see and can share files into even though the VMWare Tools -folder sharing- doesn’t work.

]]> By: daniellord https://blog.red7.com/new-ubuntu-810-on-osx-vmware-fusion-it-works/#comment-63 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:34:19 +0000 http://sky.dlfound.org/?p=550#comment-63 No for me it doesn’t–not fully anyway. As of VMware FUsion 2.0.2, VMware Tools will not install properly. IF you resize the screen, you get a an small overlay screen of about a quarter of the full screen in the lower left corner and you mouse is pinned in side of it. This means you cannot see the full menus when expanded and cannot reach all menus. It sucks frankly.

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