Sep 25, 2017 Step 1. First make sure you have one empty CD-ROM drive attached with guest machine. Click on “Install VMware Tools” link in the warning shown above. That will be under ‘Summary‘ tab of your virtual machine in vmware console. This will pop up message confirming to mount vmware tools cdrom on your guest OS.
One of the executables used by VMware Tools in Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD guest operating systems is the VMware User process. This program implements the fit-guest-to-window feature and Unity mode, among other features.
Normally, this process is started automatically after you configure VMware Tools and then log out of the desktop environment and log back in. You must start the process manually in the following environments:
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- Sep 25, 2017 In this article, we will walk thorugh steps on how to install vmware tools on Linux guest OS like Red Hat, Ubuntu, Kali, Suse, Debian etc. First make sure you have one empty CD-ROM drive attached with guest machine. Click on “ Install VMware Tools ” link in the warning shown above.
- Open the menu, and under Preferences click Default applications for LXSession. Select Autostart from the pane on the left. Enter /usr/bin/vmware-user in the Manual autostarted applications box, then click + Add. Reboot, and you should see the window at the correct size.
■ | If you are using certain older versions of GNOME without gdm or xdm. |
If you are using any session manager or environment that does not support the Desktop Application Autostart Specification, available from http://standards.freedesktop.org. | |
■ | If you upgrade VMware Tools. |
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■ | To start the process after a VMware Tools software upgrade or if you notice certain features are not working, open a terminal window and enter the vmware-user command. |