VMWare Tools shared folder code doesn't compile on VMWare Fusion 7, Ubuntu 14.10 guest, and clipboard sharing doesn't work.

Hello,

After upgrading an Ubuntu guest from 14.04 to 14.10, I attempted to reinstall the VMWare Tools.  The problems I've run into thus far:

The shared folder code will not compile.  I get the following output:

make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only'

Using kernel build system.

/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.16.0-23-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules

make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-23-generic'

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/message.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/dir.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/request.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/cpName.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/rpcout.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/stubs.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/hgfsEscape.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/link.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/transport.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/module.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/file.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/super.o

/tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/file.c: In function ‘HgfsAioRead’:

/tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/file.c:714:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘generic_file_aio_read’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]

    result = generic_file_aio_read(iocb, iov, numSegs, offset);

    ^

/tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/file.c: In function ‘HgfsAioWrite’:

/tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/file.c:786:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘generic_file_aio_write’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]

    result = generic_file_aio_write(iocb, iov, numSegs, offset);

    ^

cc1: some warnings being treated as errors

scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/file.o' failed

make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only/file.o] Error 1

make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

Makefile:1345: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only' failed

make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-23-generic'

Makefile:120: recipe for target 'vmhgfs.ko' failed

make: *** [vmhgfs.ko] Error 2

make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-ElOCTG/vmhgfs-only'

The filesystem driver (vmhgfs module) is used only for the shared folder

feature. The rest of the software provided by VMware Tools is designed to work

independently of this feature.

If you wish to have the shared folders feature, you can install the driver by

running vmware-config-tools.pl again after making sure that gcc, binutils, make

and the kernel sources for your running kernel are installed on your machine.

These packages are available on your distribution's installation CD.

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Also, the shared clipboard is not working.

I am running VMWare 7.0.0 on OS X 10.10.

Any help or advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jonathan Morgan