Comments on: Enable Copy and Paste from Ubuntu VMware Guest

By: Tolli

Tolli — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:30:23 +0000

vmware-user >/dev/null 2>&1 -blockFd 11

This fixed by Ubuntu 8.1 install as well!!! – Thanks.

By: asif_is_me

asif_is_me — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:13:01 +0000

Hi,

I am trying out fluxbuntu 7.10 and couldn’t get vmware copy paste to work at all, even with the toolbox open as mentioned above. So I tried out ubuntu 8.04 and found that copy paste (and mouse capture) worked out of the box!

This kind of thing normally irritates more than being a curiosity so i simply checked out the running vmware processes on both instances found ubuntu listing the following:

asif@asif-vm:~$ ps -ef | grep vmw
root 4618 1 0 03:03 ? 00:00:03 /usr/sbin/vmware-guestd –background /var/run/vmware-guestd.pid
asif 5796 4618 0 03:10 ? 00:00:05 /usr/lib/vmware-tools/bin32/vmware-user >/dev/null 2>&1 -blockFd 11

But fluxbuntu only showed the guest service running. So to cut a long story short, I simply started up the wmvare-user service manually, as above, and hey presto cut/copy/mouse capture all started working!

The exact command is below:
vmware-user >/dev/null 2>&1 -blockFd 11

Enjoy!

By: TUCKER

TUCKER — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:33:30 +0000

Christmas box – A

By: Francis Carden

Francis Carden — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:53:50 +0000

We have been working on integrating applications with a lot more than just copy and paste across virtualized environments like VMWARE. i.e. take a dozen fields from a CLARIFY application in one Citrix session and move them straight into a web application in another Citrix session.

Doing this with VMWARE is next. It can also be triggered around say, a user clicking a button or losing focus on a control, automatically drives other applications / passes data into other virtualized applications..

Any use ?

By: The Geek

The Geek — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:54:15 +0000

Good to know!

By: Mr Linux

Mr Linux — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:41:19 +0000

It’s worth noting that with VMware Workstation 6, this hack isn’t necessary anymore.

By: Vince T

Vince T — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:11:04 +0000

how can you keep vmware tool running? or how to sent the windows to other desktop as mentioned?

By: The Geek

The Geek — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:11:35 +0000

Ben,

That’s an extremely good point… thanks!

By: Ben Alex

Ben Alex — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:04:05 +0000

It’s also worth noting that vmware-toolbox is essential to be running if you want automatic mouse release to work, so you can traverse from the Ubuntu guest operating system back to the your host operating system.