Hm,
looks like the mount unit is enabled now, but not started after installing. Actually, I am not sure if the enabled state is still there from my previous test, because I do not see it being enabled in the output below, whereas I do see it for vmtoolsd and vgauth: vmware@debian:~$ ls *.deb open-vm-tools_10.1.5-5055683-4_amd64.deb open-vm-tools-desktop_10.1.5-5055683-4_amd64.deb vmware@debian:~$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb Selecting previously unselected package open-vm-tools. (Reading database ... 163886 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack open-vm-tools_10.1.5-5055683-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking open-vm-tools (2:10.1.5-5055683-4) ... Selecting previously unselected package open-vm-tools-desktop. Preparing to unpack open-vm-tools-desktop_10.1.5-5055683-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking open-vm-tools-desktop (2:10.1.5-5055683-4) ... Setting up open-vm-tools (2:10.1.5-5055683-4) ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/open-vm-tools.service → /lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service.requires/vgauth.service → /lib/systemd/system/vgauth.service. Setting up open-vm-tools-desktop (2:10.1.5-5055683-4) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-10) ... Processing triggers for systemd (232-22) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ... vmware@debian:~$ sudo systemctl status run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount Unit run-vmblockx2dfuse.mount could not be found. vmware@debian:~$ sudo systemctl status run-vmblock\\x2dfuse.mount ● run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount - VMware vmblock fuse mount Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) since Fri 2017-04-21 10:37:23 PDT; 3min 54s ago Where: /run/vmblock-fuse What: vmware-vmblock-fuse Docs: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/master/open-vm-tools/vmblock-fuse/design.txt CGroup: /system.slice/run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount Apr 20 17:27:04 debian systemd[1]: Mounting VMware vmblock fuse mount... Apr 20 17:27:04 debian systemd[1]: Mounted VMware vmblock fuse mount. Apr 21 10:37:23 debian systemd[1]: Unmounting VMware vmblock fuse mount... Apr 21 10:37:23 debian systemd[1]: Unmounted VMware vmblock fuse mount. Oliver ________________________________ From: Bernd Zeimetz <be...@bzed.de> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 4:43:48 AM To: Norbert Lange; 860...@bugs.debian.org; Oliver Kurth Subject: Re: Bug#860875: open-vm-tools-desktop: run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount fails to start during boot Hi Oliver, hi Norbert, please test the packages from https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__shell.bzed.at_-7Ebzed_.publish_2017-2D04-2D21-2D4a17FnEPKxw_&d=DwIC-g&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=oHeYwLSPkRE9YQPISb_awkWjWigW3oPkIDc-ePsrBjY&m=jepfmU6mpuzYaX4nuc56cIxYjH6GcyL3zgmmnhpMdGc&s=z_3eLUmkTB917kSuUj6a2R7ChkLIM_EI2Yxkp2NIRsA&e= they work for me. If nobody complains I'll upload them during the weekend. Best regards, Bernd -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bzed.de&d=DwIC-g&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=oHeYwLSPkRE9YQPISb_awkWjWigW3oPkIDc-ePsrBjY&m=jepfmU6mpuzYaX4nuc56cIxYjH6GcyL3zgmmnhpMdGc&s=9EfkLOkVa0CNrv7e-SguuYJ_rifsMzTrWYbS0A1hFHY&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.debian.org&d=DwIC-g&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=oHeYwLSPkRE9YQPISb_awkWjWigW3oPkIDc-ePsrBjY&m=jepfmU6mpuzYaX4nuc56cIxYjH6GcyL3zgmmnhpMdGc&s=NIAaEojMgknC-Y7Nihsi2O2i58qloyxJflONjqU8lgs&e= GPG Fingerprint: ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F