The version of open-vm-tools-dkms is 2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu2. My fstab entry is: .host:/ /mnt/hgfs vmhgfs defaults,noauto 0 0
With Linux ubuntu 3.12.0-7-generic #15-Ubuntu SMP Sun Dec 8 23:39:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux: After a "sudo modprobe vmhgfs" dmesg contains only [21813.018552] vmhgfs: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel as a new entry. $ sudo mount /mnt/hgfs/ $ ls /mnt/hgfs/ Documents Pictures (those 2 directories are the configured shared folder in my VMware Player) $ modinfo vmhgfs filename: /lib/modules/3.12.0-7-generic/updates/dkms/vmhgfs.ko supported: external alias: vmware_vmhgfs license: GPL v2 version: 1.4.1.1 description: VMware Host/Guest File System author: VMware, Inc. srcversion: F51BF051960489CEB001EA2 depends: vmw_vmci vermagic: 3.12.0-7-generic SMP mod_unload modversions parm: USE_VMCI:int parm: HOST_IP:charp parm: HOST_PORT:int parm: HOST_VSOCKET_PORT:int With Linux ubuntu 3.13.0-5-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 20 19:56:38 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux: After a "sudo modprobe vmhgfs" dmesg also contains only [ 136.135867] vmhgfs: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel as a new entry $ sudo mount /mnt/hgfs/ (no error and no new entries in dmesg) $ ls /mnt/hgfs/ ls: cannot access /mnt/hgfs/: Not a directory $ modinfo vmhgfs filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-5-generic/updates/dkms/vmhgfs.ko supported: external alias: vmware_vmhgfs license: GPL v2 version: 1.4.1.1 description: VMware Host/Guest File System author: VMware, Inc. srcversion: F51BF051960489CEB001EA2 depends: vmw_vmci vermagic: 3.13.0-5-generic SMP mod_unload modversions parm: USE_VMCI:int parm: HOST_IP:charp parm: HOST_PORT:int parm: HOST_VSOCKET_PORT:int $ ls -l /lib/modules/*/updates/dkms/vmhgfs.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103216 Jan 27 08:34 /lib/modules/3.12.0-7-generic/updates/dkms/vmhgfs.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 102976 Jan 27 08:35 /lib/modules/3.13.0-5-generic/updates/dkms/vmhgfs.ko -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1272196 Title: vmhgfs doesn't work with linux 3.13 kernel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1272196/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs