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Now it does a successful transaction test, starts transaction and hangs.VMware Tools | 14 JAN 2020 | Build 15389592Ĭheck for additions and updates to these release notes. So, I install gcc-c++ (yes I am pulling threads now) and re-try. Now when I get to install gtk2-devel, I get a rpmdb bus error and all is shot.
yum install gcc glib2-devel pam-* xorg-x11-* libX* uriparser* libpng* gtk+-devel. configure, there is a whole slew of missing libraries I have been patiently trying to install (yum update hangs). If I try and quit the install do an ls (for example), I get input/output errors reported.Īs suggested by someone, I downloaded open-vm-tools but when I do a. STILL get the cd locked message, override, and start getting a slew of SQUASHFS errors upon which things hang. Just adding new details: I have to be in text mode to install the tools. Can anyone enlighten me on what all this means and how I can resolve this installation problem? Thanks much. Not sure if this is the cause of the problem. In attempting to understand/resolve this mounting problem, I tried mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom upon which I get a message saying "block device /dev/sr0 is write protected mounting read only". Anyhow, went to VMWare help ( ) on this subject. Various forums recommend overriding this message so I did so but the system simply hangs. Upon attempting to install, I get a message saying "Guest operating system has locked CD-ROM.). I am trying to install VMWare tools on a Fedora 10 guest (Windows Vista host) and running into problems.