ubuntu安装vmtools

进入解压后的vmwaretools目录 
             $ cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib 
执行安装命令 $ sudo ./vmware-install.pl 

接下来一路输入回车 

中间出现了问题： 
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your runningkernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] 

按回车后： 
The path "/usr/src/linux/include" is not an existing directory. 
输入 /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/include 

按回车后还是报错 
说**和当前运行的kernel版本不匹配。 

The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does not match your running kernel version 

2.6.35-22-generic). Even if the module were tocompile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.  

我们只需要在version.h中添加 "#define UTS_RELEASE "2.6.35-22-generic" "
（kernel版本使用 “uname -r“ 查看） 

按回车继续，又会有新的错误提示： 
The path "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/include" is a kernel headerfile directory, but it does not contain the file "linux/autoconf.h" asexpected. This can happen if the kernel has never been built, or if you have invoked the "make mrproper" command in your kernel directory. In any case, youmay want to rebuild your ke 

打开一个新的终端输入： 
$ cd /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/include    <enter>  进入linux目录的上级目录 
$ sudo chmod a+rw linux                                           把linux目录改为可读写 


把     /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/include/generated/autoconf.h 

拷贝到 /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/include/linux下

安装后无法进入unity mode，悲剧。

VMWare Unity Mode with Ubuntu 12.10

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This is a very difficult thing to search for, and find an answer to because of the unfortunate choice VMWare and Ubuntu both having something called "Unity". My host operating system is Windows 7 - 64 bit, running VMWare Workstation 9.0.1. I have a virtual machine running Ubuntu 12.10 - 64 bit. When I attempt to put VMWare in "Unity mode", I get the following message: The virtual machine cannot enter Unity mode because: - Unity is not supported on the guest operating system. From the VMWare site, there is nothing listed that says that Ubuntu is not supported for this... and I have installed the latest vmware-tools on the guest operating system. It seems like a lot of people have had this issue, but I haven't seen a good resolution to it yet. Does anyone know how to get Unity mode working with Ubuntu? vmware share improve this question edited Feb 2 at 20:12 Seth 8,439 12 36 67 asked  Dec 10 '12 at 22:00 Nick

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I had the same problem. I thought it is just Ubuntu 12.10, so I setup 12.04 in Vmware Workstation 9 and had the same result. You're right, it's hard to find the solution for this. The problem is Unity Desktop (in Ubuntu), so I switched to gnome3. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gnome-shell Log out and click the circle to change between desktop environment Resources: http://communities.vmware.com/message/2139647 http://ubuntuxtreme.com/howto/how-to-change-desktop-environment-in-ubuntu-12-10/