I believe the reason is that the systemd unit is not waiting for the fuse module to be loaded (I have no idea how systemd can be told to wait for it):
Apr 21 09:26:05 debianvmlano2499797408 systemd[1]: run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited status=1 Apr 21 09:26:05 debianvmlano2499797408 systemd[1]: Failed to mount VMware vmblock fuse mount. Apr 21 09:26:05 debianvmlano2499797408 systemd[1]: run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount: Unit entered failed state. Apr 21 09:26:09 debianvmlano2499797408 kernel: fuse init (API version 7.26) >-----Original Message----- >From: Norbert Lange [mailto:norbert.la...@andritz.com] >Sent: Freitag, 21. April 2017 09:48 >To: Debian Bug Tracking System >Subject: Bug#860875: open-vm-tools-desktop: run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount fails >to start during boot > >EXTERNAL EMAIL, please exercise caution > > >Package: open-vm-tools-desktop >Version: 2:10.1.5-5055683-3 >Severity: important > >Dear Maintainer, > >The automatic start of run-vmblock\x2dfuse.mount fails during boot, >but the service can be later startet manually >(at which point its too late for the vmware user daemon). > >I attached the relevant log, its pretty much the first entry in the logs, >maybe some dependencies are missing? > >pr 21 09:26:05 debianvmlano2499797408 systemd-journald[263]: Journal >started >Apr 21 09:26:05 debianvmlano2499797408 systemd-journald[263]: Runtime >journal (/run/log/journal/773554e11c0448e786a32287dd578ecc) is 8.0M, max >79.8M, 71.8M free. >Apr 21 09:26:05 debianvmlano2499797408 systemd[1]: run- >vmblock\x2dfuse.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited status=1 >Apr 21 09:26:05 debianvmlano2499797408 systemd[1]: Failed to mount >VMware vmblock fuse mount. >Apr 21 09:26:05 debianvmlano2499797408 systemd[1]: run- >vmblock\x2dfuse.mount: Unit entered failed state. >Apr 21 09:26:05 debianvmlano2499797408 systemd[1]: Started Load Kernel >Modules. >Apr 21 09:26:05 debianvmlano2499797408 systemd[1]: Started Create Static >Device Nodes in /dev. >Apr 21 09:26:05 debianvmlano2499797408 systemd[1]: Started Load/Save >Random Seed. >Apr 21 09:26:05 debianvmlano2499797408 systemd[1]: Starting udev Kernel >Device Manager... >Apr 21 09:26:05 debianvmlano2499797408 systemd[1]: Starting Apply Kernel >Variables... >Apr 21 09:26:05 debianvmlano2499797408 systemd[1]: Starting Flush Journal to >Persistent Storage... >Apr 21 09:26:05 debianvmlano2499797408 systemd[1]: Starting pNFS block >layout mapping daemon... > > > >-- System Information: >Debian Release: 9.0 > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') >Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) >Foreign Architectures: i386 > >Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) >Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) >Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash >Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > >Versions of packages open-vm-tools-desktop depends on: >ii libatk1.0-0 2.22.0-1 >ii libatkmm-1.6-1v5 2.24.2-2 >ii libc6 2.24-9 >ii libcairo2 1.14.8-1 >ii libcairomm-1.0-1v5 1.12.0-1+b1 >ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.7+b1 >ii libfreetype6 2.6.3-3.1 >ii libgcc1 1:6.3.0-12 >ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.36.5-2 >ii libglib2.0-0 2.50.3-2 >ii libglibmm-2.4-1v5 2.50.0-1 >ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.31-2 >ii libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 1:2.24.5-1 >ii libice6 2:1.0.9-2 >ii libpango-1.0-0 1.40.4-1 >ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.40.4-1 >ii libpangoft2-1.0-0 1.40.4-1 >ii libpangomm-1.4-1v5 2.40.1-3 >ii libsigc++-2.0-0v5 2.10.0-1 >ii libsm6 2:1.2.2-1+b3 >ii libstdc++6 6.3.0-12 >ii libx11-6 2:1.6.4-3 >ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1+b2 >ii libxi6 2:1.7.9-1 >ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.3-1+b3 >ii libxrandr2 2:1.5.1-1 >ii libxrender1 1:0.9.10-1 >ii libxtst6 2:1.2.3-1 >ii open-vm-tools 2:10.1.5-5055683-3 > >Versions of packages open-vm-tools-desktop recommends: >ii fuse 2.9.7-1 >pn open-vm-tools-dkms <none> >ii xauth 1:1.0.9-1+b2 >pn xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse <none> >ii xserver-xorg-video-vmware 1:13.2.1-1+b1 > >Versions of packages open-vm-tools-desktop suggests: >ii xdg-utils 1.1.1-1 > >-- no debconf information ##################################################################################### This message and any attachments are solely for the use of the intended recipients. They may contain privileged and/or confidential information or other information protected from disclosure. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you received this email in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your system. Thank You. #####################################################################################
