There's 2 things want to note (the first of which needs to be fixed
before release day):
1) Before the most recent Maverick Kernel release (2.6.35-21.31), the
vmxnet and pcnet32 modules could co-exist, with the vmxnet module being
the default network driver/module.
Now because of the kernel released within the last day (2.6.35-21.31),
has caused a problem. At boot, Ubuntu now loads the pcnet32 module, but
not the vmxnet module. This problem also exists in the Kernel for Lucid
proposed (I have the June release installed (from my PPA), except it
doesn't have the Maverick patches because the packaging was build
specifically for Lucid).
The only way to fix this problem is to blacklist pcnet32 (and the run
"update-initramfs -u") in order for the vmxnet load. Doing this might
cause issues ("might" is the keyword here).
I don't know what I should do about this. Blacklist the pcnet32 module,
or tweak the script to allow pcnet32 and vmxnet to co-exist again.
2) This is something that isn't very urgent, but I would like
implemented in the packaging eventually.
With the VMware Tools included with the software, when you want to
activate the shared folders feature, and go to the /mnt/hgfs folder,
your shared folder is there (this is the default).
But with the open-vm-tools, this is the major issues with it, the shared
folders feature doesn't work properly. You can select the folder you
want to shared, but it isn't mounted properly. The only to have it
properly show up is to run a mount command either at boot or after you
mount the folder.
Attached is the script I use to allow shared folders to mount correctly
in the /mnt/hgfs folder. I move this script to the /etc/init.d folder
and then run "update-rc.d <script> defaults"
Everytime Ubuntu boots, the mount command is run, and the shared folder
shows up in the /mnt/hgfs automatically.
You can change anything in the script, but the one this that MUST stay
is the mount command. I've certified the mount command works. I did a
lot of googling to see what the accurate way to mount the shared folders
(with open-vm-tools), and this is the product.
** Attachment added: "MountSharedFolders"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/632101/+attachment/1585910/+files/MountSharedFolders
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