FS#43158 - [open-vm-tools] vmware-vmblock-fuse lacks a service definition for systemd

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Peter Dohm (N3rdle) - Friday, 19 December 2014, 07:38 GMT
Last edited by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Friday, 13 February 2015, 17:59 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Sergej Pupykin (sergej)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:

anyone who is attempting to get copy/paste or drag/drop working in VMWare guest OS instances will need to do a careful dance to get all the appropriate moving parts operating correctly. one of those is that open-vm-tools' vmware-vmblock-fuse needs to be executed BEFORE the X11 session starts up, which means that it is likely best run as a service managed by systemd.

Additional info:
* package version(s)

open-vm-tools 6:9.4.6-3

* config and/or log files etc.

Steps to reproduce:

it's simply missing...
This task depends upon

Closed by  Sergej Pupykin (sergej)
Friday, 13 February 2015, 17:59 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Friday, 13 February 2015, 16:19 GMT
please try 6:9.4.6-4
Comment by Wendell Smith (wendell) - Friday, 13 February 2015, 17:50 GMT
Thanks!
Comment by Wendell Smith (wendell) - Friday, 13 February 2015, 17:51 GMT
Thanks! The new version 6:9.4.6-4 works great!

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