[Bug 1532659] [NEW] vmhgfs kernel module missing entirely on trusty

[Robert Xiao]

Public bug reported:

I uninstalled the old vmware tools and did `sudo apt-get install open-
vm-tools`. After a reboot, `modprobe vmhgfs` fails with `modprobe:
FATAL: Module vmhgfs not found.`. Mounting also fails: `mount -t vmhgfs
.host:/ /mnt/hgfs/` fails with `Error: cannot mount filesystem: No such
device` (/mnt/hgfs was previously created as a plain empty directory).

Installing open-vm-dkms and open-vm-tools-dkms does not help.

I'm running Trusty Tahr (Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS) in the server (no-GUI)
configuration, and kernel version "3.16.0-57-generic
#77~14.04.1-Ubuntu". The version of open-vm-tools I have is
9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2 (the latest).

Shared folder support is, in short, completely broken right now on
trusty. Based on the file list and the apt-get install process, it
doesn't even look like it's attempting to build a kernel driver (I have
the necessary headers, along with build-essentials installed).

** Affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  vmhgfs kernel module missing entirely on trusty

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