Ubuntu 14.10 MATE in VMWare - Can't set up shared folders

Graham Watkins shellycat.gw at ntlworld.com
Mon Sep 22 10:18:59 UTC 2014 

Morning all,

I'm running Ubuntu-Mate 14.10 in VMware and something I don't understand 
happens when I install vmware-tools which leaves me without shared 
folders. So far as I can see, I have gcc, make, binutils and 
linux-headers installed but it still can't seem to compile the relevant 
module.

The relevant output is below. Beware, it's a bit of an eyeful.

Does anybody know if this is something I can fix or is it a bug that 
I'll just have to put up with until a subsequent release?

Cheers,

Graham

OUTPUT

The VMware Host-Guest Filesystem allows for shared folders between the 
host OS
and the guest OS in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment.  Do you 
wish
to enable this feature? [yes]


Before you can compile modules, you need to have the following installed...

make
gcc
kernel headers of the running kernel


Searching for GCC...
Detected GCC binary at "/usr/bin/gcc".
The path "/usr/bin/gcc" appears to be a valid path to the gcc binary.
Would you like to change it? [no]

Searching for a valid kernel header path...
Detected the kernel headers at 
"/lib/modules/3.16.0-16-generic/build/include".
The path "/lib/modules/3.16.0-16-generic/build/include" appears to be a 
valid
path to the 3.16.0-16-generic kernel headers.
Would you like to change it? [no]

make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.16.0-16-generic/build/include/.. 
SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
   MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-16-generic'
   CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/message.o
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/backdoor.h:30:0,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/message.c:54:
/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: 
"DEPRECATED" redefined
     #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)
  ^
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
                  from 
/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/./shared/kernelStubs.h:36,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/message.c:45:
include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous 
definition
  #define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "
  ^
   CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/dir.o
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/hgfs.h:40:0,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/hgfsProto.h:37,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:37:
/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: 
"DEPRECATED" redefined
     #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)
  ^
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
                  from ./arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44,
                  from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:5,
                  from include/linux/preempt.h:18,
                  from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
                  from include/linux/seqlock.h:35,
                  from include/linux/time.h:5,
                  from include/linux/stat.h:18,
                  from include/linux/module.h:10,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/dir.c:29:
include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous 
definition
  #define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "
  ^
   CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/rpcout.o
In file included from 
/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vmware.h:39:0,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/rpcout.c:43:
/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: 
"DEPRECATED" redefined
     #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)
  ^
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
                  from 
/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/./shared/kernelStubs.h:36,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/rpcout.c:33:
include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous 
definition
  #define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "
  ^
   CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.o
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/hgfs.h:40:0,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.h:55,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.c:33:
/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: 
"DEPRECATED" redefined
     #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)
  ^
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
                  from ./arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44,
                  from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:5,
                  from include/linux/preempt.h:18,
                  from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
                  from include/linux/seqlock.h:35,
                  from include/linux/time.h:5,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.h:32,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.c:33:
include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous 
definition
  #define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "
  ^
   CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/cpName.o
   CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/request.o
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/hgfs.h:40:0,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/hgfsProto.h:37,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/module.h:39,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/request.c:38:
/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: 
"DEPRECATED" redefined
     #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)
  ^
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
                  from ./arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44,
                  from ./arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:5,
                  from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:15,
                  from ./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:6,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/request.c:29:
include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous 
definition
  #define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "
  ^
   CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/stubs.o
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/hgfs.h:40:0,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/hgfsProto.h:37,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/module.h:39,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/stubs.c:29:
/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: 
"DEPRECATED" redefined
     #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)
  ^
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
                  from 
/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/./shared/kernelStubs.h:36,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/stubs.c:28:
include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous 
definition
  #define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "
  ^
   CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/hgfsEscape.o
   CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/link.o
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/hgfs.h:40:0,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/hgfsProto.h:37,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/module.h:39,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/link.c:32:
/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: 
"DEPRECATED" redefined
     #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)
  ^
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
                  from ./arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44,
                  from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:5,
                  from include/linux/preempt.h:18,
                  from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
                  from include/linux/wait.h:8,
                  from include/linux/fs.h:6,
                  from 
/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/./shared/compat_fs.h:22,
                  from /tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/link.c:29:
include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous 
definition
  #define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "
  ^
/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/link.c: In function ‘HgfsReadlink’:
/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/link.c:186:10: error: implicit 
declaration of function ‘vfs_readlink’ 
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
           error = vfs_readlink(dentry, buffer, buflen, fileName);
           ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target 
'/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/link.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only/link.o] Error 1
Makefile:1345: recipe for target 
'_module_/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-16-generic'
Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmhgfs.ko' failed
make: *** [vmhgfs.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-JorklD/vmhgfs-only'

The filesystem driver (vmhgfs module) is used only for the shared folder
feature. The rest of the software provided by VMware Tools is designed 
to work
independently of this feature.

If you wish to have the shared folders feature, you can install the 
driver by
running vmware-config-tools.pl again after making sure that gcc, 
binutils, make
and the kernel sources for your running kernel are installed on your 
machine.
These packages are available on your distribution's installation CD.
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