[xubuntu-users] Problem with Xubuntu in VMware Player

[Stephen P. Molnar]

I am hoping to get assistance on this list, as my experience is that 
VMware is difficult to query successfully.

I have installed Xubuntu v-14.10 in VMware Player v-7.1.0 build-2496824 
for several reasons. My primary purpose was to install xfce v-4.12 as 
Xubuntu seems to be the sole distro to make it easy to upgrade xfce.  
Incidental, it worked without any hitches. The other, actually more 
important, reason the use as a test bed before installing new 
applications on my production machine.

However, to the problem.

The installer installed the  3.16.0-23 kernel.  Happily, with that 
kerned I could access the Host C: drive.  However, updating the kernel 
to 3.160.31, necessitating the reinstallati0on of vmware-tools, resulted 
in errors in the reinstallation that makes the hos C: drive unavailable,

It seems to me that there may be two solutions.  Number one would be to 
revet to the -23 kernel.  Now, I am  not too thrilled with this 
solution1  It's been years since I've compiled a linux kernel, about 20 
r so, and I am not too cm=comfortable with the idea of monkeying with grub.

The second solution would be to successfully install vmware-tools with 
the -31 kernel.  The error messages I got are in the attached log file.

I hope that someone on the list has a solution.

Thanks In  advance.

-- 
Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.                Life is a fuzzy set
Foundation for Chemistry                Stochastic and Multivariate
www.FoundationForChemistry.com
(614)312-7528(c)
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