"invalid argument" accessing files on hgfs after modified on host
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Ubuntu 11.04 client, OSX 10.6.8 host, vmware fusion 4.02
Accessing files on the host via hgfs seems to work initially (after working around 376639), but usually begins to report "invalid argument" upon trying to access files within the client that have been recently modified on the host. These files then also show ????? in their props columns (but filename is ok) in ls -l.
A workaround is to
sudo umount /mnt/hgfs
sudo mount -t vmhgfs .host:/ /mnt/hgfs
See also [1,2]. I'm reporting this here because
1) I tested both open-vm-tools and vmware proprietary tools, both exhibit this behavior
2) this seems to only happen with ubuntu 11.04, earlier versions of Ubuntu as client work fine
3) there is a report [1] that this happens with 11.04 on parallels too
[1] http://
[2] http://
| Changed in open-vm-tools (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| Marty Vona (vona) wrote | #1 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in open-vm-tools (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Marty Vona (vona) wrote | #3 |
| Ed Cranford (ed--cranford) wrote | #4 |
I should add that the "workaround" I suggested is quite annoying, as in order to unmount hgfs you first have to exit it in all shells (pushd/popd does not help). I have actually had to downgrade to ubuntu 10.04; 11.04 is effectively unusable in vmware fusion for me. Is it working for anyone else?