Open-vm-tools unpack freezes and uses all CPU

[Kalle Tuulos]

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu

Description: Ubuntu Yakkety Yak (development branch)
Release: 16.10

beta2 version, downloaded 5-Oct-2016

Please note, this is 32-bit version and is was installed under VirtualBox, under Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center

open-vm-tools:
  Installed: 2:10.0.7-3227872-4.1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1
  Version table:
     2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1 500
        500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main i386 Packages
 *** 2:10.0.7-3227872-4.1ubuntu1 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What you expected to happen

I tried to upgrade packages by using commands "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade".

All packages should have been upgraded succesfully.

4) What happened instead

For open-vm-tools package, apt-get printed following on screen:
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Preparing to unpack .../43-open-vm-tools_2%3a10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1_i386.deb ...
---8<---8<---

Currently, it has been executing the vmware-checkvm command for 45 minutes, using 99% of CPU.

Here is printout from ps -aux:
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root 2858 0.2 0.5 15108 12240 pts/1 Ss+ 11:30 0:07 /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 19 --no-triggers --unpack --auto-deconfigure --recursive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-FAHUi5
root 3475 0.0 0.1 5476 2816 pts/1 S+ 11:31 0:00 /bin/bash /var/lib/dpkg/info/open-vm-tools.prerm upgrade 2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1
root 3498 97.7 0.1 38696 3172 pts/1 R+ 11:31 47:54 vmware-checkvm
---8<---8<---

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: open-vm-tools 2:10.0.7-3227872-4.1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-17.19-generic 4.8.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-17-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 5 12:10:21 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-05 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha i386 (20160927)
SourcePackage: open-vm-tools
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Kalle Tuulos (kalle-tuulos)]

Here is printout from lspci:
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kalle@backup:/etc/default$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] (rev 02)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II]
00:01.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
00:04.0 System peripheral: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Guest Service
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:06.0 USB controller: Apple Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 08)
00:0b.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
00:0d.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)
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I couldn't right away get the lshw output, as executing the lshw freezes on SMP step.