12.04Beta: vmware tools install stops install

[ivo welch]

vmware 4.1.1. probably 12.04beta is too new, but I just wanted to report that the ubuntu 12.04 beta 1 installation dies in a non-graphical window that asks to wait until the vmware easy install (of the vmware tools) completes (when it is supposed to launch the GUI), but it never does complete. thus, one cannot boot into a GUI, even after a reboot.

/iaw

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Isn't this a VMware bug? The Ubuntu installer doesn't do anything with the VMware tools.

[ivo welch (ivo-welch)]

no idea. could be. I am just a vmware enduser, doing the naive thing of
trying to install ubuntu 12.04. you are a prominent end use for them, so
they may already be working on fixing it and they will probably tell you.

best regards,

iaw

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On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Colin Watson <email address hidden>wrote:

> Isn't this a VMware bug? The Ubuntu installer doesn't do anything with
> the VMware tools.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/945037
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> Title:
> 12.04Beta: vmware tools install stops install
>
> Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>
> vmware 4.1.1. probably 12.04beta is too new, but I just wanted to report
> that the ubuntu 12.04 beta 1 installation dies in a non-graphical window
> that asks to wait until the vmware easy install (of the vmware tools)
> completes (when it is supposed to launch the GUI), but it never does
> complete. thus, one cannot boot into a GUI, even after a reboot.
>
> /iaw
>
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[Akhila (akhilahegde)]

Everytime I opt VMWare Easy Install for Quantal, this problem pops up. This has happened with Quantal Beta 1 as well. I can login, though.

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/945037

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

Please contact VMWare about bugs in VMWare software.
Please install using ubiquity interface.