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Mount shared folder inside Kali Linux VM on VMware Workstation

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Ahmed Tawfik

Create a share from your Virtual Machine Settings, let’s call it shared_vm To make it permanent, add it to /etc/fstab as follows: Tested on the following environment: That’s it, Enjoy! Sources: VMware Official Docs

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Fix Clipboard Copy/Paste Functionality with Windows 11 Pro Host, VMWare Workstation 16 Pro and Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit Guest

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Ahmed Tawfik

#!/bin/bashprocessString=$(ps -ef | grep ‘[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9] /usr/bin/vmtoolsd -n vmusr’) # get process info for vmtoolsdtokens=( $processString ) # tokenizekill “${tokens[1]}” # grab pid and kill it/usr/bin/vmtoolsd -n vmusr & > /dev/null 2>&1 # restart vmtoolsd That’s it, Enjoy! Source: https://superuser.com/questions/587767/clipboard-operations-copy-paste-often-stop-working-on-vmware-workstation/1323289#1323289?newreg=6f4bb599af1c44edb3f818c50d344fea

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How to enable 3D Acceleration for guests in VMWare Workstation Pro 12.5

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Ahmed Tawfik

Just edit the file ~/.vmware/preferences and add the following line mks.gl.allowBlacklistedDrivers = “TRUE” That’s it, enjoy! Source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/537787/enable-3d-hw-acceleration-on-vmware-workstation-10-on-ubuntu-14-04

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How to install vmware-tools and use shared folders on an Ubuntu VM inside VMWare Workstation 12 Pro

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Ahmed Tawfik

Although when you I tried to enable the guest additions using the suggested open-vm-tools, it doesn’t run correctly and I’ve been unable to use shared folders between the host and guest in order to copy some files. I accordingly used the … Continue reading →

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Getting VMWare Workstation 12 Pro to work on Ubuntu Wily (15.10)

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Ahmed Tawfik

Just add this line to the  “/usr/bin/vmware” file: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH immediately after the “export PRODUCT_NAME bla bla bla” line. That’s it! Enjoy! Source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/689123/vmware-wont-work-after-ubuntu-upgrade

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