解決在xubuntu13.04上安裝vmhgfs失敗，致使不能共享問題

本問題的解決方法，來源於：http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2136277&page=3

問題描述：

安裝vmware tools時，出現如下錯誤。

/tmp/modconfig-5e6o62/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:888:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘vmtruncate’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-5e6o62/vmhgfs-only/inode.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-5e6o62/vmhgfs-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-18-generic'
make: *** [vmhgfs.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-5e6o62/vmhgfs-only'

問題緣由：

這是vmware tools的一個bug，在linux kernel 3.8.x就會致使這個問題。

問題解決方法：

建立一個文件夾，將'vmhgfs-fix.sh', 'vmtools.inode.c.patch' 和 'VMwareTools-9.x.x.tar.gz' 放到裏面，執行./vmhgfs-fix.sh 自動打補丁，而後再安裝文件夾中解壓好的vmware tools便可。

vmhgfs-fix.sh文件內容：

#!/bin/bash
#
# Patch to fix VMware-Tools installation in kernel 3.8.x
# Working for Ubuntu 13.04 (Xubuntu and Kubuntu also)
#

# Get VMwareTools file (it should be in the default format VMwareTools-9.x.x...)
VMFILE=`ls | grep VMwareTools-9.*`

if [[ ! $VMFILE ]]
then
  printf "\nERROR: \nVMwareTools-9.(...).tar.gz not found.\n\nYou should place it in the current folder and/or \nRename it as VMwareTools-9... (default format name)\n\n"
  exit
fi

# Check for vmware-tools-distrib folder
if [[ ! -d vmware-tools-distrib ]]
then
  printf "\nExtracting VMware-tools...\n"
  # Extract VMware Tools
  tar xf $VMFILE
else
  printf "\n/vmware-tools-distrib already exists.\nPlease remove it before applying this patch.\n\n"
  exit
fi

# Record the current directory
PATCH_DIR=$PWD

printf "\nApplying patch to VMware-Tools...\n\n"
sleep 3
pushd vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source

# Make a backup of vmhgfs.tar
cp vmhgfs.tar vmhgfs.tar.backup
# Extract vmhgfs.tar
tar xf vmhgfs.tar
# Go to extracted vmhgfs.tar
pushd vmhgfs-only/
# Apply patch
patch -p1 < $PATCH_DIR/vmtools.inode.c.patch
popd
# Remove old vmhgfs.tar
rm -rf vmhgfs.tar
# Repack new vmhgfs.tar
tar cf vmhgfs.tar vmhgfs-only
# Remove vmhgfs-only dir which is not needed
rm -rf vmhgfs-only
popd

printf "\nPatch Applied!\n"
printf "Now try to install VMware-Tools.\n\n"

vmtools.inode.c.patch文件內容：

--- ./inode.c	2013-02-26 02:18:24.000000000 +0000
+++ ./inode.c	2013-05-03 00:34:59.995053850 +0100
@@ -885,7 +885,8 @@
    ASSERT(inode);
 
    LOG(4, (KERN_DEBUG "VMware hgfs: HgfsTruncatePages: entered\n"));
-   result = compat_vmtruncate(inode, newSize);
+	 //result = compat_vmtruncate(inode, newSize);
+   result = 0; // Fix for kernels 3.8.x due to an error in truncate function
    if (result) {
       LOG(4, (KERN_DEBUG "VMware hgfs: HgfsTruncatePages: vmtruncate failed "
               "with error code %d\n", result));