VM Ware: problem transferring text

Sylvester · 07-30-2009, 07:36 PM

I am unable to copy and paste text between notepad ( x p host ) and kedit ( gentoo guest ), despite having checked ' allow copy and paste' and ' enable VMCI ' in (the virtual machine)->settings->options->guest isolation. I'm not sure what to do next... help?

paulsm4 · 07-30-2009, 09:03 PM

Hi -

Have you installed VMWare tools in your VM yet?

For example:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/do..._tools_ws.html

Sylvester · 07-31-2009, 10:15 AM

I think this is already installed in incognito by default -- I have noticed in the lines of text that scroll by up on bootup one line pertaining to VM Ware.

In case it is something else, and I need to install VM Ware tools, this is difficult because Incognito does not have a permanent file system.

Maybe I could install it each time I boot, but I have already tried to install a couple of applications this way and both have failed due to writing permissions.

I'm still stuck....

anonym · 08-01-2009, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sylvester

I think this is already installed in incognito by default -- I have noticed in the lines of text that scroll by up on bootup one line pertaining to VM Ware.

open-vm-tools, the open source alternative to VMWare tools, is installed. I can confirm that the shared clipboard buffer isn't working. Will investigate.

Sylvester · 08-11-2009, 12:09 AM

did you have any luck?

This would be a really cool feature to have...