Here are the steps which are solving this problem (found for by me):
[1] On the host, from the Workstation menu bar, select Player > Manage > Install VMware Tools did NOT work... Problem Statement!
Solution:
[2] From the Workstation menu bar, select Player > Removable Devices > CD/DVD(IDE) > Disconnect (make sure it ends up disconnected)
[3] From the Workstation menu bar, select Player > Removable Devices > CD/DVD(IDE) > Connect (make sure it ends up reconnected)
[4] Run the mount command with no arguments to determine whether your Linux distribution automatically mounted the VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image. If the CD-ROM device is mounted, the CD-ROM device and its mount point are listed as something like this: /dev/cdrom on /mnt/cdrom type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev)
[5] If the VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image is not mounted, mount the CD-ROM drive (suppose to be NOT mounted)
[a] If a mount point directory does not already exist, create it (mkdir /mnt/cdrom)
[b] Mount the CD-ROM drive (mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom)
[6] If you execute command: ls -al /mnt/cdrom you suppose to see (among others) something like this: VMwareTools-9.2.2-893683.tar.gz
[7] Copy VMwareTools-9.2.2-893683.tar.gz somewhere in your ~ directory
[8] Untar the VMware Tools tar file: tar zxpf ~/.../VMwareTools-9.2.2-893683.tar.gz, where <893683> is the build/revision number of the VMware Workstation release.
[9] Run the VMware Tools tar installer as root/superuser: cd vmware-tools-distrib, ./vmware-install.pl . Respond to the configuration questions on the screen. Press Enter to accept the default values (please, follow the installation process).
After the installation is done, exit root, power-off VM, and power-on again. VMware tools should be active! ![]()
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