How can I automatically start vmware tools?

12.04 vmware-player vmware-tools

This worked for me on Lubuntu 17.04 (Zesty):

Open the menu, and under Preferences click Default applications for LXSession.
Select Autostart from the pane on the left.
Enter /usr/bin/vmware-user in the Manual autostarted applications box, then click + Add.
Reboot, and you should see the window at the correct size.

Yves Calaci

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Yves Calaci almost 2 years
I have a quite simple problem, yet a very weird behaviour on which a Set does not delete elements on true predicates for some reason.

The entities (for reference only, as this does not have anything to do with the set item - or shouldn't):
```
@Data
@MappedSuperclass
@EqualsAndHashCode(of = "uuid")
public abstract class Model<ID> {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue
    protected ID id;

    protected UUID uuid; // Hybrid model

    @PrePersist
    private void onPersisting() {
        uuid = UUID.randomUUID();
    }

}

@Data
@Entity
@NoArgsConstructor
@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true, of = "name")
@Table(uniqueConstraints = @UniqueConstraint(name = "scope_name", columnNames = "name"))
public class Scope extends Model<Long> {

    private String name;

    public Scope(UUID uuid) {
        this.uuid = uuid;
    }

    public Scope(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

}

@Data
@Entity
@NoArgsConstructor
@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true, of = "name")
@Table(uniqueConstraints = @UniqueConstraint(name = "role_name", columnNames = "name"))
public class Role extends Model<Long> {

    private String name;

    @ManyToMany(cascade = { CascadeType.PERSIST, CascadeType.MERGE })
    @JoinTable(name = "role_scopes", joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "role_id"), inverseJoinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "scope_id"))
    private Set<Scope> scopes = new HashSet<>();

    public Role(UUID uuid, Scope... scopes) {
        this.scopes = Stream.of(scopes).collect(Collectors.toSet());
        this.uuid = uuid;
    }

    public Role(String name, Scope... scopes) {
        this.scopes = Stream.of(scopes).collect(Collectors.toSet());
        this.name = name;
    }

}
```
The following snippet, called within a JUnit test case, does not delete the set elements (simplified for readability):
```
@Transactional
public Role create(Role role) {
    role.getScopes().removeIf(unused -> true); // <----
    return role;
}
```
For some reason, that snippet does work:
```
Set<String> strings = new HashSet<>();
strings.add("FOO");
strings.add("BAR");
strings.removeIf(unused -> true);
```
What's going on here?
- HEKTO over 8 years
  
  My Xubuntu VM was able to start VMTools automatically, but after upgrade to the 14.04.3 it can't do that anymore - so I have to run the sudo /usr/bin/vmware-user manually (which is annoying). I'd like to see a good answer to this question as well. One of answers below is for different question apparently, and another one doesn't work for me.
- Andy Turner over 3 years
  
  Is getScopes() returning a defensive copy?
- Yves Calaci over 3 years
  
  @matt I'm debugging and yes, Role::getScopes does return a Set through Lombok's @Data.
- Yves Calaci over 3 years
  
  @AndyTurner do you mind to explain?
- Andy Turner over 3 years
  
  @Henri is it, for example, returning new HashSet<>(scopes) rather than scopes?
- Yves Calaci over 3 years
  
  @AndyTurner It returns the set itself. See projectlombok.org/features/delombok
- Andy Turner over 3 years
  
  @Henri I'm not sure what I'm meant to be looking at on that page. What happens if you invoke role.getScopes().removeIf(unused -> true) directly inside your unit test? Does that remove things as you'd expect? What is the return value?
- Yves Calaci over 3 years
  
  @AndyTurner delomboking shows the implicit Lombok's getter (and setter) algorithm, on which you were asking me about. Calling Set::removeIf within the unit test does not remove the elements either.
- matt over 3 years
  
  You're using Collectors.toSet that isn't necessarily modifiable.
- Yves Calaci over 3 years
  
  @matt that was my only guess, although calling Set::clear does modify the set. By the way, Collectors.toSet shouldn't return an unmodifiable set, as there's a function for this (Collectors.toUnmodifiableSet). I've ran out of assumptions.
- matt over 3 years
  
  @Henri for toSet it says there isn't a guarantee in the documentation. I would replace it with, toCollection and use a HashSet as a test.
- Andy Turner over 3 years
  
  @matt if the returned collection didn't support removal, it would throw an exception when you attempted to remove from it.
- Andy Turner over 3 years
  
  @Henri and what about the return value from removeIf?
- Yves Calaci over 3 years
  
  @matt indeed, whats strange, though, is that changing from Stream.of(scopes).collect(Collectors.toSet()) to new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(scopes)) on Role constructor, does not solve this either. Very weird.
- Yves Calaci over 3 years
  
  @AndyTurner it returns true.. wtf.
- matt over 3 years
  
  How are you verifying that the items are not being removed? By using the debugger?
- Andy Turner over 3 years
  
  @Henri that would suggest that role.getScopes() != role.getScopes().
- Yves Calaci over 3 years
  
  @AndyTurner why would that suggest role.getScopes() != role.getScopes()? Role::getScopes returns the scopes memory address, not a new one. What's your point?
rss81 almost 9 years

there is no vmx file on the linux side. could you explain what you mean?
Prashant Chikhalkar almost 9 years

have to checked this ? help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware/Tools
HEKTO over 8 years

The solution with Application Autostart doesn't work for me.