Installing Tools in Ubuntu 10.4 Guest

Could someone, maybe from Parallels Tech Support, contribute a detailed how-to for installing Parallels Tools on a Mac OSX host with a Ubuntu 10.4 guest OS? The pop-up is sketchy, and as I newbie, I lack an overview of how to move around in Ubuntu... Thanks.

 

Installing Parallels Tools in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)

Here's how I installed Parallels Tools in 10.04. It took me several hours to figure it out:
1) Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine Menu
when the Parallels Tools "CD" is mounted on the Ubuntu Desktop
2) Open Terminal from Applications Menu
3) Type cd ..
4) Type cd ..
5) Type cd media
6) Type cd "Parallels Tools" (The quotes have added)
7) Type sudo ./install
8) Enter your password

Then the Parallels Tools program will run. If you have any questions, please send me an E-Mail. I made a scereenshot of the terminal steps if you are still confused. Hope that helps


Thank You,

Don

 

Worked like a charm. Thank you!

 

Hello. I have the same problem. I want to install the Parallels Tools on Kubuntu 7.04 running in Parallels 5.

When I type

it says

.

I type

and try it again. Then it says the same.

When I type

it says

Can anyone help me?

 

Hello. I have the same problem. I want to install the Parallels Tools on Kubuntu 7.04 running in Parallels 5.

When I type

it says

.

I type

and try it again. Then it says the same.

When I type

it says

 

I tried to install Parallels Tools in Kubuntu 10.4 Guest. But the installation failed.
I attached the log file from var/log as pdf.

What is wrong?

 

Help! Installing Tools in Ubuntu 10.4 Guest

I keep getting this ~ Error: you do not have permissions to run this script. Please press Enter to exit from Parallels installer.

I have tried installing the tools over and over using su, sudo, 'sudo apt-get install {the_name_of_the_pack}'.,

(cd /media/cdrom/, ./install, etc, etc, etc.

 

I have the same problem but this fix did not work. I get this file does not exist when i tkype in cd media

 

I followed this right down to the .. after cd and it actually worked.

1) Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine Menu
when the Parallels Tools "CD" is mounted on the Ubuntu Desktop
2) Open Terminal from Applications Menu
3) Type cd ..
4) Type cd ..
5) Type cd media
6) Type cd "Parallels Tools" (The quotes have added)
7) Type sudo ./install
8) Enter your password

Then the Parallels Tools program popped up and I installed them.

Prior to this it would not even take a password.

 

This fix to install tools on ubuntu 10.4 does not work for me

I have tried this fix and get to cd "Parallels Tools" and it will not take the command unless I get rid of the space between cd and "Parallels Tools". When I get to sudo ./install I am informed that this command does not exist. If anyone has any ideas on this I would appreciate a reply. This is very frustrating.

 

I feel your pain, I tried everything I found on the internet and nothing worked.
When I tried:
1) Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine Menu
when the Parallels Tools "CD" is mounted on the Ubuntu Desktop
2) Open Terminal from Applications Menu
3) Type cd ..
4) Type cd ..
5) Type cd media
6) Type cd "Parallels Tools" (The quotes have added)
7) Type sudo ./install
8) Enter your password

Then the Parallels Tools program popped up and I installed them. I do not know why, it just worked.

Try su. /install and I am not sure if I used spaces or not. I did type cd.. I think

 

I got parallels tools to install, but it doesn't work

Folks,

I followed the instructions, and think some of the CD (change directory) commands were wrong for me. But I found the installation program and ran it using Sudo OK and rebooted the VM.'

However, the resolution is still wrong, and the mouse transitioning between the Mac and the VM doesn't work. In other words, it doesn't seem like the tools are working.

Does anyone have a suggestion. Is 10.4 even supported by Parallels? My VM is mostly unusable now.

Thanks

 

Glenn, From what I know , sounds like the tools did not install.
Maybe Don Stankalis can jump in here, he said he has screen shots of what he did. (Can't find his email address)

I was so frustrated when I finally found Don's post, I just typed and kept hitting enter and the tools install popped-up...

My 10.04 update from 9.10 seems to be working fine under Parallels 5.

Any Parallels Tech people lurking out there, please help out here.

One thing that i got off of ubuntu on facebook was to change from su to sudo
and then this site:
1) Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine Menu
when the Parallels Tools "CD" is mounted on the Ubuntu Desktop
2) Open Terminal from Applications Menu
3) Type cd ..
4) Type cd ..
5) Type cd media
6) Type cd "Parallels Tools" (The quotes have added)
7) Type sudo ./install
8) Enter your password

There are conflicting instructions how to install tools...

 

Folks,

I was able to get everything working properly. Re-installing parallels tools did not work until I ran the program and uninstalled it and then re-installed it -- then it worked perfect (mouse transitions between VM/Mac, resizing screen, etc).

I also followed the instructions to fix the visual enhancements and was able to turn them on and that worked too. So now I have everything working perfectly and the new Ubuntu is much better in several areas. Visually it is much better, and watching youtube in the VM works perfectly, whereas with the old Ubuntu the video and audio was always messed up.

Anyone upgrading should be very happy once they get this all working.

Good luck to you all.

Regards,

Glenn

 

Installing Paralles Tools under Ubuntu 10.04

Hello Folks!
Sorry for not getting back. Here's what I did:
1) In Parallels/Virtual Machine menu I installed Parallels Tools, the Parallels Toold CD Image mounted automatically on the Ubuntu Desktop
2) I opened Terminal in the Applications/Accessories menu
Here is the path that I followed:


If you have any questions, please let me know. Hope that helps!

Don

 

Uninstalling and Reinstalling works

Uninstalling and reinstalling worked for me when upgrading would not. Thanks for the suggestion, Glenn.

 

Same problem

i've spent the best part of a day trying to get this to work

couldn't get parallels tools to install using your method but finally got it to work using this

sudo /media/cdrom1/install

however when i install it i get this message

an error occurred when installing parallels tools. please go to /var/log/parallels-tools-install.log for more information.

i've tried upgrading it, uninstalling it and then reinstalling it, and neither have worked!

 

Go to /var/log/ and open parallels-tools-install.log in a text editor and look at the stuff near the bottom. It should give an indication of what caused the error.

 

log

this is what it says at the bottom of the log.
i think the problem seems to be the bit that says

System X modules are placed in /usr/lib64/xorg/modules
Error: there is no X modules for this version of X server
Error: failed to install user space applications and drivers

but i've included more in case i'm wrong

cheers for any help


WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/prl_fs.o
see include/linux/module.h for more information
CC /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/prl_fs.mod.o
LD [M] /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs/prl_fs.ko
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-24-generic'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs/SharedFolders/Guest/Linux/prl_fs'
cd prl_fs_freeze/Snapshot/Guest/Linux/prl_freeze && make
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs_freeze/Snapshot/Guest/Linux/prl_freeze'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-24-generic/build M=/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs_freeze/Snapshot/Guest/Linux/prl_freeze modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-24-generic'
CC [M] /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs_freeze/Snapshot/Guest/Linux/prl_freeze/prl_fs_freeze.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs_freeze/Snapshot/Guest/Linux/prl_freeze/prl_fs_freeze.mod.o
LD [M] /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs_freeze/Snapshot/Guest/Linux/prl_freeze/prl_fs_freeze.ko
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-24-generic'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_fs_freeze/Snapshot/Guest/Linux/prl_freeze'
make: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods'
Start installation of prl_tg kernel module
Start installation of prl_fs kernel module
Start installation of prl_fs_freeze kernel module
DKMS modules were added successfully
DKMS modules were built successfully
Installation of kernel modules was finished successfully
/etc/modprobe.conf is missing
Start installation of user space modules
X server: xorg, v1.7.6
Install X modules from directory: .1.7
System X modules are placed in /usr/lib64/xorg/modules
Error: there is no X modules for this version of X server
Error: failed to install user space applications and drivers
2010-08-13T17:57:10+0100: execCmd: ./install --install [165]
2010-08-13T17:57:10+0100: Error: An error occurred when installing Parallels Tools. Please go to /var/log/parallels-tools-install.log for more information.

 

I get the same error as KitM. I'm using Parallels 5.0.9220 and Kubuntu 10.04.