Still, this auto-update is pretty annoying, but after quite a while, I’ve figured that every VMs config.pvs (right-click on the VM file Show Package Contents) contains a switch to turn off auto-updates, located at XPath ParallelsVirtualMachine/Settings/Tools/AutoUpdate.
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My first idea was to simply swap the old prl-tools-lin.iso, shipped with my version, with the current one from the demo and it turned out: It actually works! Unfortunately the issue with the auto-update kicking in after every boot remains, but it’ll now install the current Tools version, I’ve just patched. sudo /media/cdrom0/install -install -verbose) is run from there. prl-tools-lin.iso when running a Linux guest) is then mounted into the guests filesystem and the installation (e.g. Turns out, Parallels Tools are available as an disk image (iso file) for all guest operating systems at /Applications/Parallels\ Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/Tools/. It works, but as soon as you start up your VM back in the old version, it will automatically initiate an “update” and install the old Tools again. So can you simply download the demo of the current Parallels Desktop version, install Parallels Tools in your VM from there and downgrade back? Not quite. I found out that the more recent ones aren’t supported by my old Parallels Desktop installation, while they perform properly in newer versions. Therefore, I set up some more VMs, running different Kernel versions in different versions of Parallels Desktop. After I while, I noticed that the VMs Linux Kernel had been upgraded, so I chose the previous one from the GRUB boot menu and everything worked perfectly fine again. Analysisįirst of all, I tried reinstalling Parallels Tools, but it obviously failed. You can simply replace the prl-tools-lin.iso in your old installation with the current from the demo. TL DR: Parallels Tools only support more recent Kernels in the more recent versions of Parallels Desktop. Here’s how I fixed it without fiddling around in Parallels Tools: Copying and pasting from and to the host, resizing the screen, etc. Some time ago I upgraded an older Kali Linux installation to a newer one and suddenly Parallels Tools stopped working. I am using Parallels Desktop 13 to occasionally work with Virtual Machines.
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