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yahyavi
April 24th, 2015, 01:31 AM
Hello,

I have a fresh installation of Kubuntu 15.04 64bit in VMWare 11.
To get proper resolution you have to install VMWareTools. After installing VMWaretools the desktop does expand to my resolution but most of the desktop is black and cannot be right clicked as if it is not at the correct the resolution.
I have attached a picture to clarify what I mean (it is resized the actual resolution is 2560x1440). Any idea how to fix this? (On the lockscreen it is actually at the correct resolution)

https://i.imgur.com/Q33jMZc.png?2
sammiev
April 24th, 2015, 02:21 AM
Ran into the same problem as you and never found a fix for it after updates were released a few months back.

Was hoping for a fix by release date, it never happen to any other of the flavors with 15o4.
yahyavi
April 24th, 2015, 03:08 AM
Such a shame! I am loving KDE 5 and would love to move to 15.04.
The weird thing is it seems to work for a moment during login and a moment right before shut down for a few seconds.

I had a look at unifying outputs, but it doesn't seem to work either. Open-VM-Tools doesn't work either and you lose hardware acceleration.
Really hope someone finds a solution.
Ronald_Vance
April 24th, 2015, 10:54 AM
I had the same problem. The desktop seems to correct itself after logging out and logging back in. As it stands plasma desktop doesn't seem to play nicely with VMware's Dynamic resolution.
sammiev
April 24th, 2015, 01:34 PM
Now 15o4 has been rolling out, I hope to see a fix for this issue. It seems Ronald found away around it for now.

It seems some work was done on it as it would not correct itself for a few of us at the time the new desktop rolled out in the dev stages.
yahyavi
April 24th, 2015, 09:21 PM
Just tried it and can confirm log out and login can fix the problem.
Hope a permanent fix comes out soon.
ninja2
April 30th, 2015, 06:35 PM
Just wanted to report the same error :

Before the logout --> login trick :

https://i.imgur.com/PxHjntG.png


After the logout --> login trick :

http://i.imgur.com/KLeXzpQ.jpg
traction_music
August 17th, 2015, 11:49 PM
Just a thread bump - another user here with the same configuration and the same issue. Would be great to get it patched.
deoren
September 9th, 2015, 06:23 PM
Same problem here. As others have noted the log out/in trick works to temporarily resolve the problem. It's worth noting that the open-vm-tools package produces the same results.
jeremygc
October 13th, 2015, 03:44 PM
Same problem here. Still no resolution :(


Hello,

I have a fresh installation of Kubuntu 15.04 64bit in VMWare 11.
To get proper resolution you have to install VMWareTools. After installing VMWaretools the desktop does expand to my resolution but most of the desktop is black and cannot be right clicked as if it is not at the correct the resolution.
I have attached a picture to clarify what I mean (it is resized the actual resolution is 2560x1440). Any idea how to fix this? (On the lockscreen it is actually at the correct resolution)

https://i.imgur.com/Q33jMZc.png?2