Hi all,
I use Ubuntu18.04.2, and I can't change the guest's resolution by adjusting VMPlayer's window size in host. The screenshot is attached, you can see the black margin which is caused by the problem that the guest resolution does not adjust to the VMPlayer window.
Here are my steps:
- On host Ubuntu18.04.2, I installed a guest Ubuntu 18.04.2 in VMware Player15. "Virtual Machine Settings > Hardware > Display >Monitors > Use host settings for monitors" is selected, which is the default value.
I remember that, at this stage, the guest's resolution can adjust to VMPlayer's window size in host.
- Then, I thought it would be better to install vmware tools. And I followed this guide(https://linuxconfig.org/install-vmwa...c-beaver-linux) to install vmware tools. Here are the steps:
- sudo apt install open-vm-tools-desktop
- Download VMwareTools-10.3.2-9925305.tar.gz from VMware official website, and unzip it.
- $sudo ./VMwareTools-10.3.2-9925305/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl. And use all the default settings, here is the log:
- Then I rebooted the guest OS. The problem still exists.Code:========================Log begin=================================== user0@mypc:~/Documents/VMwareTools-10.3.2-9925305/vmware-tools-distrib$ ls bin doc FILES installer vgauth caf etc INSTALL lib vmware-install.pl user0@mypc:~/Documents/VMwareTools-10.3.2-9925305/vmware-tools-distrib$ sudo ./vmware-install.pl [sudo] password for lsolory: The installer has detected an existing installation of open-vm-tools packages on this system and will not attempt to remove and replace these user-space applications. It is recommended to use the open-vm-tools packages provided by the operating system. If you do not want to use the existing installation of open-vm-tools packages and use VMware Tools, you must uninstall the open-vm-tools packages and re-run this installer. The packages that need to be removed are: open-vm-tools Packages must be removed with the --purge option. The installer will next check if there are any missing kernel drivers. Type yes if you want to do this, otherwise type no [yes] INPUT: [yes] default Creating a new VMware Tools installer database using the tar4 format. Installing VMware Tools. In which directory do you want to install the binary files? [/usr/bin] INPUT: [/usr/bin] default What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)? [/etc] INPUT: [/etc] default What is the directory that contains the init scripts? [/etc/init.d] INPUT: [/etc/init.d] default In which directory do you want to install the daemon files? [/usr/sbin] INPUT: [/usr/sbin] default In which directory do you want to install the library files? [/usr/lib/vmware-tools] INPUT: [/usr/lib/vmware-tools] default The path "/usr/lib/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want? [yes] INPUT: [yes] default In which directory do you want to install the documentation files? [/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools] INPUT: [/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools] default The path "/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want? [yes] INPUT: [yes] default The installation of VMware Tools 10.3.2 build-9925305 for Linux completed successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl". Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you need to configure it by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want this program to invoke the command for you now? [yes] INPUT: [yes] default You have chosen to install VMware Tools on top of an open-vm-tools package. You will now be given the option to replace some commands provided by open-vm-tools. Please note that if you replace any commands at this time and later remove VMware Tools, it may be necessary to re-install the open-vm-tools. The file /usr/bin/vmware-hgfsclient that this program was about to install already exists. Overwrite? [no] INPUT: [no] default The file /sbin/mount.vmhgfs that this program was about to install already exists. Overwrite? [no] INPUT: [no] default The file /usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse that this program was about to install already exists. Overwrite? [no] INPUT: [no] default Initializing... Making sure services for VMware Tools are stopped. Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine: VMware User Agent (vmware-user): done Unmounting HGFS shares: done Guest filesystem driver: done The module vmci has already been installed on this system by another installer or package and will not be modified by this installer. The module vsock has already been installed on this system by another installer or package and will not be modified by this installer. The module vmxnet3 has already been installed on this system by another installer or package and will not be modified by this installer. The module pvscsi has already been installed on this system by another installer or package and will not be modified by this installer. The module vmmemctl has already been installed on this system by another installer or package and will not be modified by this installer. The VMware Host-Guest Filesystem allows for shared folders between the host OS and the guest OS in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment. Do you wish to enable this feature? [yes] INPUT: [yes] default The vmxnet driver is no longer supported on kernels 3.3 and greater. Please upgrade to a newer virtual NIC. (e.g., vmxnet3 or e1000e) VMware automatic kernel modules enables automatic building and installation of VMware kernel modules at boot that are not already present. This feature can be enabled/disabled by re-running vmware-config-tools.pl. Would you like to enable VMware automatic kernel modules? [yes] INPUT: [yes] default Creating a new initrd boot image for the kernel. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.18.0-16-generic The configuration of VMware Tools 10.3.2 build-9925305 for Linux for this running kernel completed successfully. Enjoy, --the VMware team ========================Log End============================
- Then I reinstalled vmware tools:
$sudo ./VMwareTools-10.3.2-9925305/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl.
And let the following file be overwritten:
/usr/bin/vmware-hgfsclient
/sbin/mount.vmhgfs
/usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse
Here is the log:
Code:========================Log Begin========================== user0@mypc:~/Documents/VMwareTools-10.3.2-9925305/vmware-tools-distrib$ ls bin caf doc etc FILES INSTALL installer lib vgauth vmware-install.pl user0@mypc:~/Documents/VMwareTools-10.3.2-9925305/vmware-tools-distrib$ sudo ./vmware-install.pl [sudo] password for lsolory: The installer has detected an existing installation of open-vm-tools packages on this system and will not attempt to remove and replace these user-space applications. It is recommended to use the open-vm-tools packages provided by the operating system. If you do not want to use the existing installation of open-vm-tools packages and use VMware Tools, you must uninstall the open-vm-tools packages and re-run this installer. The packages that need to be removed are: open-vm-tools Packages must be removed with the --purge option. The installer will next check if there are any missing kernel drivers. Type yes if you want to do this, otherwise type no [yes] INPUT: [yes] default A previous installation of VMware Tools has been detected. The previous installation was made by the tar installer (version 4). Keeping the tar4 installer database format. You have a version of VMware Tools installed. Continuing this install will first uninstall the currently installed version. Do you wish to continue? (yes/no) [yes] INPUT: [yes] default Uninstalling the tar installation of VMware Tools. Stopping services for VMware Tools Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine: VMware User Agent (vmware-user): done Unmounting HGFS shares: done Guest filesystem driver: done The removal of VMware Tools 10.3.2 build-9925305 for Linux completed successfully. Installing VMware Tools. In which directory do you want to install the binary files? [/usr/bin] INPUT: [/usr/bin] default What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)? [/etc] INPUT: [/etc] default What is the directory that contains the init scripts? [/etc/init.d] INPUT: [/etc/init.d] default In which directory do you want to install the daemon files? [/usr/sbin] INPUT: [/usr/sbin] default In which directory do you want to install the library files? [/usr/lib/vmware-tools] INPUT: [/usr/lib/vmware-tools] default The path "/usr/lib/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want? [yes] INPUT: [yes] default In which directory do you want to install the documentation files? [/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools] INPUT: [/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools] default The path "/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want? [yes] INPUT: [yes] default The installation of VMware Tools 10.3.2 build-9925305 for Linux completed successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl". Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you need to configure it by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want this program to invoke the command for you now? [yes] INPUT: [yes] default You have chosen to install VMware Tools on top of an open-vm-tools package. You will now be given the option to replace some commands provided by open-vm-tools. Please note that if you replace any commands at this time and later remove VMware Tools, it may be necessary to re-install the open-vm-tools. The file /usr/bin/vmware-hgfsclient that this program was about to install already exists. Overwrite? [no] yes INPUT: [yes] The file /sbin/mount.vmhgfs that this program was about to install already exists. Overwrite? [no] yes INPUT: [yes] The file /usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse that this program was about to install already exists. Overwrite? [no] yes INPUT: [yes] Initializing... Making sure services for VMware Tools are stopped. Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine: VMware User Agent (vmware-user): done Unmounting HGFS shares: done Guest filesystem driver: done The module vmci has already been installed on this system by another installer or package and will not be modified by this installer. The module vsock has already been installed on this system by another installer or package and will not be modified by this installer. The module vmxnet3 has already been installed on this system by another installer or package and will not be modified by this installer. The module pvscsi has already been installed on this system by another installer or package and will not be modified by this installer. The module vmmemctl has already been installed on this system by another installer or package and will not be modified by this installer. The VMware Host-Guest Filesystem allows for shared folders between the host OS and the guest OS in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment. Do you wish to enable this feature? [yes] INPUT: [yes] default The vmxnet driver is no longer supported on kernels 3.3 and greater. Please upgrade to a newer virtual NIC. (e.g., vmxnet3 or e1000e) VMware automatic kernel modules enables automatic building and installation of VMware kernel modules at boot that are not already present. This feature can be enabled/disabled by re-running vmware-config-tools.pl. Would you like to enable VMware automatic kernel modules? [yes] INPUT: [yes] default Creating a new initrd boot image for the kernel. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.18.0-16-generic The configuration of VMware Tools 10.3.2 build-9925305 for Linux for this running kernel completed successfully. Enjoy, --the VMware team ========================Log End============================
- Then rebooted the guest OS. But it doesn't help.
Could anyone tell me how to solve this problem?
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