[plug] Ubuntu Screen Res in VMWare

[Steve Baker]

Have you installed the VMWare tools?


Greg wrote:
> I found the work around restarting the VM made the changes take 
> effect. I dont know if this is something  that only occurs with 
> VMware. I would have expected Ubuntu to prompt if a reboot was needed. 
> Now I just need to find the best resolution setting so that I can now 
> switch to full screen mode without VMware complaining.
>
> Greg wrote:
>> Hi PLUG People
>>
>> I have installed Ubuntu desktop 7.10 within VMware. I can't seem to 
>> change the screen resolution from 1680 x 1050. I have tried viewing 
>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf but there seems to be no entry for the default. Of 
>> course firstly I tried through the menu system but changes do not 
>> seem to take effect.
>>
>> Happy New Year!
>>
>> Greg