I'm running Workstation 11 under Windows 7 (Ent).
My monitor is a Dell 2560x1440
Machine is a Dell OptiPlex 7010 with AMD 7000 video
(also running workstation at home on ASUS server board, dual E5-2520 v2's with AMD R7)
I am experiencing the following issues with listed guests:
- Windows
- Setting Workstation options for Auto-size/3D, Windows 7 startup is scrunched VGA in middle of the VMware window; although it says it is the proper resolution, it is zoomed out so small it can hardly be seen. I tried changing the sizing options in Workstation which only resulted in my resolution changing, and guest window size and placement becoming 640x480, or 800x600, not quite sure which
- Setting guest to 2560x1440/3D and 1GB Video RAM, Windows 7 and Windows 10 video starts as VGA, with sizing set to centered and guest at 2560x1440, zoomed out; changing screen sizing to auto-size, again changes my guest resolution to VGA and all my windows are resized. 2560x1440 is not shown in guest available resolutions. I found the best thing for this is to set display to auto-size/3D and on startup, press Workstation key (ALT-SHFT)-ENTER twice. That will unzoom the guest to the proper size of the monitor. Some windows inside the guest are moved around, but not resized.
- Linux
- At manual resolution configurations, 2560x1440 is not available. I created a script to manually add it using 'xrandr' as follows:
#!/bin/bash
#Set resolution
xrandr --newmode "2560x1440_60.00" 312.25 2560 2752 3024 3488 1440 1443 1448 1493 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode Virtual1 2560x1440_60.00
xrandr --output Virtual1 --mode 2560x1440_60.00
- With video auto-size on, the above does not matter, however, if I change the auto-size setting the guest windows get all confused
- At manual resolution configurations, 2560x1440 is not available. I created a script to manually add it using 'xrandr' as follows:
- FreeBSD based pcBSD 10.14
- VMware has not released a guest tool kit for FreeBSD 10.1. Guys what's up; that is the primary reason I upgraded to w11. FreeBSD 11 is around the corner, can you get a move on please
- Again, same as Linux, except I was not able to use xrandr. With the guest video at Auto-detect and NO 3D, and openvm tools, it will bring the window up to 2560x1440. However, the mouse is a problem with the openvm tools; It is erratic to say the least, and does not work at all from a remote desktop session, or from VMware VNC, nor from client VNC's I've tried.