vmware workstation player install ubuntu

Monitor-1: Virtual1 mapped: Virtual-1 res: 2467x1515 hz: 60 size: N/A Unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: vmwgfx display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Info: 4x 1-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 Mobo: Intel model: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform Type: Vmware System: VMware product: VMware Virtual Platform v: N/A I emphasize that the problem is not in the absence of the necessary functionality, but in the fact that some features work in the 'open-vm-tools', and other features work in 'VMware Tools'. It helps, but the scaling problem comes back. Google says that in this case you need to install open-vm-tools-desktop. I recorded a video showing these problems.

The mouse moves freely in the VM and back. Īfter reboot, no scaling issues when switching window modes - this works great. Sudo apt-get purge -auto-remove open-vm-tools-desktop

I tried removing open-vm-tools (and open-vm-tools-desktop) with the command: Other features work.īy default, open-vm-tools is installed on the system. Also, if I change screen scale manually the mouse gets locked in the virtual machine window and I have to press CTRL+ALT to release the cursor. When switching between fullscreen and windowed, the screen scale resets to 200% (I need 150% for my monitor).

Just installed Mint in a virtual machine (VMware) and get a problem with vm-tools:

Vmware workstation player install ubuntu