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VMware VM Ubuntu 18.04 Full Screen Problem

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Using Open VM Tools

Open VM Tools (open-vm-tools) is the open source implementation of VMware Tools for Linux guest operating systems.

The open-vm-tools-desktop package includes additional user programs and libraries to improve the interactive functionality of desktop operations of your virtual machines. The package enables you to resize a guest display to match its host console window or the VMware Remote Console Window for vSphere. The package also allows you to copy and paste between host and guest OSes, as well as to drag and drop between guests and a host for the VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion products.

Install open-vm-tools-desktop

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sudo apt update
sudo apt install open-vm-tools-desktop

Full Screen Issue

After you installed open-vm-tools-desktop, your guest display should resize automatically to match your host console window.

If somehow resizing does not work anymore, here’s what you can try (based on Ubuntu 18.04):

  • Edit open-vm-tools.service systemd service file.

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    sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/open-vm-tools.service

  • Add following lines to the end of the [Unit] section.

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    Requires=graphical.target
    After=graphical.target

  • Save the file. Reload and restart the open-vm-tools.service systemd service.

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    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
    sudo service open-vm-tools restart