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Chapter 7 Getting Started with Virtual Machines
AlltherestrictionsforresizingthattheX11Windowssystemimposesonphysical
hostsapplytoguests:
Youcannotresizetoamodethatisnotdefined.TheVMwareTools
configurationscriptcanaddalargenumberofmodelines,butyoucannot
resizein1‐pixelincrementsasyoucaninWindows.VMwareToolsadds
modelinesin100‐pixelincrements.Thismeansyoucannotresizeaguest
lar
gerthanthelargestmodedefinedinyourX11configurationfile.Ifyou
attempttoresizelargerthanthatmode,ablackborderappearsandtheguest
stopsincreasing.
TheXserveralwaysstartsupinthelargestresolutionthatisdefined.
You cannotavoidthisrestriction.TheXDM/KDM/GDMloginscreenalways
appearsatthelargestsize. ButGnomeandKDEallowyoutospecifyyour
preferredresolution,sothatyoucanreducetheguestdisplaysizeafteryou
login.
Display Resizing in Solaris Guests
ForSolaris10guests,thefollowingconsiderationsapplytodisplayresizing:
UpdateVMwareToolstoversion7.0intheguestforthedisplayresizingoptions
towork.
BeforeyoucanusetheAutofitGuestandFitGuestNowoptions,VMwareTools
mustberunning.
Solaris10guestsmustberunninganXorgXserverandJDS/Gnome.
Working with Nonstandard Resolutions
Aguestoperatingsystemanditsapplicationsmightreactunexpectedlywhenthe
WorkstationconsolesizeisnotastandardVESAresolution(640×480,800×600,
1024×768,andsoon).
Forexample,theAutofitGuestandFitGuestNowcommandsallowyourguest
operatingsystemscreenresolutiontobesetsmallerthan640×480,butsomeins
tallers
donotrunatresolutionss
mallerthan640×480.Programsmightrefusetorun.Error
messagesmightincludesuchphrasesasVGA Required to InstallorYou must
have VGA to install.
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