Ubuntu: Screen resolution doesn't fit size of monitor (Vmware)

Question

I have just installed ubunto in Vmware Player and it works great, but all of the resolutions it gives me there isn't one to fill the entire screen.

I was scouting around the net and found this,

- Open up VMWare, don't boot up Windows yet.
- Go to "View" and select "Autofit window" and "Autofit Guest".
- Close VMWare.
- Go to the terminal and do:
sudo gedit ~/vmware/preferences
- Now where it says:
pref.autoFitFullScreen = "fitHostToGuest"
change it to:
pref.autoFitFullScreen = "fitGuestToHost"

but when i do it the preferences file is empty

Can anyone tell me where it is??

Totally lost

edit

I have installed VMtools...

Solution 1

The preference file is located on your host computer NOT in your VM!

Location on a Windows host:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\VMware\preferences.ini

Location on a Linux host:

~/vmware/preferences/preferences

Solution 2

I tested that, when Windows is guest OS, but may work with other OS too:

Solution 3

You need to install VMWare tools in order for your VM to make use of your screen resolution.

Follow this guide/tutorial in order to install it on vmware player.

Comments

[mlissner]

Guide is ancient!

[Sandeep Bansal]

@mlissner well it would be ancient due to the time the question was answered.