vm console skewed

[danb1982]

I'm having an issue with the VM console of some VMs being skewed. This is happening in Windows, Windows core, and Linux VMs. I'm running vCenter 6.5 build 5705665 and ESXi 6.5 build 5310538. VMware tools are up to date on the VMs. Sometimes vmotioning the guest to another host fixes the issue, but most of the time it does not. This is happening in both the web console and the VMRC (v9.0.0). Has anyone else had thisissue and know how to resolve it?

[vijayrana968]

Check what you see in mks and vmrc log files in %LOCALAPPDATA%\temp\vmware-%USERNAME%

[JvodQl0D]

same issue with core 2012r2 after tools vm-installed. need tools for vmxnet3. makes me go rage-mode.

[JvodQl0D]

did my best to run sconfig.exe>updates>all, then at some point the console stopped being skewed. 

[strabi]

I just encountered this problem.  It seems to occur if I open the Web Console immediately after cloning a fully-patched, up-to-date VMware Tools, Windows 2016 Core DataCenter template.

After logging in, Windows reports the display resolution 1399x975, which is strange. Changing it to a more standard value (e.g. 1280x1024) causes the console to work properly. I used PowerShell to check the resolution:

  Get-DisplayResolution

and then change it:

  Set-DisplayResolution -Width 1280 -Height 1024 -Force

Screen shots of the process:

[garf]

Still having this problem on a W2K12R2 core VM (version 10), on ESXi 6.5 (9298722) fully patched.

This is shocking.  Are there no clear root causes for this?  Been a problem for more than a year, spanning multiple updates.

Thanks.

[arnosl001]

Hi

Drop your screen resolution the max that works is 1280 x 800

Mike

[ddzierzek]

Thank you for this.  This worked perfect for me.