topic Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11 in VMware Fusion Discussions

Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

thoughton — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:33:22 GMT

Hello,

Anyone know if macOS Mojave guests are supposed to function on Fusion 11?

If so, how do I make the guest understand that I'm running with the display capabilities of a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)?

Thanks,

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

ColoradoMarmot — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:47:15 GMT

They do, but you have to manually install VMWare tools

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

thoughton — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:31:29 GMT

I did install these manually; should other processes than these be running?

$ ps -auxw|grep -i vmware

tbo 342 0.0 0.4 4326460 16060 ?? S 1:42PM 0:06.10 /Library/Application Support/VMware Tools/vmware-tools-daemon --name vmusr --common-path /Library/Application Support/VMware Tools/Plugins/Common --plugin-path /Library/Application Support/VMware Tools/Plugins/User

root 85 0.0 0.3 4322708 14452 ?? Ss 1:41PM 0:02.02 /Library/Application Support/VMware Tools/vmware-tools-daemon --name vmsvc --common-path /Library/Application Support/VMware Tools/Plugins/Common --plugin-path /Library/Application Support/VMware Tools/Plugins/System

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

kpate96 — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 00:52:21 GMT

I am having the same issue. I installed a Mojave Guest on Fusion 11 and I can only get it to display 1024x768 regardless of the setting.

Can I add the resolution via the .VMX file like is possible with vSphere?

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

ColoradoMarmot — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 18:04:03 GMT

In fusion preferences, what do you have set for the 'use full resolution' setting (I don't remember the exact wording)

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

thoughton — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 06:48:45 GMT

Single Window: "Resize the virtual machine to fit the window"

Full Screen: "Resize the virtual machine to fit the screen"

Also ticked: "Use full resolution for Retina display"

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

zhus — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 05:46:24 GMT

Could you please try these steps below:

1. Open the System Preferences -> Security & Privacy to confirm -> General tab in the guest, make sure there is nothing to allow.

2. Virtual Machine -> Reinstall VMware Tools. Open volume "VMware Tools", double click "Uninstall VMware Tools", then reinstall it.

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

leegalan — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:44:40 GMT

This worked for me, zhus. Great post!

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

DaFusion — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 22:24:45 GMT

Thanks, this worked for me too!

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

tvleavitt — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 04:01:35 GMT

This (uninstalling and reinstalling) also worked for me. Before, I was stuck at 1024x768, despite running on an iMac with a screen having a resolution of 2560x1440.

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

donmontalvo — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 04:04:40 GMT

I guess it makes sense that after Approving a KEXT, and then rebooting the virtual machine, it has to be done a second time for the tools to be recognized.

Glad I found this thread.

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

camner — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 22:29:31 GMT

zhus' suggestion did not work for me. I checked in Privacy and there was nothing to approve.

I uninstalled VMWare Tools, shut down and rebooted the guest, and reinstalled VMWare Tools.

I still only get the 1024 x 768 resolution.

If this helps, what happens is this. When I first boot the guest, the VMWare screen shrinks to about a 3"x3" square (just as happens with my Windows 10 VM). Unlike the Win 10 VM, with my Mojave VM, the VMWare window stays at the small size after the VM finishes booting. At that size, the resolution is great...matches my 27" iMac. But if I resize the VMWare Fusion window, it grows proportionally (aspect ratio preserved), but, unlike the case with the Win 10 VM, it doesn't "flash" back to the correct resolution. In System Prefs-->Display, only the 1024x768 resolution is there.

Anything else to try?

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

Jinryon — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 10:50:51 GMT

Re installing VMware Tools a second time resolve the screen resolution issue for me.

YET, this is not a professional solution and need to be fix by VMware.

Regards,

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

Tetz95 — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 23:15:42 GMT

VMware now includes a utility to set resolution. It can be found in the guest under /Library/Application Support/VMware Tools/ The application name is vmware-resolutionSet

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

brett22278 — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 11:33:06 GMT

This also works for Catalina -

sudo /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Tools/vmware-resolutionSet 1080 1920

That is the command to run verbatim, assuming your resolution should be 1920x1080 of course.

Cheers to Tetz95

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

evandrix — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 04:05:09 GMT

it should be width x height, not height x width

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

Stefan456 — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 21:32:26 GMT

Hi,

I have a similar issue. Upgraded from 8.5 to 11.5 and ElCapitan guest only runs in 1024x768

Host is High Sierra

- Reinstalled VM Tools several times.

- Tried sudo /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Tools/vmware-resolutionSet 1920 1080

but get the error unable to find the service

- Tried several combinations in the display settings of the VM.

On the guest it shows only 3MB of video memory, although for the VM 1GB is configured.

It seems to be an issue in 11. and 11.5

A fast solution would be appreciated, I`m running an important application in the VM.

Thanks

Stefan

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

nlfdss — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:10:33 GMT

Per the VMware Fusion 11.5.0 Release Notes:

VMware Tools 11.0.0 kernel extensions can not be launched in macOS 10.11 or 10.12 virtual machine.

After installing VMware Tools 11.0.0 on macOS 10.11 or macOS 10.12 virtual machine, running the kextstat | grep vm command in Terminal shows that no VMware Tools kernel extension is launched inside the virtual machine. As a result, all VMware Tools functions are not available, the virtual machine's resolution can not fit to the size of the virtual machine window and shared folders feature does not work.

Workaround: Use VMware Tools 10.3.10 instead.

Additional Reference: https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/339471-vmware-resolutionset-unable-to-find-the-service-on-mojave/?page=2&tab=com…

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

Techstarts — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 17:59:05 GMT

Someone should mark this Answer are Solved. Thanks again zhus

Re: Screen resolution issue with macOS 10.14 (Mojave) guest on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) host - Fusion 11

Disc0123 — Fri, 08 May 2020 15:09:34 GMT

I am not sure why but none of these solutions worked for me. In the end I found the following which gives you all the resolution options in the Systems Preferences;

GitHub - MarLoe/VMware.PreferencePane: System Preferences pane to change screen resolution on your macOS guest.

I think you have to have the VMware Tools installed for this to work.