VMWARE Workstation Pro 14.0.0 cannot resize the display for (Kali Linux 2017.2-vm-amd64)

[dinesh8]

I am trying the latest release of Vmware Workstation Pro 14.0.0 to run Kali Linux 2017.2-vm-amd64
(which was downloaded from here - https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-vmware-virtualbox-image-download/

It is a Kali Linux Vmware custom Image (Kali Linux 64 bit VM). After running the image on Vmware, and after completing the

necessary updates using the commands below:

apt - get update

apt -get install open-vm-tools-desktop fuse

I was not able to resize the display to make it bigger as it remains extremely small to view on the window.

Next I edited the apt-repository list with the below sources:

deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

# For source package access, uncomment the following line

# deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

And then I applied the usual updates on Terminal - However, it still didn't work.

So far, I tried exhaustively to change the display resolution to match my host machine, but it remains so small that I can barely read the display.

Does anyone have any hints to resolve this issue ?

[TracyHuang]

Thanks for the posting!

It seems the open vm tools daemon didn't running on your guest. Please use ps -ef|grep -i vmtoolsd to check if there are two daemons running? If not, I guess the open-vm-tools didn't install successfully then. Suggest to remove and re-install the open-vm-tools.

[dinesh8]

I observe the below output when I execute the command you provided. Does this explain or point to anything ?

root@kali:~# ps -ef|grep -i vmtoolsd

root       367     1  3 23:52 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/vmtoolsd

root      1522     1  0 23:52 tty2     00:00:00 /usr/bin/vmtoolsd -n vmusr

root      1686  1675  0 23:53 pts/0    00:00:00 grep -i vmtoolsd

root@kali:~#

Thanks,

Dinesh

[bonnie201110141]

So tools daemons are running correctly. Can you check if menu VM > Fit Guest Now? Is it disabled? I know nothing about this Kali Linux. Is it wayland based?

[dinesh8]

Hello,

Below is what I see when I select the menu items. I've played around with the settings, but the

display size never changes. The window remains super tiny.

The icons and the names of the icons are so small and any attempts to change the display isn't working for me.

$ echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
x11

It's a X11 system, not wayland.

[bonnie201110141]

What is the maximum resolution your host screen support?

[dinesh8]

My host screen supports up to (3840 by 2160). It's a Dell XPS 15 inch.

[TracyHuang]

If you want to show icon bigger, you should set the display on your Linux guest, e.g. for Ubuntu OS you can change the scale more than 1 (default value). On Kali, I think it should have similar function to set the display as well.