Ubuntu 17.10 guest won't resize in VMware Workstation 14.0

[probj]

I am running VMware Workstation 14.0 on a Windows 7 laptop (i7, 16 GB RAM).

I just updated an Ubuntu guest from 16.x to 17.10 and removed & installed VMware Tools.

But now when I resize the window in which the guest is running, the contents don't resize and instead I just get a black border around the guest Ubuntu system's desktop.

Is anybody else getting this issue?

Is there a fix?

[bonnie201110141]

Ubuntu 17.10 switches to wayland. WS 14.0 bundled tools does not work well with guest OS with wayland. We will have the fix in later releases. Currently as a workaround, you can switch back to xorg via the followings:

1) logout current user

2) select Ubuntu on Xorg.

Let me know if it works for you.

[probj]

OK, thanks; I'll wait for updates (and not upgrade any other Ubuntu VMs!).

Do you have any ETA on an updated VMware Tools?

FYI, I get confused as to whether bundled vmware tools or openvmtools is best and I had some issues with openvmtools, so I opted to used the bundle one...

[bonnie201110141]

Sorry, I am not supposed to commit any release dates. Currently you can swtich to Xorg for a workaround. Let me know if you have trouble with that.

As a principle, open-vm-tools is recommended and used out of box. However, if you hit any issue with open-vm-tools but the issue is fixed in bundled tools, you can swtich to bundled tools. Fixed in bundled tools will surely go to later releases of open-vm-tools.

[cxdani]

I also had problems with Ubuntu guest under Win10 and guest fit.

Now I just installed Ubuntu 17.10 64bit and I managed to get the guest autofit to work.

This is what I did (info found in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDyVLZg_Y-E​😞

After installing Ubuntu 17.10 64bit, perform the following commands:

- sudo bash

- apt-get update

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

Close terminal and restart Ubuntu.

When Ubuntu is up, the “Fit guest now” menu entry of Vmware Workstation shall be enabled.

The Ubuntu guest can be now resized.

Test Copy-Paste between host and guest (text, file).

In Ubuntu run:

- hostnamectl   (to see ubuntu version)

- systemctl status open-vm-tools.service (to see if vm-tools are running)

[j2clerck]

Hello,

I had a similar issue while trying Ubuntu 18.10 on VMware Fusion.

It seems that open-vm-tools is starting a bit too early.

I delayed the service open-vm-tools to start after the display manager and it seems to work now.

~$ sudo vi /lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service

Add under [Unit] the following line:

After=display-manager.service

Save the file and reboot. The screen should be able to fit as needed.