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

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...

Martin

Posted 2011-06-21T13:47:15.247

Reputation: 253

Answers

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

DiableNoir

Posted 2011-06-21T13:47:15.247

Reputation: 858

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

vasili111

Posted 2011-06-21T13:47:15.247

Reputation: 479

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.

Sandeep Bansal

Posted 2011-06-21T13:47:15.247

Reputation: 6 168

Guide is ancient! – mlissner – 2013-08-21T02:22:23.793

5@mlissner well it would be ancient due to the time the question was answered. – Sandeep Bansal – 2013-08-21T19:17:48.773