Bug 392998 - vmware: Unable to resize screen to other than 800x600
Summary: vmware: Unable to resize screen to other than 800x600
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 391800
Alias: None
Product: openSUSE 11.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: SaX2 (show other bugs)
Version: Beta 3
Hardware: i386 Other
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
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Assignee: Stefan Dirsch
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Reported: 2008-05-21 09:20 UTC by David Bailey
Modified: 2008-05-22 00:08 UTC (History)
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Screenshot of screen after resizing (to 1280x800) (192.55 KB, application/octet-stream)
2008-05-21 09:20 UTC, David Bailey 		Details
xorg.conf as created by SAX2 (4.14 KB, text/plain)
2008-05-21 09:23 UTC, David Bailey 		Details
xorg.conf taken from a working SUSE10.3 box on the same VMware server (4.54 KB, text/plain)
2008-05-21 09:24 UTC, David Bailey 		Details
Xorg.0.log file (26.27 KB, text/plain)
2008-05-21 21:29 UTC, David Bailey 		Details
output from xrandr (865 bytes, text/plain)
2008-05-21 21:39 UTC, David Bailey 		Details
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Description David Bailey 2008-05-21 09:20:01 UTC 
Created attachment 217156 [details]
Screenshot of screen after resizing (to 1280x800)

This bug is the same as Bug # 389070 previously reported.

Running OpenSUSE 11.0 Beta 3 on VMware (Server 1.04).

VMware tools installed

In SAX2, change Screen to: LCD 1400x1050 @ 60Hz (native for the machine it is on) (Have tried other variations on this theme with the same results)

Set resolution to anything other than 800x600 (eg 1280x800).

Run test.  Works fine.

Restart X

Splash / login screens resize to new resolution, but after login the screen is back to 800x600.

The generated xorg.conf does not contain any modelines (same as in previous bug report).

Can use KRandRtray to resize the screen, but get the same issue as bug #391800.  ie background image does not resize and task bar does not move to the new bottom of the screen.  (See attached file for a screenshot)

Tried using an xorg.conf from a SUSE 10.3 installation running on the same VMware server.  Same result.  This xorg.conf DOES contain modelines
Comment 1 David Bailey 2008-05-21 09:23:58 UTC 
Created attachment 217159 [details]
xorg.conf as created by SAX2
Comment 2 David Bailey 2008-05-21 09:24:56 UTC 
Created attachment 217160 [details]
xorg.conf taken from a working SUSE10.3 box on the same VMware server
Comment 3 Marcus Schaefer 2008-05-21 13:37:13 UTC 
afaik we intentionally don't create any modelines for the vmware
driver as they were ignored anyway. Stefan ?
Comment 4 Stefan Dirsch 2008-05-21 14:05:53 UTC 
Sorry, I didn't read the initial comment carefully, which says that modelines do not help. David, could you attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and the output of 'xrandr'? Thanks.
Comment 5 David Bailey 2008-05-21 21:29:46 UTC 
Created attachment 217406 [details]
Xorg.0.log file
Comment 6 David Bailey 2008-05-21 21:39:23 UTC 
Created attachment 217410 [details]
output from xrandr
Comment 7 David Bailey 2008-05-21 21:39:54 UTC 
Added requested files
Comment 8 Stefan Dirsch 2008-05-22 00:08:00 UTC 
The xrandr output looks a bit strange, i.e. I don't believe you can switch to a resolution higher than 1280x800, although the output claims this would be possible. Apart from this the issue doesn't look like a X.Org/driver problem at all. It's just a duplicate of Bug #391800. You can verify this by simply chosing another desktop like Gnome, KDE3, xfce or failsafe for your Xsession.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 391800 ***