XenonKilla Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I've updated to macOS Sierra on VMware Workstation v12.5. I've installed the latest VMware Tools "darwin.iso" v8.5.0 but I'm still unable to change my resolution from 1024x768. I searched the forum and can't seem to find anyone having this issue so I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas on what I can check. Sound is working fine. Thanks in advance! ***EDIT*** I found a fix for this issue. - Install VMware Tools - Reboot - Open terminal- Run this command/Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Tools/vmware-resolutionSet 1920 1080 You can change the '1920 1080' to whatever resolution you need. Now your display resolution will remain that size even after you reboot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angegabriel2k3 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Sorry but even with your technique, after a reboot, the screen returns to 1024x768 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldwyn Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 to make the change stick it must be executed with sudo so this will work: sudo /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Tools/vmware-resolutionSet 1920 1080 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyeye Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 When I tried to change the resolution using the above method I receive an error saying "command not found" CrazyEyes-Mac:~ crazyeye$ ls -la /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Tools/ total 1184 drwxr-xr-x 19 root wheel 646 Nov 20 2014 . drwxr-xr-x 11 root admin 374 Apr 18 22:35 .. drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 374 Nov 20 2014 Frameworks drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170 Nov 20 2014 Plugins drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Apr 18 22:36 Uninstall VMware Tools.app -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10523 Nov 20 2014 VMware Tools Problem Reporter.tool -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3726 Nov 20 2014 poweroff-vm-default -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3726 Nov 20 2014 poweron-vm-default -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3726 Nov 20 2014 resume-vm-default drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Nov 20 2014 scripts -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2320 Nov 20 2014 services.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 840 Nov 20 2014 statechange.subr -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3726 Nov 20 2014 suspend-vm-default drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Nov 20 2014 vmhgfs.kext -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 428048 Nov 20 2014 vmmemctl drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Nov 20 2014 vmmemctl.kext -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 18048 Nov 20 2014 vmware-softpowerop-helper -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 53344 Nov 20 2014 vmware-tools-cli -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 60944 Nov 20 2014 vmware-tools-daemon CrazyEyes-Mac:~ crazyeye$ resolutionSet is not in the installed VMware Tools I am using VMware Version 12.1.1 Build 3770994 with base OS being Windows 10 Professional Build 14393 I'm very confused and would appreciate any kind of help I could receive. EDIT Found the fix, turns out Sierra needs a special version of Vmware Tools http://www.wikigain.com/install-vmware-tools-macos-sierra/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92GTA Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Awesome, thanks for posting, installed great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Al Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 I run Yosemite on vmware 10.0.4 on Win 8.1. All run fine, i've just one issue with resolution, but just for boot screen and logon screen at 800X600. On the logoff screen there isnt the resolution issue. I've installed vmware tools but I don't remember version. would there be any solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Al Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 does anyone have a suggestion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP1 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Not able to install VMware Tools. Installer does not open. Running macOS 10.12.6 on AMD CPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten13 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I had the same problem. So I wrote this "System Preferences" pane to help out: https://github.com/MarLoe/VMware.PreferencePane It is making use of "vmware-resolutionSet". So the VMware Tools mentioned above must be installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namvan Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 On 2/20/2018 at 1:32 AM, Ten13 said: I had the same problem. So I wrote this "System Preferences" pane to help out: https://github.com/MarLoe/VMware.PreferencePane It is making use of "vmware-resolutionSet". So the VMware Tools mentioned above must be installed. Hello mate, highly appreciated your work as this provides a nice solution. I've tried all the darwin.iso files that I could find but all did not seem to work (correctly). I know the tool was installed good and I have got a good display, it is just the resolution was wrong. I am on 10.13 To all it might relate to , make sure you have installed VMware Tools before running this Pref Pane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noobita2000 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 On 2/19/2018 at 10:32 PM, Ten13 said: I had the same problem. So I wrote this "System Preferences" pane to help out: https://github.com/MarLoe/VMware.PreferencePane It is making use of "vmware-resolutionSet". So the VMware Tools mentioned above must be installed. It works fine for me. But we need to install all necessary tools in order to make it works. I also stuck when apply the PreferencePane it show an error. But no worry just https://pravin517.wordpress.com/2018/01/12/disable-system-integrity-proctection-in-macos/ and it good to go. Don't forget to press windows key + R during reboot the mac os for windows user. Anyway thanks for solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbmsatx Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 On 2/19/2018 at 8:32 AM, Ten13 said: I had the same problem. So I wrote this "System Preferences" pane to help out: https://github.com/MarLoe/VMware.PreferencePane It is making use of "vmware-resolutionSet". So the VMware Tools mentioned above must be installed. I recommend this as well. Worked like a charm for me. I'm running MacOS Mojave on VMware Workstation Player 14. 8th gen Intel i5, 8gb ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabblgob Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 running Catalina on HP EliteBook 840 G3 16 Gb RAM, SSD SATA Sandisk Ultra 512 Gb (2nd HDD) on VMware Player 15.5 with VMware Tools for Darwin installed This command works: sudo /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Tools/vmware-resolutionSet 1920 1080 any other options did not work at all, this is the only one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naki Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 10 hours ago, gabblgob said: running Catalina on HP EliteBook 840 G3 16 Gb RAM, SSD SATA Sandisk Ultra 512 Gb (2nd HDD) on VMware Player 15.5 with VMware Tools for Darwin installed This command works: sudo /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Tools/vmware-resolutionSet 1920 1080 any other options did not work at all, this is the only one Please see THIS thread for a better, fuller (re)solution - read all of it: Works for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemes Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) So this is a bit of an old thread, but there is new and relevant news relating to Sierra. There is a VMware-acknolwedged bug in the latest VMware Tools (version 11.0.0, pulled from Fusion 11.5) that prevents the kernel extensions from being used with macOS 10.11 & 10.12. As a result, it's not possible to get accelerated graphics or even adjustable resolutions with the latest Tools. From the Fusion 11.5 release notes: Quote 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. And this is what you'll get from the console if you try the newest tools. Quote Failed to load /Library/Extensions/VMwareGfx.kext - (libkern/kext) link error. So if anyone else is having a problem, it's not just you! It's a straight-up bug in VMware. You'll need to use the previous version of Tools from Fusion 11.1 for the time being. Presumably, VMware compiled against too new of an SDK here. They don't support 10.12 as a host anymore, so I'm wondering if they aren't just going to make these "legacy" guests, like 10.10 and earlier already are. Edited October 13, 2019 by Nemes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naki Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) Nemes, NO. Even if it is not supported as Host OS, this in no way means it is not supported as a Guest OS. On my desktop PC with Windows 10 and VMware Workstation 15.0.3 here, my macOS Sierra VM works fine including resolutions. (cannot update to 15.5 easily, due to some VMware installer issues on that 1 PC). On my laptop, I have latest VMware Workstation 15.5, and Sierra seems broken on my laptop for now, resolutions-wise. I have fixed this on another VM, using the quoted steps. I will try the same on my laptop now, and will let you know how it goes. Edited October 22, 2019 by Naki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naki Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 (edited) Nemes, OKay, I take that back! Sorry, you are indeed correct as my macOS 10.12.6 Sierra VM totally lost any presence/working of VMware Tools when I tried to update it to latest 64-bit Tools from Sept 2019! Checking for the 3 running Kexts shows NONE of them 3 running at all - not just the Graphics KEXT missing, but all of them. Now, to fix this, you and VMware seem to say/offer to go back to older VMware Tools 10.3.10 version, which supposedly still works fine on macOS Sierra VMs. However, problem now is I cannot find any such VMware Tools version in the location I usually look in at all! I mean the Fusion Tools downloads, see here: http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/ There are lots of 11.x versions, and many 10.0 and 10.1.x, plus there are older 8.x versions but NO 10.3.x versions listed at all, nor any 10.2.x ones too. Now what, please? Where can I find the mentioned Tools version, please? Edited November 2, 2019 by Naki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougg3 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 @Naki I'm late to the game, but I have the answer for you about the VMware Tools version: http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/11.1.0/13668589/packages/com.vmware.fusion.tools.darwin.zip.tar This contains VMware Tools 10.3.10. I can confirm it works fine with 10.12.6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naki Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Thanks, but I already solved my issue, see here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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