Puzzled about how to get best resolution for Mojave on VMware Workstation

[takeawaydave]

I have Mojave running on a trial version of the latest VMware Workstation (on Ubuntu)

 

I installed the VMware SVGA II display driver and possible did some other things and managed to get a 2560 x 1440 resolution (and a scaled option). My laptop has a 4K 3840 x 2160 resolution so I want more resolution.

 

Is 4K resolution possible?

 

I also tried running a few further commands:

 

sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist DisplayResolutionEnabled

 

After which I lost the scaled option. How do I get the scaled option back ?

 

Finally I tried this:

 

sudo /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Tools/vmware-resolutionSet 3840 2160
Requested resolution: 3840x2160
Effective resolution: 2560x1600

Again now scaled option and nothing higher than 2560x1600

Any advice on where to go from here appreciated.

 

EDIT:

Ran the following to get the scaling HiDPI:

 

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool YES

 

Edited January 4, 2019 by takeawaydave

[takeawaydave]

On 1/5/2019 at 1:19 AM, millusions said:

but i have a MST monitor.

Thans just saw your reply. I manaed to get 2160x1600 res. - is 4K even possible using VMware Workstation?

On 1/5/2019 at 1:19 AM, millusions said:

but i have a MST monitor.

Thanks just saw your reply. I managed to get 2160x1600 res. - is 4K even possible using VMware Workstation?

[pjg61]

I am running Mojave on Workstation 15.0.2.  I get a full 4K virtual display inside in Mojave.  I am not sure why you installed the SVGA driver.  I don't think you should.  I only installed the VMware Workstation Tools and everything works fine.

[takeawaydave]

Thanks for confirming. I think you are right - I may have missed the option on the VMWare Workstation Displays Setting. How would I uninstall the SVGA Driver?

[pjg61]

I'm no expert on this but I found this link which should help:

 

https://wincent.com/wiki/Uninstalling_packages_(.pkg_files)_on_Mac_OS_X

 

In the future, take snapshots until you are pleased with your installation and then you can merge them.

[Naki]

Make sure to update to latest Mojave version!
Namely 10.14.0 may have some resolution issues, but 10.14.3 and 10.14.4 Beta work much better with this. :-)