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When using xrandr to add and set a new display resolution, the display freezes on the new resolution. There is another question/answer that is nearly identical accept that they are referring to intel drivers instead of vmware.

  1. xrandr -> "Virtual1"
  2. cvt 1920 1080 30 -> Modeline "1920x1080_30.00" 79.75 1920 1976 2168 2416 1080 1083 1088 1102 -hsync +vsync
  3. sudo xrandr --newmode "1920x1080_30.00" 79.75 1920 1976 2168 2416 1080 1083 1088 1102 -hsync +vsync
  4. sudo xrandr --addmode Virtual1 "1920x1080_30.00"
  5. In the display settings I select the new resolution "1920x1080...", click apply, and the display freezes.

running lspci | grep VGA result in 00:0f.0 VGA compatible controller: VMWARE SVGA II Adapter. Based on the other thread with the intel drivers, I'm assuming I need to install VMWare vga drivers. I have installed open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop but I'm still having the same issue.

J'e
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  • I managed to add and change the resolution to **904x600@30**, and **1440x600@30** without the screen freezing. **1920x600@30** freezes. – J'e Apr 27 '23 at 17:29
  • Windows VMs on the same system are limited to 1280x800 so I'm starting to think that this may be a limitation of the hypervisor. – J'e Apr 28 '23 at 16:34

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