ubuntu-server console resolution under vmware-server

[Dick Dowdell]

VMware Tools establishes the virtual monitor that is required for you to set
display resolution.

On 7/27/07, Tomoki Taniguchi <tomoki.taniguchi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have installed feisty server on a vmware-server running on top of
> windows.
> I installed the server version because i don't want to run X everytime I
> want to
> use linux command line tool.
>
> Anyway, I am finding the resolution on the virtual console i log into too
> low.
> Is there anyway to increase the resolution of a virtual console under
> vmware?
> I tried including the vga=792 in grub but on boot i get an error
> stating unspupported
> resolution or something like that.  Is there a special way to change
> the resolution on a virtual console when running under vmware?
>
> I was also curious to know if there is any reason to install
> vmware-tools in a non-X environtment?  Would i get any benifits by
> installing it?
>
> TIA,
> Tomoki
>
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Dick Dowdell
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