Get VMWare Tools resolution from RHEL System?

JockVSJockJockVSJock Member Posts: 1,118
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Without reinstalling VMWare Tools. Is there a way to get what the resolution of the VMWare Tools is set to under Red Hat Linux?

Was working with a DBA today to install Oracle updates and we realized that Oracle resolution wasn't set correctly. DBA asked if there was a way to tell what the resolution of VMWare Tools was set to. I wasn't sure and I've looked around and can't find an answer online.

thanks
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  • TacoRocketTacoRocket Member Posts: 497 ■■■■□□□□□□
    JockVSJock wrote: »
    Without reinstalling VMWare Tools. Is there a way to get what the resolution of the VMWare Tools is set to under Red Hat Linux?

    Was working with a DBA today to install Oracle updates and we realized that Oracle resolution wasn't set correctly. DBA asked if there was a way to tell what the resolution of VMWare Tools was set to. I wasn't sure and I've looked around and can't find an answer online.

    thanks



    I'm pretty sure just like systems that use apt-get you would use

    yum install open-vm-tools

    Then it should install.
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  • JockVSJockJockVSJock Member Posts: 1,118
    Actually I don't use RH Satellite/yum to install VMWare Tools, just install from vCenter.

    However I believe VMWare Tools will control the resolution the guest will appear from a console, correct?

    I'm just wondering if that information is displayed anywhere as to what that resolution is set to, incase of troubleshooting?

    I had to re-install on the fly, which is no big deal.
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  • MitechniqMitechniq Member Posts: 286 ■■■■□□□□□□
    You can re-install vmware tools, there will be a resolution option we normally just hit enter to accept the default.

    Or look into [FONT=Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, Lucida Console, Liberation Mono, DejaVu Sans Mono, Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, Courier New, monospace, sans-serif]xrandr[/FONT]
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