Have to restart vmtoolsd.service at login every time to get correct display

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Hi,

Every time I log in to my desktop (Cinnamon) it gives me the 800x600 resolution. I have to run the following command every time:

systemctl restart vmtoolsd.service

and it brings up the correct display. Is there a way around this so I don’t have to run it every time?

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Is the service enabled? If no then you can make it so that it runs everytime on boot:

systemctl enable --now vmtoolsd.service
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Yes, it’s enabled. This is a virtual machine on VMware workstation and has a display of 1918x920. Not sure if I need to add that somewhere.

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I found the solution:

So. You don’t need to modify service file. The only thing to do is load modules:

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf

MODULES=(vsock vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vmw_balloon vmw_vmci vmwgfx)
Then,

sudo mkinitcpio -P

Credit here:
https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/vmware-player-and-vmtoolsd-service-issues/17605/13

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Thanks - this worked for me.