I installed a virtual machine using VMware. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 and upgraded to Kubuntu 13.10. Works well so far. Then I installed the vmware-tools to get a large screen. Seems to install nicely, no errors or nothing, I rebooted but my screen stays small (640x480). How do I get a larger screen?

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Can you get full screen mode? – Mitch Jan 24 '14 at 19:23
    
@Mitch Yes, full screen works – cerr Jan 24 '14 at 19:26
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You have to drag the vm windows corners, or use a display manager that's installed on the os. For example in Ubuntu it's under "system settings/displays", in KDE you may need to install randr (sudo apt-get install kde-workspace-randr), and then it's under system settings/displays. When you reboot the screen will start small, but upon login it will return to what-ever size you last had it set to.

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