** Description changed: I normally use the VMware Player "Easy Install" for Kubuntu (and other flavors), but for some reason it seems to hang on Kubuntu 14.10 Alpha 1. So I tried the install later and then installing VMware Tools manually (the way I have to for NetRunner), and that seemed to hang also. But on - Fedora, there is an open-vm-tools package, which I had never heard of - before, so I tried it in Kubuntu 14.10. It seemed to install smoothly, - but the full screen mode does not work (that is my display stays small). - Should this work (in other words, is it a bug), or am I missing the - point of this package on Ubuntu. + Fedora, there is an open-vm-tools RPM package, which I had never heard + of before, so I tried it in Kubuntu 14.10 (sudo apt-get update then sudo + apt-get install open-vm-tools). It seemed to install smoothly, but the + full screen mode does not work (that is my display stays small). Should + this work (in other words, is it a bug), or am I missing the point of + this package on Ubuntu.
** Tags added: utopic ** Description changed: I normally use the VMware Player "Easy Install" for Kubuntu (and other flavors), but for some reason it seems to hang on Kubuntu 14.10 Alpha 1. So I tried the install later and then installing VMware Tools manually (the way I have to for NetRunner), and that seemed to hang also. But on - Fedora, there is an open-vm-tools RPM package, which I had never heard - of before, so I tried it in Kubuntu 14.10 (sudo apt-get update then sudo - apt-get install open-vm-tools). It seemed to install smoothly, but the - full screen mode does not work (that is my display stays small). Should - this work (in other words, is it a bug), or am I missing the point of - this package on Ubuntu. + Fedora, there is an open-vm-tools RPM package in their default KDE spin, + which I had never heard of before, so I tried it in Kubuntu 14.10 (sudo + apt-get update then sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools). It seemed to + install smoothly, but the full screen mode does not work (that is my + display stays small). Should this work (in other words, is it a bug), or + am I missing the point of this package on Ubuntu. ** Description changed: I normally use the VMware Player "Easy Install" for Kubuntu (and other flavors), but for some reason it seems to hang on Kubuntu 14.10 Alpha 1. So I tried the install later and then installing VMware Tools manually (the way I have to for NetRunner), and that seemed to hang also. But on Fedora, there is an open-vm-tools RPM package in their default KDE spin, which I had never heard of before, so I tried it in Kubuntu 14.10 (sudo apt-get update then sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools). It seemed to install smoothly, but the full screen mode does not work (that is my display stays small). Should this work (in other words, is it a bug), or - am I missing the point of this package on Ubuntu. + am I missing the point of this package on Ubuntu? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to open-vm-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1338993 Title: Full Screen Mode does not work with open-vm-tools and Kubuntu 14.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1338993/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
