There is no 1920x1080 resolution for Vmware guests with Xorg 7.7 (7.6 and above)
Submitted by 720
Assigned to linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com
Description
Basically if you take a Linux distribution with 7.6(+), for example:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Fedora 18
- openSUSE 12.3
! You won't have 1920x1080 resolution in the guest.
It's just not listed there. In Ubuntu (12.10/13.04) you can use a custom Xorg.conf and the resolution gets applied, but this method does not work on other desktops. Only in Unity. (Unity does an extra refresh/redraw when you select the resolution, so maybe that's why.)
!! However, in Debian Squeeze, there IS an 1920x1080 resolution by default which works flawless. No hacks, no configuration, it's there, it's 100% perfect.
So it's a regression. As far as I can tell.
NOT: Ubuntu Quantal uses: 1:7.7+1ubuntu4
NOT: Ubuntu Oneiric uses: 1:7.6+7ubuntu7.1
NOT: Ubuntu Precise uses: 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
OK: Ubuntu Lucid uses: 1:7.5+5ubuntu1.1
OK: Debian Squeeeze uses: 1:7.5+8+squeeze1
I think a diff would help to pinpoint the issue.
So 7.5 works, 7.6 does not. Something changed. Something went wrong.