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Oracle Linux 8 - Screen resolution resets on boot in a vSphere VM

edited Jun 20, 2023 5:25AM in Linux Operating System (MOSC) 4 commentsAnswered

Oracle Linux Server release 8.8

I'm running a new VM running under VMware vSphere 7.0.3. I'm running open-vm-tools.x86-64 version 12.1.5-1.0.1.el8. I'm not running VMware's version, vmtools.

When I log in and go to "Settings --> Devices --> Displays, I can set the resolution to 1440x900 and it works fine. I'm asked if I want to keep these display settings, and if I click 'Yes' the resolution changes to 1440x900.

However, whenever I reboot, the resolution reverts back to 1024x768. I have tried a number of things, but I can't stop this from happening.

From an elevated command prompt I can run "xrandr --output Virtual1 --mode 1440x900" and that also works. However, it also will not last after a reboot.

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