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- To enable automatic screen detection and resizing in vmware in linux machines with i3 window manager, couple of systemd commands
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+ To enable automatic screen detection and resizing in VMWare for Linux virtual machines with i3 window manager, couple of systemd commands
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have to be initiated.
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- This will enable and start the services which are installed by "open-vm-tools".
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+ The script will download, enable and start the services which are installed by "open-vm-tools".
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- Also, to enable copying and pasting from "host to guest" and "guest to host" in i3, the following line must be added in the i3 config file:
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+ Also, to enable copying and pasting from "host to guest" and vice versa in i3, the following line must be added in the i3 config file:
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``` bash
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exec vmware-user-suid-wrapper --no-startup-id
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```
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or
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``` bash
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exec vmware-user --no-startup-id
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```
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- --------------------------
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+ At the moment the following distributions are supported
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- [ !] This has been tested on Arch Linux only
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- --------------------------
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+ - Ubuntu
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+ - Fedora
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+ - Arch Linux
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+ - Kali Linux
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+ - ParrotSec OS
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+ Get the script and run it:
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``` bash
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git clone https://github.com/Kr0ff/VMWare-Guest-FullScreen
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./enable-fullscreen.sh
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```
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+ ### Please note that the folder where the scripts look for if the i3 config exists is
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+ - ` $HOME/.config/i3/config `
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+ ** This is the default folder where the i3 config is placed upon installing the package**
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