The Problem

By default manjaro (20.0.3) linux cannot run in full screen mode in vmware. It will not work even though you change the display resolution in manjaro or install vmware-tool. After installing manjaro in vmware, you see the following low resolution screen.

Solution

Inorder to eable full screen mode do the following:

1. Run in terminal:

   sudo pacman -S open-vm-tools 
   

2. Update and install display driver:

   sudo pacman -Su xf86-input-vmmouse xf86-video-vmware mesa gtk2 gtkmm
   

3. Edit the config file:

   sudo echo needs_root_rights=yes >>/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
   

4. Run the service:

   sudo systemctl enable vmtoolsd
   sudo systemctl start vmtoolsd
   sudo systemctl restart vmtoolsd
   

5. Sometime it doesn’t work and we have to enter the command sudo systemctl restart vmtoolsd manually. In order to make it automatically load at startup, do the following:

   • Goto application launcher (start menu) type auto, you will see autostart item. Open it.

   1. Click on add application.

   2. Type sudo and check Run in terminal, press ok.

   3. You will see a new enty sudo. click properties.

   4. Give a name FullScreen. In command type

      sudo -S <<< "123456" systemctl restart vmtoolsd`.
      

      Press ok.

      

   5. Reboot machine

Result

Reboot and now you will see full screen