How to set the linux system resolution

First install mware tools, what is mware tools, please see the following explanation:

vmware tools powerful exceptions, such as update virtual The graphics card driver in the machine enables XWindows
in the virtual machine to run in SVGA mode. Without VMware Tools installed, the graphics environment in the virtual machine is limited to VGA mode graphics (640 & times; 480, 16 colors). With VMware Tools, the SVGA driver is installed and VMware Workstation supports up to 32-bit display and high display resolution, significantly improving overall graphics performance. Time synchronization between the host and the client. The mouse cursor is automatically captured and released. You can only use Ctrl+Alt to release the mouse when VMware Tools is not installed. After installing VMware Tools, you can smoothly move the mouse cursor between the virtual machine and the host GUI. Etc. So personally strongly recommend installing vmware tools. First enter Linux as root, press CTRL+ALT to enter the main
operating system
, click the VMware Tools Install submenu under the VM menu. At this time, a CD icon will appear on the linux desktop, double click to open. Copy the VMwareTools-7.8.5-156735.i386.rpm and VMwareTools-7.8.5-156735.tar.gz to the root directory (in order to Conveniently. The specific steps are as follows: Method 1. Run rpm directly -ivh VMwareTools-7.8.5-156735.i386.rpm. Method 2: Decompress the archive with the tar command, tar –zxvf VMwareTools-7.8.5 -156735.tar.gz. After you finish, you will see a vmware-tools-distrib folder. The files extracted by the tar command are in this folder. Use the command: cd vmware-tools-distrib to enter vmware-tools-distrib and enter ./vmware-install.pl to install it. Select it according to the prompt during the installation process, and choose Enter to go all the way. The following screen will be encountered: Please choose one of the following display sizes that X will start with (1 –15):[1] “640×480″[2]< “800×600″[3] “1024×768″[ ,null,null,3],4] “1152×864″[5]“1280×800″[6]“1152×900″[7]“1280×1024″[8]“1376×1032″[9]“1400× ;900″[10]<quo;1400×1050″[11]<quo;1440×900″[12]“1680×1050″[13]“1600×1200″[14]“1920×1200″[15 ] “2364×1773″ Please enter a number between 1 and 15:[2] 5 (here we choose the number according to the resolution of our computer
display)

Then wait A little will appear [root@localhost root]# At this point, we have completed the security After the restart everything OK.

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