How to Fix VMware Fullscreen Not Working (Manjaro Linux)

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Published on August 21, 2022 1:31:12 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE0rhoZulPI

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Tutorial adapted from: https://zahidhasan.github.io/2020/11/23/enable-full-screen-of-manjaro-linux-in-vmware.html

B1 👉 sudo pacman -S open-vm-tools

B2 👉 sudo pacman -Su xf86-input-vmmouse xf86-video-vmware mesa gtk2 gtkmm

B3 👉 sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /etc/X11/

B4 👉 sudo echo needs_root_rights=yes ❭❭ /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config

B5 👉 sudo systemctl enable vmtoolsd

B6 👉 sudo systemctl start vmtoolsd

B7 👉 sudo systemctl restart vmtoolsd

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Alternatively, you can copy and the whole code and paste into terminal like this (cr. @l1tty621)

sudo pacman -S open-vm-tools && sudo pacman -Su xf86-input-vmmouse xf86-video-vmware mesa gtk2 gtkmm && sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /etc/X11/ && sudo echo needs_root_rights=yes ❭❭ /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config && sudo systemctl enable vmtoolsd && sudo systemctl start vmtoolsd && sudo systemctl restart vmtoolsd

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