I had the same problem. After I increased total video memory in the virtual machine settings to 32MB, I was able to change the resolution.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579156 Title: Ubuntu 16 hanging when changing resolution in VSphere Client Status in evince package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. create Ubuntu 16 LTS virtual machine in vSphere 6 or 5.x 2. start the Ubuntu 16 guest 3. go to Console in the vSphere Client 4. Go to settings and change resolution 5. click apply Here the console hangs Obs: Ubuntu 15 works just fine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: evince 3.16.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-35.40-generic 4.2.8-ckt5 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-35-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri May 6 13:08:21 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-14 (143 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) SourcePackage: evince UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1579156/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
