[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 969154] Re: Unable to set 1920x1080 resolution in Ubuntu 12.04 Beta2 as a VMWare Workstation 8 guest

I've been looking into this for a couple of evenings now, patching xserver-xorg-video-vmware to find out where and why 1920x1080 mode is disappearning. Turns out I've been looking in the wrong place, since 1920x1080 is simply never there. Digging where these modes are really coming from I found a

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 969154] Re: Unable to set 1920x1080 resolution in Ubuntu 12.04 Beta2 as a VMWare Workstation 8 guest

Hmm, or maybe it's not entirely it. I tried downloading current kernel source (apt-get source linux-image-`uname -r`), patching the desired mode in: diff -druN vmwgfx-orig/vmwgfx_kms.c vmwgfx-patched/vmwgfx_kms.c --- vmwgfx-orig/vmwgfx_kms.c2013-08-27 00:54:42.0 +0400 +++

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 969154] Re: Unable to set 1920x1080 resolution in Ubuntu 12.04 Beta2 as a VMWare Workstation 8 guest

Ah, no, it actually works!! :) I just needed to do update-initramfs, since it's probably loaded earlier than I thought at first. :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/969154