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VMWare Tools를 설치해야 한다.
설치하지 않으면 VGA mode graphics (640x480, 16 color)로 제한된다.
설치하게 되면 SVGA 드라이버가 깔리고 고해상도 32bit color까지 사용가능하게 된다.


VMware Tools for Linux Guests

1. Power on the virtual machine.

2. After the guest operating system has started, reconfigure your virtual machine to use the VMware Tools CD-ROM image.

3. Choose Settings > VMware Tools Install.

The remaining steps take place inside the virtual machine.

1. As root, mount the VMware Tools CD-ROM, copy its contents to /tmp, then unmount it.

Note: Some Linux distributions use different device names or organize the
/dev directory differently. If your CD-ROM drive is not /dev/cdrom, modify the following commands to reflect the conventions used by your distribution.

   mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt
   cp /mnt/vmware-linux-tools.tar.gz /tmp
   umount /dev/cdrom

2. Untar the VMware Tools tar file in /tmp, and install it.

   cd /tmp
   tar zxf vmware-linux-tools.tar.gz
   cd vmware-linux-tools
   ./install.pl

3. Start X and your graphical environment if they are not started yet.

4. In an X terminal, launch the VMware Tools background application.

   vmware-toolbox &

You may run VMware Tools as root or as a normal user. To shrink virtual disks, you must run VMware Tools as root (su).