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VM under VMWare Player won't resize screen on drag

Problem

A VM running under VMWare Player won't dynamically resize the "screen" on drag or full-screen.

Solution

cp /etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf.example /etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf

vi /etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf

Remove the # from this block:

[resolutionKMS]

# Default is true if tools finds an xf86-video-vmware driver with
# version >= 13.2.0. If you don't have X installed, set this to true manually.
# This only affects tools for Linux.
enable=true

Then:

# systemctl restart vmtoolsd.service