ISSUE: I'm operating Ubuntu Linux 14.04.4 in VM Fusion on my iMac and successfully used the latest Gparted LiveCD ISO to allocate more disk space to my main Linux partition. However upon subsequently rebooting into Ubuntu from the VM hard drive, I lost the ability to RESIZE my Ubuntu desktop in VM Fusion to any RESOLUTION like I was able to prior to running Gparted.
CAVEAT: I believe I solved a unique chain of annoying problems to resolve my issue and want to share immediately with a short "text only" answer. Then I'll answer again a bit later with some screenshot images illustrating the uniqueness of the problem.
System configuration
- Hardware: iMac (27-in, Late 2012) 3.4 Ghz Intel Core i7, 24 GB DDR3, Nvidia GeForce GTX 680MX 2048 MB
- Host OS: MacOSX El Capitan Version 10.11.3
- VM engine: Vmware Fusion 7.1.3
- VM OS: Linux Ubuntu 14.04.4 4.2.0-34-generic 64bit
Below is a screen shot of what my Ubuntu desktop looked like after using the Gparted LiveCD iso to expand my primary Linux partition. Notice the black space above and below the desktop. Also notice the display settings exhibiting very low resolutions to choose from.
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Best Answer
I had a similar problem too. It seems that the gParted changes "something" in the vmware image. I noticed an extra line was added to the vmware config file after the gParted image was booted. My config file is called "Ubuntu 64-bit.vmx". I removed the line 'svga.guestBackedPrimaryAware = "TRUE"'. I don't know what it is but after that my Ubuntu vmware guest worked fine again.