Temporarily, it’s possible to (re)start the necessary service with the systemctl restart rviceĬommand. According to an entry in the Manjaro forums (dated May 2019) shows two possible solutions. The underlying issue is that the systemd service providing the VMware Guest Tools is not starting properly. I was able to reproduce the issue with my VM running Manjaro with the KDE desktop. Since the screen resolution is pinned to 800×600 pixels, it’s almost impossible to properly use the VM. Neither changing the resolution manually nor using the “Fit Guest Now” option is working correctly. Due to a bug in current versions of Manjaro, it is not possible to change the screen resolution if Manjaro is running as a VMware guest.
