automatic display resize and resolution choices depends on linux-image-extra

[Mr. Jester]

Running clean install of 16.4.1 as a VMware Workstation 12 Pro guest. Install open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop. You get a full scope of display resolution options and the automatic guest resolution resize functionality.

If you switch to linux-virtual, there by removing the linux-image-extra packages, you lose the the automatic resize and are limited to 6 resolutions of 1176x885 or lower.

This suggests that either open-vm-tools-desktop should have a linux-image-extra dependancy OR the dependent modules needs to be moved into the main kernel.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04

$ apt-cache policy open-vm-tools-desktop
open-vm-tools-desktop:
  Installed: 2:10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2:10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2:10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: open-vm-tools-desktop 2:10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Jul 30 11:59:16 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-30 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: open-vm-tools
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)