On Monday 06 Jun 2011 23:44:12 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 00:08 on Tuesday 07 June 2011, Mick did > opine > > thusly: > > I'm not sure I understand why this happens: > > > > Left monitor is 1280x1024 native resolution, right monitor is larger. > > > > The virtualbox control panel opens on the left monitor and stays there. > > If I launch a guest (Windows7) it pops up in the left monitor too. > > That's how it should be, but the vbox window now has scroll bars because > > the monitor is the same size like the guest desktop (1280x1024). > > > > The first time I selected Full Screen it maximised and covered the whole > > of the left monitor. That's also how I thought it should be. > > > > However, the moment I pressed right Ctrl+F to come out of Full Screen > > mode and then back into it, instead of re-expanding to cover the whole > > of the left monitor, it decided to pop up into the right monitor! > > > > I have not been able to convince it to stay in the left monitor when > > maximised ever since. No idea why it only behaved correctly once and now > > will not obey my clearly articulated intent, despite how much I have been > > swearing at it! > > > > Is there a fix? > > virtualbox-4.0.8 and e17?
Sorry, I should have said: app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-3.2.12-r1 in KDE4.6. Stable x86. > When in full screen, what do you have set in > popup_menu -> View -> Virtual Screens I tried both 1 & 2 but it keeps popping up on the second screen. -- Regards, Mick
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