> I have tested a VirtualBox VM and was very happy with both fullscreen > mode and seamless mode (windows of the guest exist right alongside > windows of the host). The problem I ran into was I want to configure > this on boxen with two monitors, using extended desktop. > X seems to have a problem with this (I used xrandr to extend the desktop). > I didn't really expect fullscreen mode to work across both, but the > windows of seamless mode won't drag onto the secondary screen, either. > Is there some linux command with nVidia drivers (like nView) or ATI > that will extend the desktop in a smart way that will allow me to work > with a guest OS across both? Or in a related note, is there a > solution (or a technically possibly solution) using the VBox SDK?
How much testing have you done to try to narrow down which component is at issue? * video card driver * X server * window management and/or desktop environment * VirtualBox application * guest While i haven't thought through all details of isolating which component, here are some thoughts on a start: * do you have any different hardware with which to test? * test with GNOME, KDE, FVWM, and maybe other. * is there any other native virtualization utility with seamless mode feature, that can be compared to VirtualBox? * test with different guest OS & guest applications. Another thought, you might cross-post this question on LUG*IE, which had a presentation on VirtualBox early this year: http://rd-foerster.com/LUGIE/jan2010.htm HtH / Randall _______________ Randall Whitman www.whizman.com _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
