On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 7:32:08 PM UTC+3, Opal Raava wrote: > On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 10:23:15 AM UTC+1, daltong defourne wrote: > > Well, first, the good thing: > > Dual head windows HVM booted without issue. > > > > (Qubes proper is also working with the second monitor and extending the > > qubes desktop to it, all fine) > > > > Now, the bad thing - apparently, enabling "extend desktop to this monitor" > > in windows does literally nothing (seamless GUI disabled) > > > > The second monitor still shows qubes desktop wallpaper. > > > > Going fullscreen does nothing (windows VM occupies first screen allright, > > second screen remains "qubes wallpaper") > > > > So far I am working around the following manner: > > I disable second monitor in windows, then make windows VM's window "snap" > > to minimum size by dragging it upwards, then extend it so it covers both > > monitors in "qubes view" > > > > Then I manage my windows in Windows (pardon the pun) with winsplit > > revolution (The only window splitter thingie that worked okay in Qubes VM > > for me) > > > > What I'd like is capability for non-seamless windows VM to go into "full > > full" screen and occupy both monitors while doing so (in order not to waste > > any "pixel estate" to window borders and panel and such) > > I dont know much about this topic as I dont have a dual screen. > > What I do know is that 'full full' screens are not really something you would > want. A malicous software could grab that 'full full' screen and start asking > for sensitive information. > > I also had an issue with 'full full' screen and then using RDP (that's what I > use windows for anyway) and then not being able to regain control into my > dom0 window manager, because something crashed or got stuck I was actually > forced to reboot my machine. > I ended up using windows non-seamless, as a 'qubes-normal full screen' on my > very last xfce desktop. thats where my windows lives and I'm happy with that > setup. > > Your situation is different, but this is just my two cents on how it works > best for me.
I know that and do bear that in mind. Having said that, my windows HVM has no internet connection and if my Photoshop/Coreldraw/Excel/Word asks me for sensitive information, I'll be wary :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/71d5519e-476f-459f-b172-5a66d1d7851e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
