Re: Virtual machine affects client screen resolution
On Wednesday 22 February 2023 09:24:17 pm Max Nikulin wrote:
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> On 19/02/2023 01:01, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
> > On Saturday 18 February 2023 12:17:20 am Max Nikulin wrote:
> >> echo "$DISPLAY"
> >
> > So this got me curious, and I tried it out. In the terminal that's
> > running inside of the virtualbox instance where I'm doing emails, it
> > comes back with:
> >
> > :0
>
> Have you tried to emulate multiple monitors in virtualbox?
Not yet. I would like to go to multiple monitors at some point, particularly once I get going with some of the CAD stuff I have installed that I really haven't done anything much with yet. I'm not sure what I need to do with the computer to make this happen.
> > But in a terminal which is running on the host Debian system, it comes back with:
> >
> > :0.0
> >
> > I wonder why the difference?
>
> My guess is that it may depend on graphics adapter and its driver.
It's an older machine with a VGA output being used. I assume that I'll need to get some kind of a card with an HDMI output and a cable to make that happen. No idea what the driver is, probably nothing special.
> I have heard that a display may have several screens (it is not the same as multiple monitors that show
> different regions of the same display and screen). I have never tried such configuration.
Are you referring to multiple desktops? I have that going, for sure.
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