Hi,
I installed a Windows 10 system on Vbox, with dual monitors, running in full-screen mode. When I place a window on 2 screens, over the edge, the window on the right monitor is displayed 8-10 pixels higher than on the left monitor. So when the title bar at the left is completely visible, only half of it is visible on the right monitor.
Update: both screens are indicated in Windows as 1920x1056, but I haven't a clue why that is.
Update 2: both screens 1920x1080 now, the upward shift is still there...
Anyone have a solution??
Thanks!
Host system: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 64-bit, on a HP Z420, 4x2 virtual desktops, 2 1920x1080 monitors.
Guest system: Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit, 1803
[Solved] Dual monitors, right screen shifted upwards
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[Solved] Dual monitors, right screen shifted upwards
Last edited by D. Bugger on 31. Jul 2018, 16:32, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: Dual monitors, right screen shifted upwards
Strange resolution solved:
vboxmanage controlvm "Guest" setvideomodehint 1920 1080 32
vboxmanage controlvm "Guest" setvideomodehint 1920 1080 32 1
But the problem is still there.
vboxmanage controlvm "Guest" setvideomodehint 1920 1080 32
vboxmanage controlvm "Guest" setvideomodehint 1920 1080 32 1
But the problem is still there.
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Re: Dual monitors, right screen shifted upwards
What does that mean? You have the Windows set to "Extend displays"? And you're dragging a window that's half left, half right?D. Bugger wrote:When I place a window on 2 screens
Any chance of seeing a screenshot so that we know what you're talking about?D. Bugger wrote:when the title bar at the left is completely visible, only half of it is visible on the right monitor.
Maybe that's what the host is telling them. Are you sure you're on FullScreen and not simply maximized? Huge difference there...D. Bugger wrote:both screens are indicated in Windows as 1920x1056, but I haven't a clue why that is.
I would avoiding setting the hints manually, but we'll see, it might be necessary...D. Bugger wrote:vboxmanage controlvm "Guest" setvideomodehint
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Re: Dual monitors, right screen shifted upwards
Thank you for your response, and sorry for my rather late reaction.
Screens are both 1920x1080 now, since the hints. I'm definitely in Full screen, using Ctrl-F. The image (attached) shows the very top of my screens. Windows says they are extended indeed.
I hope you can find what's wrong with the settings. It still could be W10 of course...
Screens are both 1920x1080 now, since the hints. I'm definitely in Full screen, using Ctrl-F. The image (attached) shows the very top of my screens. Windows says they are extended indeed.
I hope you can find what's wrong with the settings. It still could be W10 of course...
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Re: Dual monitors, right screen shifted upwards
Any progress? Just asking...
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Re: Dual monitors, right screen shifted upwards
I can't reproduce it, but maybe because I'm on a different host, OSX. You could try and reset some of the size/position properties and see what happens. First of all, take the VM out of full screen, then shut it down (from within the guest OS). Then issue the commands:
VBoxManage setextradata "CustomVideoMode1" VBoxManage setextradata "GUI/AutoresizeGuest" VBoxManage setextradata "GUI/Fullscreen" VBoxManage setextradata "GUI/LastGuestSizeHint" VBoxManage setextradata "GUI/LastGuestSizeHint1" VBoxManage setextradata "GUI/LastNormalWindowPosition" VBoxManage setextradata "GUI/LastNormalWindowPosition1" VBoxManage setextradata "GUI/LastVisibilityStatusForGuestScreen1"
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Re: Dual monitors, right screen shifted upwards
No dice...
Other tricks up your sleeve? Are there any offset settings per monitor or so?
Other tricks up your sleeve? Are there any offset settings per monitor or so?
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Re: Dual monitors, right screen shifted upwards
It might be a Windows problem (in combination with VBox?), because the mouse pointer is correctly shown. I can't produce a screen shot with the mouse on W10 itself, however I made a screen shot of the top centre that shows part of the problem. Somehow there is a part of the screen missing on the right monitor. The shot is made using the Snipping Tool on W10. The earlier shots were all made using the standard Ubuntu utility Screenshot.
I'll do some tests on an older W7 VM later to day, if it still wants to run.
PS Sorry for my late reaction...
I'll do some tests on an older W7 VM later to day, if it still wants to run.
PS Sorry for my late reaction...
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Re: Dual monitors, right screen shifted upwards
It was Windows after all, see also https://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-car ... oblem.html
In the Display Settings (Configuration) there was a hardly discernible difference in the vertical position of both screens. I moved one screen up, and nothing happened. I moved it up a lot, and then down, and the the button Apply appeared, to fix the settings. Thank you so much for thinking with me, and sorry for the inconvenience...
Problem solved!
In the Display Settings (Configuration) there was a hardly discernible difference in the vertical position of both screens. I moved one screen up, and nothing happened. I moved it up a lot, and then down, and the the button Apply appeared, to fix the settings. Thank you so much for thinking with me, and sorry for the inconvenience...
Problem solved!
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Re: [Solved] Dual monitors, right screen shifted upwards
Great, thanks for letting us know. And thank you for marking the topic as [Solved]...
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