Dual monitors different resolutions

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petrusalberts2@gmail.com
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Dual monitors different resolutions

Post by petrusalberts2@gmail.com »

Hi. This is my first post.

Some admin:
  1. I had a lot of issues trying to sign up. I think my display username will now be my email. But I was tired of struggling, so it'll have to do.
  2. I did look for an answer on the forum - couldn't find one. Please direct me to it if I missed it.
  3. Apologies if I use the wrong terminology - please inform me if I write something unclear.
I have been using VB for a while. I had two 1920x1080 displays. Everything worked fine. Today I replaced one of them with a 3840x2160 full super-super HD display (big thanks to the boss). Now the issue is that the VB window does not resize to full screen if I have the VM open with 2 displays. Some detail:
  1. The VM correctly resizes on the larger display if it is opened with a single display
  2. The VM does not go full screen on the larger display if I opened with two displays: The smaller display is fine, but the larger doesn't auto resize.
  3. It can get the window on the larger display to "seem" full screen by manually resizing it. (Then I have a fine black border around the VM window where it isn't displaying - which bothers my perfectionist part a lot)
  4. I am running on MAC OS Sierra.
  5. Virtualbox version is 5.2.18
  6. I have installed Guest additions. I tried re-installing it. And I removed the VM (did not delete the disc image); then created it again.
Thanks for reading
petrusalberts2@gmail.com
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Re: Dual monitors different resolutions

Post by petrusalberts2@gmail.com »

I quickly glanced through the links you provided. Thank you very much.

However the problem was fixed when I lowered the resolution to 3008x1692 - the original made everything so small I could hardly read (a bit of a bummer). And then the VB problem no longer exists on this resolution.
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Re: Dual monitors different resolutions

Post by ChipMcK »

petrusalberts2@gmail.com wrote:. . . the VB problem no longer exists on this resolution.
You mean the macOS problem no longer exists, yes ???
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