On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Alon Levy <al...@redhat.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 04:04:11PM +0400, Emre Erenoglu wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Alon Levy <al...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:11:38AM +0400, Emre Erenoglu wrote: > > > > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Alon Levy <al...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 06:36:17PM +0400, Emre Erenoglu wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a linux system with two monitors, one internal screen of > my > > > laptop > > > > > > running at 1280x800 and the other is a 22" monitor with 1920x1080 > > > > > > resolution. I use them in an extended desktop mode. > > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to assign both of these screens to the virtual > machine > > > > > running > > > > > > qxl, but I didn't see anywhere how I can do that. I want that the > > > guest > > > > > > machine sees two monitors connected to it, so that I can use it > just > > > like > > > > > I > > > > > > use a real system (ie moving windows from one screen to another, > > > etc.). > > > > > > > > > > > > The only option I found relevant is the -f, > > > --full-screen[=auto-conf] > > > > > but > > > > > > it does not work as I expect. Would this boil down to the guest > agent > > > > > issue > > > > > > or is there something I need to do? > > > > > > > > > > > > spice is 0.8.0, qemu 0.14. > > > > > > > > > > To get two monitors you need to run the vm with two qxl devices. > The > > > first > > > > > one gets created by the "-vga qxl", the second (and more - you can > have > > > > > up to four) gets created with "-device qxl". The client should pick > > > them > > > > > up automatically, the old client knows to close or open a window if > the > > > > > guest > > > > > disables or reenables the screen, the spice-gtk client doesn't do > that > > > yet > > > > > so you will get a number of windows with it anyway. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Alon, > > > > > > > > Thanks, I managed to do what you're saying. The only issue I'm facing > is > > > > that mouse is now sometimes loosing coordinate synchronization so it > > > becomes > > > > impossible to work. Is this a known bug? Shall I report it somewhere? > > > > > > I am not aware of it, please check if it's already reported in > freedesktop > > > or > > > redhat bugzillas (bugzilla.freedesktop.org and > bugzilla.redhat.comrespectively). > > > If it isn't reported please report it in freedesktop, thanks! > > > > > > > > I will, thanks. I was using spicec client (which you referred as "old"), > so > > I will also try with the spice-gtk client to reproduce. > > > > > > > > > Is there any way that this works in fullscreen mode covering both > screens > > > of > > > > my system? > > > > > > You mean you want to have a single qxl device (i.e. single monitor > since > > > each qxl > > > device is a single monitor device) and the client should use both > client > > > (physical) > > > screens in fullscreen? we don't support that in spicec afaik, and I > don't > > > think > > > anyone has ever considered that - sounds useful if you have two > monitors of > > > the > > > same resolution and physically adjacent. Actually just setting a > resolution > > > in the > > > guest should work in windowed mode (set a large enough resolution and > the > > > window > > > will use space from both monitors), but fullscreen I think will pick > one of > > > the monitors. > > > > > > > > Well, not really. In my setup, I have a big VGA monitor (22") with > 1920x1080 > > resolution, and below it, I have my laptop screen (1280x800). For > example, I > > adjust 2nd screen to match the laptop resolution (ie 1280x800), so I get > a > > 2nd window matching this in my host. > > > > I want to maximize this window in the laptop screen such that it covers > the > > entire screen (since resolutions match) --> fullscreen. > The entire laptop's screen? > > So: > Guest: > Monitor 1: 1920x1080 > Monitor 2: 1280x800 > ? >
Yes. > > > > We can image the same thing if the 1st window (ie 1920x1080) also matches > > the VGA monitor at 1920x1080. It shall also be "fullscreen-able". > > > > In the current client, if I set a 2nd monitor of 1280x800, I get this > window > > in the host system, I move it to the laptop screen (at 1280x800 also), > but I > > have to deal with the window borders and it can't be fully occupying the > > whole screen in that monitor. Hope I could explain myself :) > Yes, of course, and you also have the window manager's bottom/top parts > that > occupy some screen real-estate. That's what fullscreen is for. > > Exactly :) > > > > It would be good, if we could double click any client window border and > it > > can become fullscreen in the monitor it is residing, with a key-press > option > > to return to a window mode (ie CTRL+ALT+ENTER etc.). With this, I could > have > > a virtual system exactly as if I'm working on real hardware. > > > Right - we have fullscreen support, it's triggered (in and out) by default > by > Shift-F11 with spicec, and with spicy (in spicy you can also toggle it from > the > menu). In spicec the shortcut is configurable, not sure about spicy. In > vinagre > you can also use the fullscreen feature via it's spice support (that uses > spice-gtk). > > OK, that's great, I didn't know that. I will give SHIFT-F11 it a try and also with spicy client. Would this work even if I have two windows for the two monitors of the virtual system? Would they be independentely full-screenable? ie the Shift-F11 will impact only the active spice client window? I guess I'd better try :) -- Emre
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