Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Additions/x11/VBoxClient/display-svga-x11.cpp
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/Additions/x11/VBoxClient/display-svga-x11.cpp	(revision 84215)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Additions/x11/VBoxClient/display-svga-x11.cpp	(revision 84216)
@@ -860,5 +860,7 @@
         x11Context.pScreenResources = x11Context.pXRRGetScreenResources(x11Context.pDisplay, x11Context.rootWindow);
 #endif
-    x11Context.hOutputCount = determineOutputCount();
+    /* Currently without the VMWARE_CTRL extension we cannot connect outputs and set outputs' preferred mode.
+     * So we set the output count to 1 to get the 1st output position correct. */
+    x11Context.hOutputCount = x11Context.fWmwareCtrlExtention ? determineOutputCount() : 1;
 #ifdef WITH_DISTRO_XRAND_XINERAMA
     XRRFreeScreenResources(x11Context.pScreenResources);