Opened 7 years ago
Last modified 21 months ago
#16547 new defect
Full screen mode only displays on 1 screen
| Reported by: | Jaques | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | GUI/multiview | Version: | VirtualBox 5.1.16 |
| Keywords: | full screen, use wrong host screen | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Windows |
Description
I've just upgraded to 5.1.16 hoping this problem will be resolved. When running my guest in full screen, it only displays on one of my screens (Screen 2). Does not matter if I select a different screen under View -> Virtual screen 1 -> Host host screen 1/2
If I plug screen 2 out, then it works, but the moment I plug it in, it goes back to screen 2
Change History (14)
comment:1 by , 7 years ago
comment:2 by , 7 years ago
Same (I think) problem here — selecting a different screen does nothing. (Most of the time, at least; it did work for me just once, randomly, per more than 30 attempts.)
The bug has been present since at least 5.1.8. It never occurred in the 5.0.x line.
Reproduction steps:
- Prerequisite: Windows 10 64-bit with 2 displays connected.
- In case it makes a difference, on my PC the two displays are connected to different adapters.
- Create a new virtual machine of type Ubuntu 64-bit. Leave all options set to default.
- Start the virtual machine. Cancel the installation CD prompt. (The virtual machine’s BIOS will display an error message because the virtual HD is empty at this point.)
- Switch to full screen mode.
- On the menu bar, select View -> Virtual screen 1 -> Use host screen 2 (or 1 if 2 was selected originally).
Workaround: leave full screen mode, then enter it again.
comment:3 by , 6 years ago
The bug still occurs as of 5.2.2. (The above mentioned workaround still works, too.)
I used 5.0.32, and that worked, and I did use 5.1.8 I think, but rolled back because of the critical error that occurred when using ALT-TAB in the guest, and that is why I hesitated to upgrade to 5.1. I've upgraded to 5.1.14 on 27/2/2017 and that is where the problem started