Re: Can I simulate a virtual Dual-Head Graphiccard?

[Brian Jackson <iggy@theiggy.com>]

On Wednesday, April 28, 2010 03:08:24 pm Axel Kittenberger wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This is a question I was not able to answer with a search. I've been
> using kvm now quite successfully as server side solution. Now I want to
> use it on a particular desktop to have a Windows 7 Guest on a native
> Linux system. Well this desktop has two Screens, and I'm sure its
> expected to have the Guest also on both screens.
> 
> Supposevly I could just simulate a very wide Screen and have the host
> split it (either SDL or VNC). However, this is not quite the same, as
> the guest will think exactly that, 1 wide screen. Meaning it will put
> all the messageboxes exactly in the middle between the two screens, have
> the startbar spawn on both screens and what not. So two screens are
> handled a tad differently than one wide.
> 
> Is this possible with kvm?
> Either simulate a dual head mapping to one wide SDL/VNC display. Or
> having two SDL/VNC displays?


No. It was brought up before on the qemu list I believe. I think the gist was 
that qemu didn't support more than one vga card.


> 
> Kind regards,
> Axel Kittenberger
> 
> 
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