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From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Axel Kittenberger <axel.kittenberger@univie.ac.at>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can I simulate a virtual Dual-Head Graphiccard?
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:28:41 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BDA86A9.3000804@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BD895B8.9090208@univie.ac.at>

On 04/28/2010 11:08 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?

The spice project supports multiple monitors, so when that is merged, 
you'll be able to use multiple displays.

-- 
I have a truly marvellous patch that fixes the bug which this
signature is too narrow to contain.


      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-04-30 17:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-04-28 20:08 Can I simulate a virtual Dual-Head Graphiccard? Axel Kittenberger
2010-04-28 21:07 ` Brian Jackson
2010-04-29  7:07   ` FinnTux
2010-04-30  7:28 ` Avi Kivity [this message]

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