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nthebay
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Display Issues with Yosemite

I just did a clean install of Yosemite, and installed the latest release of Fusion, however, I am unable to use multiple displays in fullscreen or unity mode.  My VM is running Windows 7.  When I select "Use all displays in full screen" and enter full screen mode my monitors are all mirrored.  I have tried rebooting the VM and host machine several times as well as reinstalling VMware tools to no avail.  I also tried creating a brand new VM with a fresh install of Windows 7 but got the same result.  When trying to enter unity mode I receive a message "Display configuration is not supported.  For best compatibility, shut down the virtual machine, upgrade the virtual hardware compatibility to the latest version, and ensure that VMware Tools are up to date."  I receive this message on both my new VM and imported one.  Compatibility mode is already at 11 and VMware tools is up to date.

Has anyone else encountered this?

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michaelprescott
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Just received the latest update to Professional Version 7.1.0 (2314774)  I then re-installed VMware Tools in the Windows guest.

The problem persists.  We're still constrained to one monitor.

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davesamic
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Ditto - same issue.  I updated just now, it updated VMware tools, rebooted, and I still cannot use multiple monitors or unity as well.  So, confirmed on mine.


Hey someone from Vmware - please see this!  This is broken and we aren't getting anywhere!

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michaelprescott
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This Windows VM has been my primary dev machine for months now.  I'm very entrenched in this workflow. 

Yet, ever since this bug constrained us to a single window, it is killing my productivity.  I have a 3rd of the screen real estate I previously enjoyed!  I'm torn.  Do I invest in another solution, spend the time rebuilding/reconfiguring my dev machine, or hold out desperately for VMware to fix it.

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davesamic
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I hear you.  Been in I.T. 25 years, trying to "prove" to myself that a MAC can be used in the IT field.  I have to have my windows VM on too much and unity helped a bit - so now have to dedicate a monitor to the VM.  I also have noticed that if I use the MAC spaces feature, and if I move the VM to a "space" and I try to resize the VM, it now kicks me off the space the VM is in to another space.  So now that feature is not working either..

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TECH198
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Same issue here.

Although multiple monitors does work just fine in Bootcamp (confirmed), so even though its  a hasle,u must reboot, i guess it's a workaround..

And no, using Bootcamp partition in VMWare Fusion does not help either. It must be the virtual graphics driver in VMWare Fusion.

I'm running Versions 7.0.1 under a clean install of Yosemite 10.10.1

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dasfreund
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Same issue here. I had been running Fusion 7 and Yosemite upgraded from 10.8 without any issue. All 3 monitors on my iMac worked with Windows 7. I just added a SSD to my iMac, so I did a clean build of Yosemite and now my VM cannot utilize all 3 monitors. It only lets me mirror. I also tried building a new Windows 8.1 VM and it has the same issue.

Fusion 7.1.0

Yosemite 10.10.1

iMac mid 2011 (EMC 2429)

AMD Radeon HD 6970M 1024 MB

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puzle
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I'm running Fusion on a Mac Pro on a machine where I did an upgrade and not a fresh install.  I can run dual monitors in Unity but not three.

It talks about the Compatibility mode which I have set to 10 due to performance issues with VStudio which I use for development.

Not sure if anyone has tried switching down to 10 on the comp mode.

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michaelprescott
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Just tried downgrading to 10.  It made no difference for my arrangement.   I think the key difference is upgrading to Yosemite vs a clean install.

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TECH198
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However, i think most users with this issue, weather partial working, or not, are probably all connected over Thunderbolt right ?

However, i'm connecting over HDMI instead to my Macbook Pro Retina, yet same issue.

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puzle
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On my Mac Pro the 3rd monitor was over HDMI and it was an older model. This has really hard to believe that this issue has not been addressed by vmware yet.

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michaelprescott
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I'm using late MacBook Pro Retina, two Thunderbolt connectors, and cable is thunderbolt (I guess) to older mini-display connectors on two external monitors.  Worked fine till clean install of OS X and update to VMWare 7.x.

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dasfreund
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Ya- I'm connecting 2 24" Apple Displays (mini display adapter) into my iMac's 2 Thunderbolt ports.

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warrenbuckley
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From what I have read it seems the common thing that we have all done is seem to have done a clean install of Yosemite (New SSDs, other reasons)

So can we all clarify please if this issue has occurred after doing a clean install (seems like something is required from previous version/s of OSX for this to work)

I have created a poll here quickly, be good to get a quick overview if we are all having the issue because we done a clean install or not

http://vote.pollcode.com/49611971

Thanks

Warren

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warrenbuckley
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Has anyone tried this temporary solution in the meantime?

VMWare Fusion 7 / 3 displays not supported?

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davesamic
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Hey Warren,

Just tried it and no luck for me...bummer.  Would like to have taken that one out for the year!  I have Thunderbolt configurtion though, daisy changed monitors (the new LG ones), but as I said all of this worked before (same monitors) until i did fresh install of Yosemite.

Apparently, Fusion dudes at VMware dont like to respond, this has been pretty dead man!

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dasfreund
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Yes. Disappointing lack of response. For what it's worth I confirmed the upgrade process fixes this. Wiped my disk (again), reinstalled 10.9, fusion 7 (went with 64 bit windows 8.1 for the guest), and then upgraded to 10.10; all is well with 3 monitors- 2x24" Apple cinema displays (mini display port) connected to 2 thunderbolt ports on a 27" iMac. Since I had just done a clean install, this was worth it for me, but I assume it won't help most you who can't afford to start over.

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warrenbuckley
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Hi Dasfreund,

As I have a little bit of time before I return to work I may do a rebuild and do an OSX upgrade from Mavericks to Yosemite.

Just so I am 100% clear, what steps did you do, I plan to do the following:

  • Backup current VMs & any other general backups needed
  • Wipe & reinstall Mavericks from a USB bootable device
  • Install VMWare Fusion 6
  • Import VMs from backup
  • Upgrade to Yosemite
  • Upgrade VMWare Fusion from 6 to 7

I am curious to know if you installed VMWare Fusion at all on Mavericks or did you just install VMWare Fusion 7 once you have done the upgrade from Mavericks to Yosemite?

Many Thanks,

Warren

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dasfreund
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Yes, this. Except in the 3rd bullet, I installed Fusion 7. I only upgraded the OS, not Fusion.

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nthebay
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How can such a critical feature still be broken?  Is there any update from VMware on when this will be fixed?

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tokage
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I just upgraded my OS from Mavericks to Yosemite, installed vmware Fusion 7 and am hitting the same problem with a Windows XP VM.  In fullscreen mode, the same desktop is mirrored on both displays.  I've tried all of the "tricks" in this thread, but can't figure out a way to reenable the second display as another monitor from within the guest OS.

My setup is nothing special -- I have a mid-2010 27" iMac running the latest Yosemite release (10.10.2), with an external 27" Apple display port monitor (iMac is too old for thunderbolt).  This worked fine on Fusion 6, but I had to upgrade to Fusion 7 to overcome some compatibility problems.  Seems like this was a mistake.

For what it's worth, I'm not sure why people are surprised by the lack of response from vmware on this issue.  Based on the way the last few fusion releases have been, fixing bugs doesn't seem to be any kind of priority.  vmware is really dropping the ball on this product and every new (paid) upgrade comes with more problems than it fixes.

What is it going to take for this product line to turn its game around and do a bit of QA before releasing a product out into the wild?

edit: after poking around a little more on the forums, I've found a solution that works, at least for now:

1.) Start VM in single window

2.) Choose "View > Use all displays in Full Screen" (note VM was still in single window at time)

3.) Choose "View > Full Screen"


My comments above still stand, however -- this product is really falling behind.  Time to put a little horsepower behind the development, folks.  You're dealing with "mac people" here and things are supposed to "just work." Smiley Wink

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