display settings for multiple monitors

[aaron_sf]

when will we be able to specify settings for > 1 monitors? I use 3 .... and I would like full screen mode to cover them all...

[Silica_V]

Which version of Fusion you are using?

Regards,

Silica V.

[aaron_sf]

1.1.3

[admin]

2.0 (currently at beta 1) has support for multiple monitors and will be a free update to 1.x when released.

http://vmware.com/landing_pages/fusion2_beta.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gREBVWUIqps

[njhprovo]

The latest Fusion beta doesn't do multiple monitors. When I go to Display settings and extend montior 2, it does it momentarily then reverts back to one monitor.

I was spoiled with an earlier beta that did it and worked marvelously. I really need this for some real time trading software.

What is the scoop?

Thank you,

Neil

[njhprovo]

Fusion beta version 2.0b2

[admin]

The latest Fusion beta doesn't do multiple monitors. When I go to Display settings and extend montior 2, it does it momentarily then reverts back to one monitor.

You're supposed to select View > Use All Displays in Full Screen, it works this way. Setting multimon through Display settings in the guest wasn't the way you're supposed to do it, so we didn't test this path and it did indeed regress from 2.0b1.

[njhprovo]

GREAT!!! Thank you! Suggestion - Display Settings should still work...

This feature sets you apart from Parallels! One of your best features. Thank you again.

Neil

[Labrador]

The 'Use All Displays in Full Screen' is greyed out. The command doesn't seem to be available and I really need it... Can anyone help me out?

VMWare Fusion 2.0.4 on Mac OS 10.4.11

[RiteshK]

Hi,

Are you using Bootcamp?

[Labrador]

No, just VMWare Fusion on Mac OS 10.4.11.

[RiteshK]

Can you send a screen shot it will be very helpful for further analysis???

[Labrador]

Here it is

[Labrador]

Anybody?

[drval]

FWIW I'm having no problem using two monitors (ie onboard TFT and external connected via DVI) in Unity and Full Screen modes. I'm using Fusion 2.0.5 on a MBP with 4 GB RAM and nVidia card, XP in a Bootcamp partition and Mac OS 10.5.7.

[Labrador]

Could it be so that I need Windows XP to do this? Or do I need Mac OSX 10.5? Or both?

[drval]

I don't know but I seriously doubt that either XP or 10.5 is a pre-condition to getting this to work correctly. It is simply what I'm using.

If you're NOT using 10.5x I would suggest you consider making that change. If that change isn't possible on your Mac then, whatever is causing THAT limitation is much more likely related to the display issue. For instance there may be some limitation in the video card of an older Mac. Again I don't know but others here almost undoubtedly do. Sorry I don't know if any of this will help.

[Mikero]

Multiple displays is not supported with Windows 2000 as the guest, regardless of the Host OS version.

It will work with XP and greater, (never tried Vista, but I've got Win 7 and XP working just fine with multimon)

Linux will do it too, but not Windows 2000.

[drval]

If this is true then it is a limitation in Fusion or VMWare Tools because Windows 2000 and Windows 98 will support multiple monitor mode, depending on the video hardware, available memory, etc.

[admin]

As you say, Windows 2000 and Win98 will support multiple monitors, but only if the machine has two (or more) video cards (Microsoft kb: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/238886). This is why Fusion is limited in this way, and doesn't support multiple monitors on these OSes.