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zhou13
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i3: "The current host window manager does not support multiple monitors"

Currently, vmware does not have multi-monitor support in i3 window manager due to the lack of implementation of _NET_WM_FULLSCREEN_MONITORS atom. However, modifying i3 to fakely claim that it supports this atom is enough for VMware to work: _NET_WM_FULLSCREEN_MONITORS not handled properly. · Issue #2116 · i3/i3 · GitHub   Unfortunately, i3 developer is not willing to include this workaround due to the breaking of spec. Is it possible to make this work out of the box?

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RDPetruska
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Let's start off by giving the basic info - what version of Workstation?  What host OS?  What guest OS's are you attempting to run?

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zhou13
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Host: Arch Linux (but this problem should be reprocucible on all linux distribution)

Guest: Windows.

VMWare: VMware Workstation 15.1.0 build-13591040

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