I have in some laptops installed VirtualBox 6.1.28 r147628 (Qt5.6.2)
where:
- The Hosts are MacOS (El Capitan) and Windows (7 and 10)
- The Guest is
Ubuntu Desktop 20.04
for each Host.
The Guest Additions was installed through the .iso
file. Therefore is possible:
- Share directories copy/paste between the Host and Guest
- Copy/paste between the Host and Guest
About the Display (Monitors). For each guest instance the configurations are:
Video Memory: 64MB
Monitor Count: 2
Scale Factor: 100%
Graphics Controller: VMSVGA
According with:
When Linux is the Guest, should VMSVGA
be used . So I am assuming my current configuration is ok. I am able to get the 2 monitors configured, and based on extend. Furthermore was mandatory do the following:
- In the login screen do clic in the
Settings
icon and not use wayland
- Once logged go to
Settings -> Displays -> Join Displays
- the resolutions are based mostly according of the Host - it how reference
The problems/reasons of this post is again about the Display Monitors:
Problem 01: for any Host - when the Guest is running and applied the Host + F
combination - I am able to see both monitors in full screen for each one. If I want return to the Host to do anything - does not matter if the Host uses one/multiple desktop(s) - practically the 90% of times the secondary virtual monitor disappears automatically - so is mandatory do the point #2 mentioned above. - How solve this?
Problem 02: In Windows 10 Host, exists two problems in the Guest- one the primary monitor has a small font. I did to the following:
Settings -> Large Text
- enabled
Tweaks -> Fonts -> Scaling Factor
from 1.25 (by default) to 2.00
But it improves something but is not perfect ... BTW - Tweaks is available because gnome-tweaks
was installed (btw it was named gnome-tweak-tool
before) - it due workspace configuration, more details here:
Two the secondary monitor is really small. It is in the middle of the screen and has the size of a tablet. How fix these 2 problems?
Problem 03: In Windows 7 Host, in the secondary monitor (42/44 inches) I am able to see anything, for example a Terminal and Firefox opened. But is impossible do click in their links or/and resize/close icons (The fonts and icons are normal). To execute a link is mandatory do and keep press the left click
and then press the Intro/Enter
button. How fix this?
Extra Questions:
- Should I do something extra in VirtualBox? About its configuration?
- Should I install something extra in Linux? Such as I did do for
gnome-tweaks
? I have the impression that either something extra must be installed or something extra should be configured