Can't use virtual secondary display in VMWare Player

[Fabián Rodríguez]

Despite VMWare Player being configured to provide 2 displays, gnome-control-center only detects one.

VMWare Player Version: 4.0.2 build-591240

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 23 11:52:05 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu3
 deja-dup 22.0-0ubuntu2
 gnome-bluetooth 3.2.2-0ubuntu5
 indicator-datetime 0.3.94-0ubuntu2

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, what is the output of the "xrandr" command line utility?

[Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab)]

$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 1 x 1, current 1920 x 1200, maximum 8192 x 8192
Virtual1 connected 1920x1200+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
   1920x1200 60.0*+ 59.9
   2560x1600 60.0
   1920x1440 60.0
   1856x1392 60.0
   1792x1344 60.0
   1600x1200 60.0
   1680x1050 60.0
   1400x1050 60.0
   1280x1024 60.0
   1440x900 59.9
   1280x960 60.0
   1360x768 60.0
   1280x800 59.8
   1152x864 75.0
   1280x768 59.9
   1024x768 60.0
   800x600 60.3
   640x480 59.9
Virtual2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Virtual3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Virtual4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Virtual5 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Virtual6 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Virtual7 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Virtual8 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

seems like that has the same issue than the GNOME tools then?

[Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab)]

I am not sure what you're asking here, or who should be answering it. Can you elaborate?

I have the same problem in VIrtualBox BTW. That environment is gone so I can't open a bug report for that right away.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

no, I'm asking "do you consider the xrandr command output as buggy as well"? i.e it lists "Screen 0: minimum 1 x 1, current 1920 x 1200, maximum 8192 x 8192" as the only output

[Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab)]

Judging by the lack of any other options in VMware player, yes. I don't have access to that environment anymore, unfortunately.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

ok, if "xrandr" has the same issue it's not a bug in the ui, rather in the video driver,xorg

[Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab)]

I've removed myself from this bug's notifications as I don't have access to this environment anymore and can't test further/provide further feedback.