On Wednesday 22 February 2023 09:24:17 pm Max Nikulin wrote: > > On 19/02/2023 01:01, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > On Saturday 18 February 2023 12:17:20 am Max Nikulin wrote: > >> echo "$DISPLAY" > > > > So this got me curious, and I tried it out. In the terminal that's > > running inside of the virtualbox instance where I'm doing emails, it > > comes back with: > > > > :0 > > Have you tried to emulate multiple monitors in virtualbox?
Not yet. I would like to go to multiple monitors at some point, particularly once I get going with some of the CAD stuff I have installed that I really haven't done anything much with yet. I'm not sure what I need to do with the computer to make this happen. > > But in a terminal which is running on the host Debian system, it comes > > back with: > > > > :0.0 > > > > I wonder why the difference? > > My guess is that it may depend on graphics adapter and its driver. It's an older machine with a VGA output being used. I assume that I'll need to get some kind of a card with an HDMI output and a cable to make that happen. No idea what the driver is, probably nothing special. > I have heard that a display may have several screens (it is not the same as > multiple monitors that show > different regions of the same display and screen). I have never tried such > configuration. Are you referring to multiple desktops? I have that going, for sure. -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin
