How do I setup another monitor with Ubuntu VM (virtualbox)?
It is very easy. Shutdown Virtual machine. Next go to virtual machine settings->Display. You should simply make Video RAM in virtual more than 64MB and make display count 2.
After this changes you should start VM and open Widows 7 change display resolution(Tool than configure display and its resolutions).
Here is video with WinXP but it would be very similar in Win7
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Sorry.
Here almost the same situation like by you:
Host Ubuntu, Guest Ubuntu, VM Virtualbox.
Sorry that it all in Russian(in English this settings have same places) but you can see that i have Guest Ubuntu with mirrored screens and Display settings. If i try to resize one of the screens other screen will be automatic resized.
I found the solution for Ubuntu version 14.04 and above:-
- Set the number of displays to 2 or more from Virtualbox VM Settings(right-click on VM) -> Displays
- Then launch the VM and hit Ctrl(host-key) + C. This will show the Virtualbox menu at the top of the VM window
- Go to View -> Virtual Screen 2 -> Enable. This immediately enables the seconds screens
If you have more capable hardware enable more screens this way.
In my case, changing a VirtualBox graphics controller from "VMSVGA" to "VBoxVGA" helped. It is a bug in VirtualBox v6.0.14.