FS#45840 - [virtualbox-guest] dual monitor

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Roman Kosenko (kite) - Thursday, 30 July 2015, 11:07 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Thursday, 30 July 2015, 13:52 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
With version 5.0.0-1 of virtualbox-guest-modules & virtualbox-guest-utils I can use only one monitor. Second monitor is't detected (xrandr -q shows only one monitor) and there are no errors in xorg logs and. View -> Virtual Screen 2 from VirtualBox's GUI cannot be enabled. VM's log lacks errors too.
Version 4.3.28 of virtualbox-guest-* works fine (with host's virtualbox 5.0.0 and, of course, with 4.3.28 too as well as 4.3.30).

Working versions:
# pacman -Qs virtualbox
local/virtualbox-guest-modules 4.3.28-4
Guest kernel modules for VirtualBox
local/virtualbox-guest-utils 4.3.28-1
VirtualBox Guest userspace utilities

Steps to reproduce:
Update virtualbox-guest-modules & virtualbox-guest-utils to 5.0.0-1, set in VirtualBox Settings -> Display -> Screen -> Monitor Count = 2, run VM.

Workaround: install old versions from /var/cache/pacman and add to /etc/pacman.conf following line in order to prevent updating:
IgnorePkg = virtualbox-guest-modules virtualbox-guest-utils
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Thursday, 30 July 2015, 13:52 GMT
Reason for closing:  Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:   FS#45748 

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