Conflict with VMware Workstation

aarmea · 12-30-2011, 07:00 PM

If I move a VMware Workstation window over to the iPad and fullscreen it, after a few minutes both the laptop display and iPad flicker. The only way to recover is to exit the DisplayLink app using the home button. I'm running Windows 7 64 bit on my laptop and iOS 5 on my iPad.

Does anybody know a fix or at least have the same problem?

Edit/update:
Just discovered this behavior in other apps. When it happens I hear the windows "device connected" beep, both screens flicker, and all windows on the iPad move to the laptop display.

tl;dr The iPad DisplayLink screen disconnects from the PC every few minutes. Havoc ensues.

Wim · 01-27-2012, 03:55 PM

It sounds like the network is busy and the connection between the iPad and the PC times out.

Can you try on a quiet network, or try wiring the PC to the network, so only the iPad is on the wireless network?

Wim

12-30-2011, 07:00 PM	#1
aarmea Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1	Conflict with VMware Workstation If I move a VMware Workstation window over to the iPad and fullscreen it, after a few minutes both the laptop display and iPad flicker. The only way to recover is to exit the DisplayLink app using the home button. I'm running Windows 7 64 bit on my laptop and iOS 5 on my iPad. Does anybody know a fix or at least have the same problem? Edit/update: Just discovered this behavior in other apps. When it happens I hear the windows "device connected" beep, both screens flicker, and all windows on the iPad move to the laptop display. tl;dr The iPad DisplayLink screen disconnects from the PC every few minutes. Havoc ensues. Last edited by aarmea; 01-01-2012 at 04:11 AM. Reason: More info.

01-27-2012, 03:55 PM	#2
Wim Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,561	It sounds like the network is busy and the connection between the iPad and the PC times out. Can you try on a quiet network, or try wiring the PC to the network, so only the iPad is on the wireless network? Wim