Re: Monitor resolution and VNC

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From	Howard Eisenberger <howarde@gmx.net>
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Subject	Re: Monitor resolution and VNC
Date	22 May 2011 17:39:54 GMT
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On 2011-05-16, Clark Smith wrote:

> 	I am connecting via VNC from my box A to a server B. On A I have 
> a 1920x1080 display. B has no monitor whatsoever attached to it, but it 
> is running the GDM display manager, and the X window system has started 
> with a default 800x600 resolution.
>
> 	How can I start X window on B so that when I connect to it from A 
> by VNC the session will be a 1920x1080 one? More precisely, how can I 
> fool B into thinking that it has a 1920x1080 monitor attached to it, so 
> that X window is started with this assumption? 

On B 'vncserver -geometry 1920x1080' 

Regards,

Howard E.

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Monitor resolution and VNC Clark Smith <noaddress@nowhere.net> - 2011-05-16 18:35 +0000
  Re: Monitor resolution and VNC Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2011-05-16 13:59 -0500
    Re: Monitor resolution and VNC Tim Watts <tw@dionic.net> - 2011-05-16 22:35 +0100
  Re: Monitor resolution and VNC Howard Eisenberger <howarde@gmx.net> - 2011-05-22 17:39 +0000

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