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From: Bjvrn Persson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I wish I could let the VNC viewer tell the server how big the
desktop should
be. Imagine being able to resize the remote desktop just by
dragging the
edges of the viewer window! I suppose Windows would only
allow
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On March 22, 2003 08:13 pm, Bjvrn Persson wrote:
but what about Unix? Does the X architecture allow changing the size of
a desktop at all?
Yes. You can switch X Resolution with hotkeys.
I tried it in my first Redhat installation three years
Grant McDorman wrote:
Up until very recently, X did not provide any way to change the desktop
size. However, there is now an extension, RandR (Resize and Rotate) which
provides this capability. It was introduced into XFree86 in late 2002.
XVnc, as far as I know, uses an older base for XFree86
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On March 24, 2003 12:38 pm, Bjvrn Persson wrote:
In any event, this would not fit well into what you want to do - RandR is
required to provide a list of available screen sizes (and depths);
unfortunately, for XVnc the range of sizes is (in
I wish I could let the VNC viewer tell the server how big the desktop should
be. Imagine being able to resize the remote desktop just by dragging the
edges of the viewer window! I suppose Windows would only allow certain
standard sizes, but what about Unix? Does the X architecture allow
Roland wrote:
On windows, VNC screensize is bound to display resolution.
Yes, but Windows does allow changing the resolution without rebooting -
depending on graphics card drivers or something.
but what about Unix? Does the X architecture allow changing the size of a
desktop at all?
Yes.
