You have to specify the geometry first Find the vncserver application file in /usr/bin or wherever you have it. edit it and line 13 should have $geometry = "1024x768";
also look at your $HOME/.vnc/xstartup file you can change your default windows manager here to icewm-light or something nice. Then kill your running vncserver and start it up again It accepts switches from the command line. vnserver :2 -name GodUsesLinux -depth 16 -geometry 960x720 960x720 is a nice geometry to fit on a 1024x768 screen with space at the edge so you get no scroll bars/ Chris -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Guthrie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 16 November 2001 5:49 am To: Jeff Waugh; slug Subject: Re: [SLUG] X Screen res adjust on the fly from VNC client. Thanks for that, I'll try ssh /X too, & free X. When are you writing a book? Stuart Jeff Waugh wrote: ><quote who="Jeff Waugh"> > >>VNC is good, and more easily cross-platform than X. ie, you can use VNC >>across X, Windows, MacOS, etc. >> > >... whilst still using Free Software, and not dealing with the nuttiness of >some X servers on other platforms. > >That said, XFree86 for Windows seems pretty darn cool. > >- Jeff > Not sure whats wrong. I've got VNC on my 800x600 laptop. I'm running X on the server as 1024x When I log onto the vnc session as a client from win98, I get a partial screen with scroll bars. Reason is that X is starting gnome in 1024x, I try to Ctrl-Alt-Minus but it doesn't work, even though it does when I do it on the server. Q: Is there a command line over-ride for Ctrl-Alt-Minus? Q: Is VNC worthwhile or should I be using X for virtual desktops? Humble Opinions? TIA Stuart -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
