Nick Thanks I was already aware of most of that but was puzzled why when I even set a higher resolution in /etc/X11/xorg.conf... the display still stays at the lowere resolution?
On Karl Runge's (orig author of x11vnc) site there is a ton of great info including how to dynamically change display from cli w/out restarting x11vnc. ( I will try this next). But from reading the following: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/faq.html#faq-headless It would seem what I had already done "should" have worked? Brian On Aug 9, 2017 9:50 PM, "Nick Couchman" <nick.couch...@yahoo.com> wrote: > So, I believe X11vnc is a VNC server designed to mirror a "real" display > (physical system, for example) of a VNC connection, correct? If so, it > likely means that the physical display, and, thus, the X11vnc connection > was started with a specific resolution, which is probably why you're > getting that resolution. 1360x768 sounds very much like a not-too-uncommon > laptop display resolution, although you did say desktop. Based on some > quick Google searching, it doesn't look like X11vnc is capable of expanding > to the display size of the client, since it's copying a physical display. > It's different from RDP in that regard - it's literally a copy of the > physical display - RDP locks the physical display and switches over to a > virtual display when you connect (almost like connecting an external > monitor to a laptop and then switching over to that external display). > > If you absolutely must copy the physical display, I think you're out of > luck, here. If you don't care about the physical display, then you could > start up a VNC server with whatever resolution you want, point it at a > desktop manager, and accomplish what you're trying to accomplish. There is > some support for XRandR in VNC, though I'm not sure how fully it's > supported, so I don't know that you could get the full resize experience > you get when you use RDP, e.g. for various client display sizes, etc. > Maybe someone on the list has better experience with Guacamole, VNC, and > display resolutions - my experience is limited to RDP and SSH. > > -Nick > > > On Wednesday, August 9, 2017, 9:02:59 AM EDT, brian mullan < > bmullan.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > My remote connection is via X11VNC to an Ubuntu-MATE desktop. > > My X11VNC connections seems limited to 1360x768 at least when I check > Hardware/Display that is the maximum setting I see available? > > I did some searches and found this guacamole "resolution" description > > https://glyptodon.org/jira/browse/GUAC-8 > > but in the Guacamole Connection config I don't see any option to do this? > > How is the above configured ? I'd like to get it to match what the > Guacamole RDP connection can provide with is 2492x1326. > > thanks > brian > >
