Re: Any commandline option for tightVNC VIEWER to set window size at start?

TigerVNC & TightVNC are 2 different programs and configured differently.

The question/answer was regarding TightVNC, primarily on Windows.

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On 4/19/2019 3:24 PM, Tony Su wrote:
> Don't believe it's true, saying that you can't specify display
> resolution defaults by pixel, only as a percentage of screen or window
> size.
>
> It's been a long time since I've set up this way since the
> /etc/vnc/config file has been deprecated from recommended setups for
> many years but it used to be the standard way to configure and from
> what I understand is still an option.
>
> Here is the current MAN page for the tigervnc vncserver, search on
> this page for "$HOME/.vnc/config" which would be the User counterpart
> to the system location which was commonly used long ago and may still
> work.
>
> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2ftigervnc.org%2fdoc%2fvncserver.html&c=E,1,FFnBa4-rV2zBtU6lEk27yN3zB9guGHiYF4-ciyFlCTksSPBkZ4KzOwhAQ0k-Glehvpuxm3y7oCsGfS1cIfFfj3nBOvaeBNfqulhKgMoeHP4ghoExmS-s&typo=1
>
> And here is the general VNC documentation
>
> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2farchive.realvnc.com%2fproducts%2fvnc%2fdocumentation%2f4.1%2funix%2fman%2fvncserver.html&c=E,1,iIbbZbh-nTeiCziMkvLaWQmdBePhYOFpPZF8ayfuxy3RL7xboAIJaUbt1jIYKiM3fM8lY89cNQPcMNZZwKWhaBe62DtTZ2XxstCzZYZseTnRO31hQ6jBnSEu3B96&typo=1
>
> And, here is some tightvncserver documentation. Although it's not
> tigervnc, it's very common for basic functionality to be the same
> across different VNC flavors
>
> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2farchive.realvnc.com%2fproducts%2fvnc%2fdocumentation%2f4.1%2funix%2fman%2fvncserver.html&c=E,1,Ap8FQ9GoVngxQQwzXbbGYI7LGECPio2Hv2HKyLkgs6ruxVXjd-ChtaDxxAd-8Bnaa2nK3G20Pjz6crPW5w-zVjW6eQbtnZuk3REgPC9BvRXUnetWjWKVjXE,&typo=1
>
> At the moment I can't come up with a template example of the /vnc/conf
> file I set up years ago but it was pretty straightforward... It was
> composed of separate stanzas, and within each stanza you would specify
> the port number (or address) for that connection and the VNC
> properties including display, display resolution, color depth, whether
> it was for VNC clients or Java connections, etc.
>
> HTH,
> Tony
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 7:27 AM Patrick Shoaf <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Correct.  You can not specify pixel size for Client size, only % of server size or full screen.
>>
>> Patrick Shoaf
>> IT Special Projects
>> [email protected]
>>
>> Model Cleaners, Uniforms & Apparel
>> Model Ohio Enterprises dba The Fussy Cleaners
>> 100 Third Street
>> Charleroi, PA 15022
>> Direct Dial: 724-565-2033
>> 724-489-4386 Fax
>> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.modelcleaners.com&c=E,1,rZjStw-_EqF8xyXOBGiEg88qWFdvMxMS3dPo6IvPqikt6c3hKVReYiJeiKK-yB0jNZIKuPv6HTENQre8LWV9gIdlViaVLX6VqjbdQsCi364-8r-cqFy7tg,,&typo=1
>> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.modelapparel.com&c=E,1,gBea7PybZu_Cc4xqVWq0w_4nhW8MVeTab3rPb1QGjx2wc4CuWvWc2lT1pQ-5X1Zg8d_Rkx_gMV7NSLUWcvaCjF-d59HQQ9P-Q6TfvUqDAApGog,,&typo=1
>> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.modeluniforms.com&c=E,1,w2mfat7D7XY6QqmcnIUgLmjzt1QIv5h6Vl6McKeI3X19J4Q7HU1IJVS_-dC9Gs-qp4GzXc3uJBgRUlYAeFclHhihzbUvRU2LDPLjlvf_agfYrIGqPA,,&typo=1
>> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.thefussycleaners.com&c=E,1,J4zjd14WQPA9XqzmzuoI6mZmELFcLuJdFyox6pn5qgylZ4C6ZjQeIkiNZtRmlgr0sJuiw8rBGBNqAuNlFIqUsRJ-zkJPP4iLxob8uT5r0rIW-zKV&typo=1
>>
>> On 4/18/2019 3:43 AM, Thomas Schweikle wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 11:15 PM Patrick Shoaf <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Tight VNC Viewer uses Server resolution.  You can specify an "Option File" in which you can specify "Full Screen" or a %.
>>>
>>> Example: connecting to old XP Machine with 1024x768 resolution, from a newer Windows with resolution 1440x900 or higher, you can specify 125% to get a larger windows and fonts.  What ever the host/server resolution is is what you see in VNCViewer.  Linux VNC Servers allow you to specify resolution as part of the VNCServer options, either by user or by session, depending on OS and brand vnc server.
>>>
>>> Patrick Shoaf
>> So to interpret: there is no way to tell tightvnc to open the viewer window with, say 1280x1024 and scale what the server delivers to this window size?
>>
>> --
>> Thomas
>>
>>
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