Re: Negotiating server screen size
Pierre Ossman <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.vnc.realvnc.general |
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| Organization | Cendio AB |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:18:11 +0200 Christophe Lohr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Excellent, it works! > > However, this feature is about resizing screen of an existing session. > It may have some funny effects: > - let's start Xvnc on an big screen: > $ ./Xvnc :2 -geometry 1600x1024 -once -SecurityTypes none -query > localhost -once > > - then start vncviewer requesting a small screen: > $ ./vncviewer DesktopSize=640x480 localhost:2 > > One can only see the top left corner of the xdm login window which is at > the center of the 1600x1024 screen... > Do windows receive any XWindow event to be warned that the screen size > has changed? > They can listen for a RandR specific notification that the screen has changed, yes. If you try a modern desktop environment you'll notice that it resizes when the screen changes (you can even control the session size with the desktop screen configuration tools). > > Another strange point is that the DesktopSize should belong to a short > list of standards screens sizes... As far as I understand source code, > it is in relation to xrandr !? > You can select any resolution you want on the vncviewer command line. The reason you see a finite set with the xrandr tool is because of the way RandR works. What you see is a default list, but more resolutions can be added. Rgds -- Pierre Ossman OpenSource-based Thin Client Technology System Developer Telephone: +46-13-21 46 00 Cendio AB Web: http://www.cendio.com _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list