Re: Problems with display resize over RDP connections

[Raul Acevedo <raul at cantara dot com>]

Didn't X figure out how to dynamically change its display resolution long time ago?  (I remember the "good old days" when this really was fixed on server start up, and the only way to change it was to restart X.)  Isn't there some way to tell the X server, even if it's via a command line utility, that the display has been reconfigured?  Modern Linux desktops certainly let me do this.

This is definitely over a secure link.  I'm not 100% sure what protocol is used; I go through a web portal interface, so it's not like I'm running a VNC/RDP client directly.

Thanks,

Raul

On Apr 28, 2010, at 7:16 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:

> My understanding is that the X server inherits the properties of the screen it's started on.  For example, if you normally have 2 monitors, and for some reason only 1 monitor is active, and you start Xwin there, if you then active the 2nd monitor, you can't move your Xterm window over there (or you can, but you can't do anything with it).
> 
> What is RDP?  I like LogMeIn for this sort of thing, as long as you're not on a secure (ie. VPN) connection.  I really HATE when you log into a remote system and it changes those screen properties. Then when you come into work, it's all messed up.
> 
> On 4/28/2010 12:38 PM, Raul Acevedo wrote:
> 
>> At work, my display is at 1280x1024.  When I RDP from home, I have a
>> bigger screen so my work computer's desktop is resized to 1920x1200.  When
>> this happens, X applications cannot display anything below 1024 pixels;
>> below 1024 pixels nothing is displayed, and you can see the other
>> application windows underneath the current X window below 1024 pixels.
>> 
>> Is this a known issue?  It's a pain to restart X and my apps just to get
>> X to properly adjust its display size.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Raul Acevedo
>> http://www.cantara.com
> 
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