Re: [rdesktop-users] screen resolution probs

[Justin F. <ju...@re...>]

thats exactly what i am after.

On Thursday 11 Dec 2003 13:30, Peter Kumse wrote:
> The problem is that X is already running... If you were to run it from
> the command line it should go something like:
>
> X -geomtery 1024x768-0-0
> rdesktop -a 24 -f termserver
>
> That would start XFree in 1024x768 mode and then run rdesktop in
> fullscreen.
>
> What you are looking for is a way to change the geometry of X after it's
> startup and run rdesktop after that.
>
>
> regards
>
> On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 13:53, Justin Fretwell wrote:
> > According to the X man page the command line to alter geometry is
> > -geometry. How could I make the rdesktop command line take this into
> > account?
> >
> > rdesktop -a 24 -f termserv -geometry 1024x768-0-0
> >
> > gives:
> >
> > ERROR: invalid geometry
> >
> > On Thursday 11 Dec 2003 12:59, Peter Kumse wrote:
> > > Sorry, didn't notice it didn't reply to the list...
> > >
> > > There are no command line switches to rdesktop to control XFree. I
> > > don't know how to change the screen resolution from a script, but
> > > google might help.
> > > You can always use Ctrl-Alt-+ or Ctrl-Alt-- to change the resolution
> > > and the run rdesktop in fullscreen mode, but I'm thinking that's not
> > > really what you want.
> > >
> > >
> > > regards,
> > >
> > > Pete
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 13:23, Justin Fretwell wrote:
> > > > Ah yes, how would i do a typically rdesktop command line to run it in
> > > > 1024x768 mode?  basically i confess to not knowing the command line
> > > > option to set the X server to a particular resolution.
> > > >
> > > > On Thursday 11 Dec 2003 12:27, you wrote:
> > > > > Nothing, that's the way it works. If you want to resize your whole
> > > > > screen you should make your GUI set the resolution of XFree to the
> > > > > desired mode and then run rdesktop with the -f switch (fullscreen
> > > > > mode)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Peter
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 13:02, Justin Fretwell wrote:
> > > > > > I am trying to set up my gui to enable people to set the screen
> > > > > > resolution they want to connect in.  The way I *thought* I could
> > > > > > do this was by adding this to my XF86Config-4:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >         SubSection "Display"
> > > > > >                 Depth     24
> > > > > >                 Modes     "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > > > > > "1152x864" "1280x1024" "1600x1200"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So that when X started up it would be in 1024x768 by default. 
> > > > > > When someone connects to the terminal server using rdesktop there
> > > > > > is a setting in my gui that allows that person to set '-g'
> > > > > > (geometry) to what ever they want. However, if someone choses for
> > > > > > instance 800x600 then rdesktop starts up and puts an 800x600
> > > > > > sized window (even with the -f option) on the screen but the
> > > > > > graphic in the window is still in 1024x768.  What am i doing
> > > > > > wrong?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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