Vnc with a different resolution at the remote end?

[trumee]

Hi,
I am running a vnc server at host with X resolution set at 1280x1024, however the client has the resolution of 1024x768. Because of this vnc starts a process of higher resolution at the client which makes the desktop almost unusable. Is it possible to change the vnc's resolution to match with the client.
Also is it possible to use the same desktop X at both client and server end, like the way vnc for windows does it?
Thanks

[Genone]

For resolution: check out the -geometry option of vncserver (that's for tightvnc, should be the same or similar for "normal" vnc). With X I think you cannot mirror the host display the way windows does (btw, in windows you cannot do otherwise), but you can connect with several vnc clients to the same vnc server and all share the same display, check the -shared and -noshared options for this (again, this is for tightvnc).

[Naan Yaar]

I find that using the "fullscreen" option in vnc makes a bigger server geometry tolerable on a smaller client display (1536x1152->1280x1024). The hidden areas are displayed when the mouse is dragged to the edge of the screen (similar to virtual desktops in X); much better than scrolling up and down with scrollbars.

My command line is approx.:

[koala]

If you use the Windows version of vncviewer, you can use scaling; sadly I'm checking Linux tightvnc and it doesn't seem to have this option.

Also, IIRC, there exists a mode for X which enables desktop vnc sharing, or rfb ( http://www.hexonet.de/software.en/ )

[Jesse]

Hmm yeah, actually I think KDE's krfb and krdc offer scaling... so if you connect to a remote host from KDE you can scale... also krfb doesn't require you start any vnc server per se as your X session. It's automatic for you during a normal X startup