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#1 2011-05-19 17:45:26
- Xi0N
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VNC Switch between primary and secondary screen
Im currently connecting to a remote vnc server.
This server has two screens, but whenever i connect to it, i can only see the first (primary) screen.... how can i do to view the second screen?
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#2 2011-05-20 06:00:42
- vinayv
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Re: VNC Switch between primary and secondary screen
Do you know how the vncserver is setup on the remote server? Is it x11vnc or vncserver or vinagre or something else?
I have used x11vnc and it shares the desktop as is. So, even if you have multiple screens, you should be able to see both when you connect remotely..
If you use tightvnc vncserver, it starts a new X session (instead of the one that is running on the primary display). You can control the resolution of this new session (either via parmeters or conf file). If tightvnc server was used, then you may not see extended desktop (because of the resolution)
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#3 2011-05-20 15:35:53
- krunge
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Re: VNC Switch between primary and secondary screen
Im currently connecting to a remote vnc server.
This server has two screens, but whenever i connect to it, i can only see the first (primary) screen.... how can i do to view the second screen?
Are the two screens one for each monitor, e.g., DISPLAY=:0.0 and DISPLAY=:0.1? (as opposed to a single big DISPLAY=:0.0 under Xinerama)
All I know about is x11vnc. For the former (two separate screen DISPLAY's) you'd have to run two x11vnc's one on each DISPLAY and then connect two VNC viewers to them. That's the only way to do it. For the latter (one big Xinerama screen composed of all the monitors) x11vnc should show all of it to you without you doing anything special.
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