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Is it possible to change the resolution of the viewer specified during starting of the vnc server with the geometry command line argument? I have a vncserver configured for a wide screen monitor but I want to view it on a 1024x768 screen.

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The UltraVNC viewer supports auto scaling, so it will resize the viewing window automatically, to display the whole screen of the remote server.

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Both RealVNC and TightVNC display/desktop scaling.

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I am using real vnc 4.1.3. where to find the desktop scaling option? I cannot find it. – iamrohitbanga Sep 4 '10 at 12:56
It is not included in the RealVNC Free Edition, you need to by the Personal or Enterprise version. See the feature comparison realvnc.com/products/download.html – stukelly Sep 4 '10 at 16:27
I have downloaded the ultra vnc viewer. It works thanks. – iamrohitbanga Sep 5 '10 at 5:47
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This same question was asked a while ago on stack overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15816/changing-the-resolution-of-a-vnc-session-in-linux

The accepted answer from Nathan Fellman:

Real VNC server 4.4 includes support for Xrandr, which allows resizing the VNC. Start the server with:

vncserver -geometry 1600x1200 -randr 1600x1200,1440x900,1024x768

Then resize with:

xrandr -s 1600x1200

xrandr -s 1440x900

xrandr -s 1024x768

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With TightVNC (at least) if the server (windows) changes screen resolution then the client automatically changes to match the new resolution.

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