I have a Toshiba Portege 2000 laptop that has a screen resolution of 1024x768. In addition to the laptop's monitor, I have a dual monitor config using an external LCD display (1280x1024). Please note that the laptop's monitor and the externl monitor do not have the same resolution.
On the server side, I have a spam DLP HDTV monitor (1280x720) connected to a Dell XPS PC. Please note that the Sammy's screen can be viewed with no scrolling on the external monitor connected to the laptop, but requires scrolling to be viewed on the laptop's built-in monitor.
I have two problems:
1) When I use a single monitor setup (using the external LCD display) connected to the server-side Sammy, even though both monitors are 1280 pixels wide, when I start up the Viewer, the window doesn't go completely across the screen (by just a little bit) so I have to manually widen the window a bit to get rid of the scroll bars. Is there a way to tell the Viewer to max out the width at start-up?
2) The bigger problem is that when I have a dual monitor setup on the viewer side (using both laptop and external monitors), VNC always starts on the smaller laptop monitor. When I move the Viewer window to the bigger monitor and widen the screen, the part that is widened is masked out and is effectively not usable (even the mouse won't go there). The scrollbars have disappeared, though, so there is no way for me to see or do anything on the right 264-pixels-wide part of the screen. Is there a way for me to either have VNC start on the bigger monitor or to refresh the screen so that it shows the complete screen?
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VIEWER-side dual monitor problems
I am having the same issue
I am glad I am not the only one having this issue. I figured that it was simply a setting that I have not configured properly. I have recently changed computers, but use the same set-up (Laptop at 1024X768 and external flat panel at 1280X1024). My old machine, had this problem originally, but after a while it worked fine. I could resize the frame without the "masking". With the new laptop in place and a fresh install of Ultr@ VNC, the problem has resurfaced. I would appreciate any help someone might provide ...Thanks,
Jester
Hm. I recently got dual monitors on both sides of my usual UVNC connection and I am having this same problem. . .so it isn't gone as of RC19 Feb 17 build. It would be great to be able to spread my dual screen vnc session over my dual screens. If I disable the driver, then I only get the primary monitor and I don't see the button to switch that I have seen mentioned by Rudi in the forums.
The only workaround I have found is:
1) Force the laptop screen resolution to 1280X1024 so that both monitors are at that resolution.
2) Fire up VNC Viewer, which will appear on the laptop monitor.
3) Move the Viewer window so that it is completely on the external monitor.
4) Change the laptop's resolution back to its native resolution.
Of course, this is hardly convenient...I hope they come up with a fix for this.
1) Force the laptop screen resolution to 1280X1024 so that both monitors are at that resolution.
2) Fire up VNC Viewer, which will appear on the laptop monitor.
3) Move the Viewer window so that it is completely on the external monitor.
4) Change the laptop's resolution back to its native resolution.
Of course, this is hardly convenient...I hope they come up with a fix for this.
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james thornburg
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Seams like Viewer looks at the primary monitors
resolution and will only create a window that large. Because if you create a large scale window it only opens on the primary display as large as it is but once you move the window to a secondary monitor (with higher res) the window can get larger but the date in it is not really there..
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Guest
Hi - I just wanted to say that I'm having a similar, but I think slightly different problem.
Viewer side I have a dual monitor setup. 1600x1200 primary 1680x1050 secondary. The server is 1680x1050 single headed. Server is on Win2k. Viewer is on XP. I'm using RC18.
I'm trying to get the viewer onto the second monitor fullscreen. When I drag it to that screen and request fullscreen, I just get a blank window. Even if I go back to windowed & move it back to the primary monitor it stays blank. Nothing I do makes the image come back.
Is this the same problem as described above or different? Is there a work around? Should I try a later version?
My current workaround is to run the ultravnc server, but run the realvnc viewer.
Viewer side I have a dual monitor setup. 1600x1200 primary 1680x1050 secondary. The server is 1680x1050 single headed. Server is on Win2k. Viewer is on XP. I'm using RC18.
I'm trying to get the viewer onto the second monitor fullscreen. When I drag it to that screen and request fullscreen, I just get a blank window. Even if I go back to windowed & move it back to the primary monitor it stays blank. Nothing I do makes the image come back.
Is this the same problem as described above or different? Is there a work around? Should I try a later version?
My current workaround is to run the ultravnc server, but run the realvnc viewer.
