Running full-screen VNC with multiple monitors

Question

I connect to the remote system using VNC (tigervnc-1.1.0 on the client, RealVNC-4.1.2 on the server). The client system has two monitors using the Nvidia twinview with an effective resolution of 3200x1200.

When I tell vncviewer to use full screen mode, the remote system window (1600x1200) is focused on both monitors with large black spaces on both sides. I also tried running Xinerama instead of twinview on the client system, but that does not make any difference.

Is there a way to run vncviewer in full screen mode without a VNC frame, but limit it to a single monitor?

Answer 1

Yes Get a newer version of Tigervnc (1.3.0 or later). Or use Realvnc (which, unfortunately, is proprietary and therefore not included in most GNU / Linux distributions).

This error tracker is http://sourceforge.net/p/tigervnc/feature-request-tracker/37/ It implies that it is fixed in later versions of tigervnc.

In addition, the best rating from Cameron Ton does not exactly answer the question: there is no “expert” tab that the Tigervnc user asked about in the original question (there is such a tab in the Realvnc client, in my version (5.1.0) there is no UseAllMonitors parameter, but Fullscreen option appears on only one monitor). (Apologies: I would immediately comment on his answer, but apparently this would require a great reputation, writing an answer).

Answer 2

Is there a way to run vncviewer in full screen mode without a VNC frame, but limit it to a single monitor?

Yes Go to Options → Expert Tab and set UseAllMonitors to False.

Answer 3

From "I also tried running Xinerama instead of twviewview." I assume you are using Linux. I don't know tigervnc, but most X programs support the -geometry parameter, which works like this:

myprogram -geometry <width>x<height>+<xoffset>+<yoffset> 

so you probably want to pass your tigervnc

 -geometry 1600x1200+0+0 

In fact, I think every Xlib-related program has this feature, so your chances of tigervnc supporting a geometry parameter are pretty good.

Answer 4

I am using TigerVNC 1.7.1 (32 bit).

  Start viewer.
 Press F8
 Selection Options.
 Select screens tab.
 Check / Uncheck Enable full screen mode over all monitors.