[X2Go-User] Desktop does not resize

[Robert Dinse]

      Yes, I don't know why it is an issue with Debian 8, I have Debian 8
and haven't had that problem, but here is the fix:

      These instructions are for Ubuntu 16.04 but work on the Debian based
systems derived from it like Mint 18:

         https://www.eskimo.com/support/using-linux/ubuntu-16-04-x2go/

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On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, Nigra Truo wrote:

> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 17:25:26 -0700
> From: Nigra Truo <nigratruo at gmail.com>
> To: Robert Dinse <nanook at eskimo.com>
> Cc: x2go-user at lists.x2go.org
> Subject: Re: [X2Go-User] Desktop does not resize
> 
> xrandr -s (width)x(height)
> works if I call it in a terminal, it resizes the Window. But I cannot make
> the window bigger after that, and making it smaller does not make the
> content smaller. It seems that whatever used to call this xrandr
> dynamically when I resize the window, stopped doing that.
> I wonder what broken, this is a fresh install (wiped all the preexisting
> configs) of all the x2go components on an existing system and on Debian 7
> that I had before the upgrade it was working for years without a flaw.
> Are there any log files that the x2go server component puts out that I can
> take a look at?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Markus
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 5:53 AM, Robert Dinse <nanook at eskimo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>      Which version of which operating system?  In the newer Linux's,
>> Fedora 24,
>> Ubuntu 16.04, and now Mate 18, there is an issue with the version of
>> xrandr.
>>
>>      You can manually set by calling it from a terminal:
>>
>>         xrandr -s (width)x(height)
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>> On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, Nigra Truo wrote:
>>
>> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 05:48:44 -0700
>>> From: Nigra Truo <nigratruo at gmail.com>
>>> To: x2go-user at lists.x2go.org
>>> Subject: [X2Go-User] Desktop does not resize
>>>
>>> I'm having the exact same problem:
>>> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/233163/how-to-fix-x2
>>> go-desktop-that-does-not-resize-contents-to-fit-in-remote-desktop-w
>>>
>>> Except that I erased the .kde config, to start fresh and it did not
>>> improve
>>> the situation. I also specified 800 x 600 as window size, but x2go resizes
>>> the window without me asking to do so to full display size and it is still
>>> not enough to display everything, the task bar for example (kde) is off
>>> screen.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Markus
>>> --
>>> *Por sperto kaj lerno ne sufiÿÿas eterno.*
>>>
>>
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