The Dyehouse Casebook
The idea of this site is for everyone to get an IT Professionals eye view on the world of IT in general. This site includes problems and occasionally some solutions as well as an odd rant and rave from myself when I need to vent my spleen.
Monday, November 8
Case 2: Scaling & Multiple Monitor Support on VNC
Well after some interesting and less than satisfactory attempts to get VNC to work with all the bells and whistles is appears I am at a crossroads of choices. Having tried TightVNC, VNC (proper!) and UltrVNC it seems that none of these flavours have managed to unite on some sort of standard and operate together with the nice parts of each one. Yes, I know its open source and these things take time but from what I have managed to unearth it appears that some of these implementations have had functions (read: nice toys) for ages that other VNC incarnations have only just thought about. Take scaling for example. Using the viewer that comes with UltraVNC I am able to scale my 1600 x 1200 screen onto whatever size window I wish from any location but you try doing this with VNC and lets just say FAT CHANCE!
From what I can make of this it appears VNC has triumphed in one area .....multiple monitor support, having come of age in version 4 (still in Beta) this version at last has multiple monitor support so you can see both images side-by-side on the one viewer. OK its doesnt feel like it does when you are on your desk but it does the job.
Now this is where the problem starts. I want multiple monitors AND scaling so I can see both screens and have them scaled to a decent size to use on a 1024 x 768 at work. Answers on a postcard.......or failing that leave a comment.
