How do you adjust the "resolution" of a machine with no monitor attached?

[Colin Law]

On 26 August 2012 09:31, PleegWat <pleegwat at telfort.nl> wrote:
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> On 08/26/2012 09:58 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 26 August 2012 08:25, Hermann J. Beckers
>> <hjb-news at onlinehome.de> wrote:
>>> Am Sunday, 26. August 2012 schrieb Ben Coleman:
>>>> I just threw together a Mythbuntu 12.04 box to play with.  I
>>>> don't have a spare monitor (not space to put it) to put on it,
>>>> but I figured I should still be able to configure it via VNC,
>>>> since the install is nice enough to provide the ability to
>>>> enable it.  Problem is, with no monitor attached, video comes
>>>> up with a max resolution of 640x480, and when I VNC in, that's
>>>> what I get.  I'd rather VNC in and get at least 1024x768, or
>>>> maybe 1280xu768.  Is there an easy way to get the system to
>>>> come up in a higher resolution without plugging in a monitor?
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>
>>> How do you start your vncserver? vncserver has an option
>>> "-geometry " that you could use.
>>
>> I assumed that set the window size on the client.  I think the OP
>> wants to set the screen resolution that the server is using.
>>
>> I too am hoping for a solution to this problem.
>>
>> Colin
>
> I'm pretty sure -geometry is indeed the option to use; specify
> "vncserver -geometry=1024x768". This is the resolution of the virtual
> desktop vncserver creates; a VNC client will size its window so the
> entire desktop fits unless the client machine's monitor is smaller.

Sorry, I misread the post, my brain read vinagre instead of vncserver.
 Yes, it does look as if that should do it.  Thanks

Colin

>
> I'm not sure where the 640x480 resolution comes from though - the
> vncserver manpage states the default resolution is 1024x768. How are
> you starting vncserver?
>
> PleegWat
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