I have 11.2 32 bit running in ESXi on a Dell 2850 in my colo and its working just fine. I even set the VM to allow large resolutions and am running the console at 1440x900.
At first I also had the issue with just a black screen and white X pointer, but after reading I found that going into YaST > etc/sysconfig > Desktop > Display Manager > Setting of: DISPLAYMANAGER_REMOTE_ACCESS: > and changing the value from yes to no then back to yes again then rebooting, all was good.
Now on to my actual issue. Now that I can get to my system remotely via RealVNC and don’t have to keep an open session logged in (ala Remote Desktop) I am finding that the window is stuck at 1024x768. I just cant find where I need to change the geometry settings to make it 1440 x 900 like my console window is in ESXi.
Have been doing a lot of reading and have tried a bunch of stuff but none of it works, too much to list. I am obviously missing something and its probably really simple, but I am just not getting it.
FYI I am a Mac user and am installing a Linux server of my own for the first time, so please be gentle lol!
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> I have 11.2 32 bit running in ESXi on a Dell 2850 in my colo and its
> working just fine. I even set the VM to allow large resolutions and am
> running the console at 1440x900.
>
> At first I also had the issue with just a black screen and white X
> pointer, but after reading I found that going into YaST > etc/sysconfig
>> Desktop > Display Manager > Setting of: DISPLAYMANAGER_REMOTE_ACCESS:
>> and changing the value from yes to no then back to yes again then
> rebooting, all was good.
>
> Now on to my actual issue. Now that I can get to my system remotely via
> RealVNC and don’t have to keep an open session logged in (ala Remote
> Desktop) I am finding that the window is stuck at 1024x768. I just cant
> find where I need to change the geometry settings to make it 1440 x 900
> like my console window is in ESXi.
>
> Have been doing a lot of reading and have tried a bunch of stuff but
> none of it works, too much to list. I am obviously missing something and
> its probably really simple, but I am just not getting it.
>
> FYI I am a Mac user and am installing a Linux server of my own for the
> first time, so please be gentle lol!
AFAIK, the only place you set the display size is as an argument to
vncserver when you launch it. openSUSE 11.2 works best using:
dbus-launch vncserver -geometry <xxx>x<yyy> :<n> where <xxx> and <yyy> are
the desired dimensions and <n> is the vnc port to use. Works for me. I use
1440x900 unless the reason I’m logging on to another machine is to resolve
user complaints about something where I want to see what they see.