Bug 4722

Summary:	Gnome (still) prevents session resize
Product:	ThinLinc	Reporter:	Aaron Sowry <aaron>
Component:	VNC	Assignee:	Pierre Ossman <ossman>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	Normal	CC:	leon.pegg, samuel
Priority:	P2
Version:	4.1.0
Target Milestone:	MediumPrio
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Unknown
See Also:	https://www.cendio.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3055 https://www.cendio.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5847 https://bugzilla.cendio.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4419 https://bugzilla.cendio.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8199 https://bugzilla.cendio.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8216
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Description Aaron Sowry cendio

2013-06-25 12:48:33 CEST

This is a continuation of bug #4160, but applicable to (at least) Ubuntu 13.04. From the comments:

"Once you've ever touched Gnome's display settings, it will try its damnedest to maintain that resolution, even in the face of external resizes like ours."

Comment 1 Aaron Sowry cendio

2013-06-25 13:01:54 CEST

Also, somewhat strange behavour using xrandr - doing "xrandr -s <anything>" will
result in the session being resized to whatever the display size is set to in
gnome-control-center.

Comment 2 Leon Pegg 2014-01-21 22:43:52 CET

Disabling xrandr plugin in the gnome settings daemon fixes the issue on gnome 3

run dconf-editor

browse to org -> gnome -> settings-daemon -> plugins > xrandr
and uncheck Active

Comment 4 Samuel Mannehed cendio

2022-09-29 14:20:30 CEST

At least on Fedora 36, there is no org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xrandr setting.

Removing this file from the user's home directory will do the trick:

 rm ~/.config/monitors.xml

Note that this will also remove monitor preferences for local logins if the same home directory is used.

Comment 5 Samuel Mannehed cendio

2024-07-08 10:53:29 CEST

(In reply to Samuel Mannehed from comment #4)
> Removing this file from the user's home directory will do the trick:
> 
>  rm ~/.config/monitors.xml

If this file is removed while a session is active, it will only have an effect after logging out and then logging back in.