On 1/2/2018 16:20, Jack Fearnley wrote:
> I am new to the raspberry pi but not to Linux.  My plan is to connect to
> the Raspberry Pi through VNC but with no screen, keyboard etc attached to
> the RP.
>
> I have managed to do this using my Ubuntu machine as client and it works
> fine except for the screen resolution.
>
> When I have a screen physically attached to the RP, the image on my
> client screen is fine.  However, when there is no screen attached the
> image on my client drops to 640X480 which means that icons look huge and
> windows overlap the screen size.
>
> I need to tell the RP that it has a high resolution screen even when none
> is attached.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Best Regards,
>               Jack Fearnley, enthusiastic new user.

The simplest way I've found is to edit /boot/config.txt and add:

framebuffer_width=1920
framebuffer_height=1080

or whatever size you want.

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Knute Johnson

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