Re: Get screen resolution from remote system

2013-11-15 Thread Stephen Berg (Contractor)
Tried it, doesn't work. I get the resolution for my local system which has a dual head setup like is shown. The remote system is a single monitor setup so I'm pretty sure I'm not getting the resolution of the remote system. [root@localsystem ~]# ssh root@remotesystem Last login: Fri Nov 15 0

RE: Get screen resolution from remote system

2013-11-15 Thread Novick, Jeffrey L CTR (US)
First run: export DISPLAY=:0 then run xrandr Just tried it and it worked for me. Jeff -Original Message- From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov [mailto:owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov] On Behalf Of Stephen Berg (Contractor) Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 1

Re: Get screen resolution from remote system

2013-11-15 Thread Stephan Wiesand
On 2013-11-15, at 16:14, Stephen Berg (Contractor) wrote: > I'm searching for a command line utility of some fashion to let me get the > Xwindows screen resolution from a remote system. What I'd like is very > simply a command, utility, log entry that I can reliably tell that "System X, > ov

Re: Get screen resolution from remote system

2013-11-15 Thread Ken Teh
Did you try xdpyinfo? 'man X' gives you an intro to the available X commands. On 11/15/2013 09:14 AM, Stephen Berg (Contractor) wrote: I'm searching for a command line utility of some fashion to let me get the Xwindows screen resolution from a remote system. What I'd like is very simply a c