One new feature of the recently released ThinLinc version 4.14.0 is improved handling for multiple monitors. This change makes it possible to use full screen mode in the native client over an arbitrary number of monitors, rather than the “all or nothing” approach which was the case prior to this latest release.
As part of this change, the settings dialogue in the native client’s GUI has been simplified and shuffled around a bit. Here is the old “Screen” options tab prior to 4.14.0:
…and here is the new “Display” tab in the latest release (note: in this example only one monitor is connected):
This new layout is simpler and more intuitive, and allows the user to select any number of monitors to spread their ThinLinc session across.
The “Display” tab is now the first thing users will see when they open the settings dialogue; the various options which were originally in their place have been moved to an “Advanced” tab instead:
Veteran ThinLinc users may take some time getting used to the new setting locations, but we think that overall the new layout is a big improvement.
Finally, the Windows, OS X, and Linux native clients will no longer start in full screen mode by default. This is to avoid confusion for new users who are not aware of the F8 popup menu, and find themselves with no way to get back to their local desktop without logging out. Thin client platforms will still start in full screen mode.
I have an issue with thinlinc related to pop up or configuration windows inside an application that looks too big and go off the screen of 15". How can I adjust this? an example:
In this sessions the remote window is adjust to full screen and I can´t see the entire pop up window, I can’t modify the windows size too. I tried in different ways but nothing…
In other bigger screen 22’’ the pop up window is adjusted to the screen.
Its looks like thinlinc doesn´t adjust pop up windows automatically to the screen.
Thinlinc client version 4.16 64bit
If the application window size is fixed, then it could be difficult to solve this using ThinLinc. Are you using the native client or the browser-based one?
One idea would be to manually specify a larger resolution for the remote session, but I don’t think this is possible in either client anymore. Perhaps it can be specified on the server side though (@samuel do you know?).
As I know, It’s possible to adjust resolution manually moving the window to adjust to your screen in that way you get a non-standard resolution size but that didn’t fix the pop-up window issue described previously. The main problem is that thinlinc doesn’t adjust all windows dynamically only happens if you us near to standard resolution specified in the server (I’m assuming that).
That doesn’t happen in VNC for example.
If you have any idea how to define multiple resolutions in the server, let us know. Thanks for your answer.
Inside the session, you can set the resolution using either (1) a terminal:
xrandr -s 1920x1080
or (2) from the settings in your desktop environment (*).
If you increase the resolution of the ThinLinc session using either of these methods, the ThinLinc client window will show scroll bars — if the session resolution is larger than the client window.
(*) Note that, for example, Gnome will be quite persistent after changing the screen resolution in its settings, these settings can later cause issues.
