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Higher Screen Resolution for VNC Connection

DeSnousa

DeSnousa

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Jan 20, 2005
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Brisbane, Australia
Hey guys,

Is it possible in any way to increase the screen resolution of a iBook G4 whilst connected via a VNC connection? I currently have Teamviewer installed but I'm open to any suggestions.

Basically I have dug out my trusty iBook G4 that I would like to use for Rapidweaver websites. The iBook G4 has shown it's age and it is slow for other general stuff, so I wanted to set it up via a VNC to my other computers. I would like more screen space to create these web pages.

My only other idea was to use Screen Spanning Doctor attached to a VGA monitor, but I would prefer to have the iBook hidden.
 
You can set the iBook up to have a virtual screen. There's a kext that allows this, I don't recall it at the moment. But I do use it on a Leopard system of mine. It works quite well. Just set the virtual screen as the default and connect to that screen.
 
Intell said:
You can set the iBook up to have a virtual screen. There's a kext that allows this, I don't recall it at the moment. But I do use it on a Leopard system of mine. It works quite well. Just set the virtual screen as the default and connect to that screen.
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Hmmm.
In case someone remembers the details, I'd be interested...

RGDS,
 
Thanks for the link and the suggestion :)

I have downloaded both files and pasted the .kext files /system/library/extensions

I get error that this does not work, what am I doing wrong?
 
You need to correctly configure the virtual screen first, then put the kexts where they belong, and then rebuild the extension cache.
 
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