Dual monitors: gnome-session over ssh with x11 forwarding - set resolution to fit on just one monitor

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I have two monitors with different resolutions (1440x900 and 1600x1200) on Windows 7. I am connecting to a Red Hat machine via ssh through cygwin/x with x11 forwarding.

When I start a gnome-session to get the desktop environment, it opens over both monitors with a window size of 3040x1200. Part of it is not displayed on my smaller monitor.

$ startxwin &
$ ssh -Y redhat
[user@redhat ~]$ gnome-session

I am unable to change the size of the window by dragging the corners. Is there a way to force the resolution to make the window fit on just one of the monitors?

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1 Answers

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I ended up using startx instead, which starts a single-window x session. This is much better for launching gnome-session and confines it to a single monitor.

$ nohup startx &
$ ssh -Y redhat
[user@redhat ~]$ gnome-session