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I have two Debian 10 systems, and I am trying to remote manage one from the other.

I am using remmina as the client and xrdp as the server. I connect with RDP protocol.

How can I change the screen resolution. It is currently stuck with display rdp0 smaller than 640x480.

Is this a client or server side setting?

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Solution

This was another issue caused by a program which has a criminally bad UI. I've figured it out now. It's a client side setting.

  • Click the button on the top window decoration which contains an icon with 3 lines on it.

  • Select preferences. Why preferences are hidden in this menu with an obscure button with an obscure icon I have no clue. (First bad UI design problem)

  • On the default "Options" tab (second bad UI design element, bad generic name "Options" when all the tabs are different types of options

  • Click button "Set up" next to the text "Screen Resolutions" (third bad element of UI design. Easy to miss text. Not obvious that button is related to "Screen Resolutions" by looking at it.

  • Add 1920x1080 or whatever you want. Be careful of syntax. Must be NxM format.

  • Close this window

  • On main Remmina window, now click top left button which is a page symbol with a plus on it. This is to add a new profile. (Again bad UI design)

  • Put server address in and change Resolution to "Custom" (select one). Test before changing other options

Remmina dev team please fix the UI!

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Just adding some updated, quicker, & visual instructions with Remmina 1.4.36.

  1. Right-click the desired server line and click "Edit" Profile "Resolution" selection
  2. Scroll down, next to "Resolution" select "Custom", then click on the three dots Profile "Resolution" selection
  3. Enter the desired resolution, then "Close" and select it from the dropdown
  4. Click "Save and Connect"
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