Solutions for shrinking a local desktop with and without VNC?

[Felix E. Klee]

I want to

  run a high-res desktop on a low-ses screen.

Possible solutions:

1. Use an X11 server that support shrinking of the displayed desktop to the
  native solution of the graphics card (ATI Radeon 9000, in particular).

  Current state:

  * I've not found any such server.

2. Use a tool for displaying the desktop of a dummy X server scaled.

  Current state:

  * One can use gnome-mag but this requires installation of Gnome, which is a
    PITA.  Furthermore I'm not even sure whether gnome-mag supports shrinking
    or only magnification, which I don't need.  Description of the
    installation process (untested):

    http://accessibility.freestandards.org/a11yweb/presentations/kraft-20050126-mag.html

3. Connect a VNC client to a VNC-Server that supports shrinking of the
  desktop.

  Current state:

  * x11vnc seems to do what I want (untested).  However, it needs to connect
    to a real X-Server which is not needed in my case and which probably means
    a lot of overhead.  I'd prefer a VNC server which includes an X server.

4. Connect a VNC client that supports shrinking of the remote desktop to a
  VNC-Server

  Current state:

  * krdc does what I want (tested!), but it requries installation of KDE.  I'd
    prefer a solution that is more light weight.

Pointers to additional software solutions are welcome.

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