Assuming you've got stock Raspbian jessie, you would probably do something like this: OLDMODE=fbset | grep ^mode | sed -e 's/^mode "//' -e 's/"//' fbset 640x480-60 chromium fbset $OLDMODE ...which should retrieve the old mode name, change the framebuffer's video mode to the default 640x480 60 Hz mod...

If your Pi is set up in the way that stock Raspbian jessie is set up, the way to execute remote X clients on the Pi via ssh and have them display on your local machine is like so: machine:~$ ssh -Y your_pi your_pi:~$ lxterminal ...the -Y option for ssh enables trusted X11 forwarding, which eliminate...