Re: [rdesktop-devel] Rdesktop 1.5.0CVS / Cygwin / SeamlessRDP question...

[Adam B. <ad...@ro...>]

Yep, all I needed was a WM started and it minimized to that WM's dock.  =
PERFECT! Now to find a nice windowmanager that works with the Windoze =
start menu. :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Astrand [mailto:as...@ce...]=20
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:52 PM
To: Adam Bil
Cc: rde...@li...
Subject: Re: [rdesktop-devel] Rdesktop 1.5.0CVS / Cygwin / SeamlessRDP =
question...

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Adam Bil wrote:

> I was just toying around with Peter's/Cendio's SeamlessRDP=20
> functionality within a compiled version of rdesktop in cygwin.  I'm=20
> putting this out there to see if anyone is experiencing the same =
quirky-ness I'm seeing.
> I'm starting cygwin's xwin with these flags:  "-rootless=20
> -multiplemonitors -clipboard -swcursor -silent-dup-error" so it'll=20
> start a rootless xsession across all of my monitors.  Then for a test, =

> I'll
> run: rdesktop.exe -A -s "c:\seamlessRDP\seamlessRDPshell.exe
> c:\windows\notepad.exe" -a 16 -P -b -z -K -N testserver.  It'll work=20
> PERFECTLY.  Launches notepad and it's capable of being positioned=20
> anywhere on any of my screens (I have 8 and they all run at 1600x1200=20
> and RDP is limited to 4096x2048 so this is why I'm testing this out).

Cool.=20


> The quirk I'm running into is in terms of minimizing.  If I minimize=20
> the notepad, it'll minimize inside the Windows session on the server=20
> but won't minimize the actual rdesktop app.  So what I'm left with is=20
> an empty square (where the actual notepad resided) on the desktop with =

> no way of restoring the notepad window.  Was wondering if anyone has=20
> ever

SeamlessRDP requires a fairly cooperatively window manager. Which WM are =
you using?

The actual minimizing is done through XIconifyWindow(), though, and it's =
somewhat surprising if this fails.=20

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