From: Matthieu M. <mat...@an...> - 2004-12-23 09:11:38
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Hello everybody. I try to build a rdp terminal. So I installed debian woody, retrieve rdesktop from CVS, compile it. I used rdesktop from CVS because I'am interested in the remote disk option because I want the user to access his USB key or his floppy disk. So I launched rdesktop with -r disk option. It is worked well, I can access, write, read the floppy (I have not made all test with usb key, because I need to buy a USB Pci controller....) My problem is in the disk management on the linux terminal. I used autofs to automaticaly mount/umount the disk. But it is not working well : 1. I configure autofs to automaticaly mount floppy in /floppy with a timeout of 2 secondes 2. I start rdesktop with -r disk:floppy=/floppy and connected to the terminal server as well 3. I can see $floppy on my PC 4. I can write to the floppy (autofs mount the device) 5. now the problem 6. I want to change the floppy. Because, I think, rdesktop have an internal link to the floppy, autofs does not umount the floppy after 2 secondes of inactivity. So it is impossible for me to change the floppy disk without stopping my rdesktop session. I read some post about supermount, and I am recompiling a kernel to test it, but unfortunately, supermount is not included in the kernel, autofs is. My question is : is it a configuration problem from my part ? Thanks Matthieu MARC |
From: <pe...@ce...> - 2004-12-23 10:13:30
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Matthieu MARC wrote: > So I launched rdesktop with -r disk option. It is worked well, I can > access, write, read the floppy (I have not made all test with usb key, > because I need to buy a USB Pci controller....) > > My problem is in the disk management on the linux terminal. I used > autofs to automaticaly mount/umount the disk. But it is not working well : I did some tests with autofs a year ago, but it didn't work very well. I recommend Supermount instead (or subfs). -- Peter Åstrand OpenSource-based Thin Client Technology Cendio www.thinlinc.com Teknikringen 3 Phone: +46-13-21 46 00 58330 Linköping, Sweden |
From: Arne G. G. <ar...@li...> - 2005-01-03 09:40:24
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* Matthieu MARC > 1. I configure autofs to automaticaly mount floppy in /floppy with a > timeout of 2 secondes > 2. I start rdesktop with -r disk:floppy=/floppy and connected to the > terminal server as well > 3. I can see $floppy on my PC > 4. I can write to the floppy (autofs mount the device) > 5. now the problem > 6. I want to change the floppy. Because, I think, rdesktop have an > internal link to the floppy, autofs does not umount the floppy after 2 > secondes of inactivity. So it is impossible for me to change the > floppy disk without stopping my rdesktop session. Yes. I have a patch for this that makes rdesktop close directory handles between every fs-call. The patch is rather heavy-handed, but should work. If you're interested, have a look at http://users.linpro.no/argggh/rdesktop-allowunmounts.patch . It's against a fairly recent version from CVS, but I haven't tested if it applies cleanly to today's HEAD. Arne. |