1 WinXP - 2 seats
Taylor, ForrestX
forrestx.taylor at intel.com
Thu Sep 2 22:56:38 UTC 2004
On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 15:07, Michael wrote:
> > Hi folks.
> >
> > I've got a user who uses WinXP at his desk. He now has to use two
> > desks, 10 feet apart, but still needs to use the one XP box.
> >
> > What I've thought of was to do a minimal X install, and then have
> > instead of the KDE WM, have X fire straight into a vncviewer.
> >
> > Would this work, and what files to I need to change to get this to work?
> >
> > Am I right in thinking that without a WM to get in the way, vncviewer
> > would run full-screen and key-sequences like alt-tab would be seen by
> > vncviewer instead of being caught by the wm?
> > --
> > Gary Stainburn
>
> use rdesktop/RDP, it only responds locally to cntrl-alt-enter and a magic
> pixel depending on how you compile it. Everything else like cntrl alt
> delete goes to the remote machine. Plus it is a lot faster/prettier than
> vnc with compression, and more reliable/faster than things like
> citrix.(just without some of the functionality of things like citrix)
>
> I set something like this up with solaris and sun rays. But for a few
> hundred clients to a 2k3 terminal server.
>
> Fedora has a package, but http://rdesktop.sf.net is the site.
I second rdesktop. It works like a charm for me. I even get better
resolution using rdesktop than I do natively.
As for running it at login, I just have an icon on the desktop and run
it when needed. I just added it to my session, so it starts up when I
login, and that works for me, too.
You may want to look into IceWM for a smaller WM, but I just use GNOME.
Forrest
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