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Re: rdesktop.exe session on an X-terminal?


Howdy Michael,

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Subject: Re: rdesktop.exe session on an X-terminal?
'rdesktop.exe' doesn't honor a command-line display argument and
setting Windows and Cygwin environment variables 'display' and
'DISPLAY' has no effect.
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I can confirm that the rdesktop 1.2.0 that I downloaded and compiled under
Solaris displays fine under XWin -multiwindow -multiplescreens, for connections
to both terminal servers and my WinXP laptop.  I just set the $DISPLAY properly
in the xterm and rdesktop <server>...

Under Windoze there's no need for rdesktop, you can use the free
Remote Desktop Connection utility from MS (supported under Win 98, 2000,
and built-in underXP).  The MS version is also faster and supports 16-bit
displays which is almost a necessity for XP remotes, with all their eye-candy.
-- 
-Earle F. Philhower, III
 earle@ziplabel.com
 http://www.ziplabel.com


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