You were right on with your assumptions. The goal is that the OTC computers would boot straight into XP via rdesktop. Thank you for the hints.
However, I have not figured out how to hide the taskbar yet. Is there a way to configure it "windows like" as autohide? DigiDT wrote: > > To the best of my knowledge, you're doing everything right so far :) > > The 1152x768 resolution is strange. Is it a widescreen monitor? Maybe > the VM can't support higher than that? I'll give it try on my VM setup > and see what happens (I have pretty much the same setup as you, it seems). > > Question; do you want your openthinclient computers to boot straight into > your XP VM via rdesktop? > > If so, I would modify the "Desktop" application to hide the taskbar and > then modify the "rdesktop RDP client" application to autostart=on, > fullscreen-yes > That way when the client computer boots it will just jump straight into > rdesktop and will be fullscreen without the linux desktop peeking out with > the taskbar. > > -Dell > > > discsox wrote: >> >> Thank you very much for your advice and I apologize because I am really >> new to this... >> I had partial success by doing the following: >> - create a device "monitor" under "Devices" where I specify resolution >> and refresh rate (e.g. 1600x1200) >> - Add the monitor device to the VMware hardware type that specifies the >> graphics card and monitor >> - Assign the thinclient in question to the VMware hardware type >> >> Is this the correct way of doing this? >> >> This configuration has the strange effect that the desktop has a >> resolution of 1152x768... which is still better that 800x600. >> Rdesktop ends up with a resolution of 1152x744 which is equivalent to the >> client resolution minus the taskbar. >> >> It might be a limitation of running the client under VMware ESX3i. >> >> I will try a real computer next... >> >> >> DigiDT wrote: >>> >>> rdesktop gets its resolution from the client's operating system (in this >>> case, Openthinclient linux). So the way I do it is to use the Java OTC >>> Manager and attach a resolution "device type" to my computers. I >>> usually use 1280x1024 but I have a few users that like 1024x768. >>> >>> The computer will bootup with whatever resolution you specify and then >>> when you connect to your XP VM with rdesktop, it will also use that >>> resolution. >>> >>> >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Resolution-for-VMware-graphics-card-tp23018590p23054935.html Sent from the openthinclient.org users' mailing list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ The Open Source Thin Client Solution http://openthinclient.org openthinclient-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openthinclient-user
