Just answered my own question about the taskbar. The solution is described in http://www.nabble.com/Taskbar-tt20562180.html#a20562180 http://www.nabble.com/Taskbar-tt20562180.html#a20562180
discsox wrote: > > 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-tp23018590p23055023.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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openthinclient-user
