Switching back to the Mandrake 9.1 desktop from terminal rdesktop terminal session
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Switching back to the Mandrake 9.1 desktop from terminal rdesktop terminal session
HI
I'm a Newbie to Linux ( currently running Mandrake 9.1 ) and have found answers to most of my questions from this site but after some thorough searches I have a question to post
I am using Rdesktop ( with the tsclient GUI ) to connect to a W2k SERVER and would like to how I can switch back or minimise the terminal server session when viewing it in full screen ?
I know if you logoff the Terminal service's session it takes you back to the Mandrake 9.1 desktop but I would like to know if anyone knows how to minimize the Terminal services screen so I can switch between Terminal Service's and the Mandrake desktop ?
i have never used rdesktop, but you can still alt + tab in linux, that is if you have a specified app you want to use, or even ctrl + esc (well that works for me) alternativley you can alt + f* where * = 1 to 4 to use the other desktops
Like you Im a newbie to this forum, so please bear with me if I dont handle this post correctly.
Onw way around your problem is to use the "-g" option to specify the geometry of your screen ( these are stipulated in pixels ). So you find out your screen resolution, then when you run up rdesktop use the -g to launch it at maximum screen resolution. You then can inconise the entire window taking you back to Linux. For example, I used the following rdesktop -g
1900x1400 -u <username>
I have a sony VAIO laptop with resolution 1900 by 1400
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Now you can iconise it using the "_" on the top right hand corner of the new window screen taking you back to Linux.
No one has answered the question that is currently posted by the originator. I don't have the answer either as I am curretnly looking to find where I saw the correct hotkey, last fall.
There is a hotkey that will take a user from his "fullscreen" Microsoft session via RDESKTOP back to his desktop.
I just don't happen to recall what it was and I'm looking (I know it works because I used it).
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