Derek wrote:
> Thanks for the response.
>
>> The other option is of course to use Windows in "Remote Desktop" mode,
>> where you should be able to set (almost) any size you like... And it's
>> at least faster than VNC, but may not be as snappy as SDL.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. I was not aware windows had such a
> feature. I looked at Microsoft's web site, and learned quite a bit
> about it, although could find no client (viewer) for it that runs on any
> non-microsoft platform. To work for me, the viewer would have to run on
> linux.
>
> Probably I should have explained my setup better. Sorry, I'll try again:
>
> It's a workstation, and I need to be able to interact with the windows
> domU, as well as any Linux domUs I set up. I figure I should just run
> an X server on dom0 (or one of the domUs, if I can figure out how), and
> use it to access all the working sessions in the other domUs. Accessing
> those in linux domUs is easy, using standard tools
> (telnet/rlogin/ssh/X-sessions/vnc/whatever). Accessing the windows domU
> seems easy too -- when I start it, a qemu-dm window pops up. I
> can "maximize" this qemu-dm to 1280x1024, which would be full-screen on
> my 1280x1024 monitor. But, it would be better to make it slightly
> smaller, so that the linux window manager widgets are still visible
> along the bottom. If I tell windows that it's 1280x1024, but shrink the
> visible window in my X server to, say, 1280x920, unfortunately the
> windows screen image has it's bottom truncated, so I can't get to the
> winows start bar. If the qemu window had scroll bars, this would be no
> problem, but it doesn't.
>
> Following your suggestion, I'll see if I can find a linux client
> (viewer) for "remote desktop".
I believe there are a few RDP clients. rdesktop is at least one. I
guess sherlock doesn't know about google?
http://www.google.com/search?q=remote+desktop+client+linux
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Christopher G. Stach II
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