DSL Tips and Tricks :: dsl boot straight into rdesktop

Ah, OK. Thanks for the info.

How can I alter the CD to boot right into rdesktop? Could a dsl script be made and burned to the root of the cd that would replace the .xinitrc file? Any ideas?

Thanks

Craig

You could try what I do (need mswin xp), get a cd-rw and burn the dsl image to it but don't finalize it! You can get a free program to do this off the internet ( http://terabyteunlimited.com/downloads/burncdcc.zip or if that don't work go to http://terabyteunlimited.com/utilities.html and download BurnCDCC™). Then just go to your burner with the disc still in it and replace the file by pasting a alterd copy of it and reburning with the xp explorer built in burning software. Hope that makes sence and helps.

Is that file not buried in the compressed image? When I use winiso it appears everything is in the knoppix compressed file.

Craig

Quote (starcannon @ Jan. 26 2006,13:35)

You may use beaver(or text editor of your choice) to edit

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home/dsl/.xinitrc

and or

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opt/bootlocal.sh

to issue commands and or open programs that you'd like to have happen at boot up.
for instance to get rdesktop logged in automatically you could use beaver to add this line to either of the file options listed above:

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rdesktop -g 800x600 -a 16 -D -u UserName -p P@55w0rd 192.168.1.100

thats a very specific login statement that sizes the screen to 800x600 w/16bit color and automatically logs in someone named "UserName" with the password "P@55w0rd" at an ip adress of 192.168.1.100. be sure at a command prompt to issue this command

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dsl@box:~$rdesktop --help

for a nice list of commands/switches that you can pass with rdesktop.
GL and hope this was of some use.

Rob

awesome - the same plz for VMware-player and u made my day

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