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Posted: April 29 2006,05:26 QUOTE

/home/dsl/.xinitrc

Ok I will ask the dumb question

If I alter this file as above can I back it up and will it the backup be loaded from the multisession cd. Sorry I can't try it right now my burner crapped out and I am waiting for a neww one.

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Posted: Aug. 02 2006,17:45 QUOTE

I just installed DSL and am quite impressed.  I've used SUSE 10 but find it too bulky and cumbersome to make a quick install.  I'm going to use this for rdesktop and have modified my .xinitrc file to start rdesktop on boot.

Two questions:

1) when DSL boots up and launches rdesktop (to a win2k server) I still end up seeing the taskbar and workspace icons from the DSL desktop on the bottom of the screen, they sit on top of the rdesktop session, covering the windows start menu, quick launch bar, etc.  If I Ctrl-Alt-Enter twice, it will go away, but is there a way to make rdesktop sit on top of the DSL desktop without having to do this?  If I click on the rdesktop icon on the desktop I don't experience this problem, but I'd like to make it as easy as possible for the end user.

2) Slightly OT: Anyway to configure GRUB to automatically boot linux without waiting 15 seconds or forcing a user to make an option?  This is a HD install with only DSL on the disk.

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Brian
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Posted: Aug. 23 2006,17:16 QUOTE

Quote (bpanders @ Aug. 02 2006,13:45)
I just installed DSL and am quite impressed.  I've used SUSE 10 but find it too bulky and cumbersome to make a quick install.  I'm going to use this for rdesktop and have modified my .xinitrc file to start rdesktop on boot.

Two questions:

1) when DSL boots up and launches rdesktop (to a win2k server) I still end up seeing the taskbar and workspace icons from the DSL desktop on the bottom of the screen, they sit on top of the rdesktop session, covering the windows start menu, quick launch bar, etc.  If I Ctrl-Alt-Enter twice, it will go away, but is there a way to make rdesktop sit on top of the DSL desktop without having to do this?  If I click on the rdesktop icon on the desktop I don't experience this problem, but I'd like to make it as easy as possible for the end user.

2) Slightly OT: Anyway to configure GRUB to automatically boot linux without waiting 15 seconds or forcing a user to make an option?  This is a HD install with only DSL on the disk.

Thanks-
Brian

Try the -f switch instead of saying 800x600, that way dsl goes to fullscreen mode.

You can edit the grub configuration files to reduce the wait time, but I am at work and cannot remember off the top of my head the file to edit.
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