You could actually do this, also, on the Linux machine, when mouse-over the Windows terminal client. This should behave quite similarly. Meaning "Linux mouse mover" or "Linux keyboard presser" or the likes. Generate some keyboard/mouse move on your desktop.
Ez 2010/11/27 shimi <[email protected]> > > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Dan Shimshoni <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, linux-il, >> >> This question might seem a bit not related to Linux; However, >> it is a real problem which I face daily as a result of that I am >> trying to use Linux in a windows environment. So I hope you can advice. >> >> The problem description: >> I am using Linux station in a company which is windows-oriented; >> namely, most desktops are windows. I also have a windows desktop. >> Most of the day I sit in an office which is in on another floor >> from where my windows desktop is. I need to access the windows machine >> quite often for many tasks (for example, reading mail, as the sysadmin >> did not agree to install >> install/configure a mail client on the linux machine because this is >> the policy here). >> >> So I use rdesktop from linux to windows. The trouble with this is that >> every 10 minutes or so, if I do not perform any action in windows, the >> rdesktop connection is disabled and I have to open a new session >> of rdesktop. And this is quite annoying ! And I don't have an >> administrative >> permission to my windows machine, so I cannot change it. >> >> So my question is: is there some workaround ? for example, some >> windows application which will be awakened every 5 minutes to let the >> windows >> machine think that there was some action on windows, and thus the rdesktop >> session will not finish ? >> >> >> > Maybe something like this: http://rjlpranks.com/pranks/mouse_move/ will do > the trick. > > Note: This is not to recommend or vouch for the specific program. I have no > idea if it's Malware... There are other (mostly commercial, i.e. $$$) > software packages that you can find on Google when you search for "Windows > Mouse Mover" > > HTH, > > -- Shimi > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > >
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