A few corrections and updates from my earlier posts... On Thursday 27 December 2007 11:55, Christopher Roberts wrote: > ---++ 2x Application Server client > > * http://www.2x.com/applicationserver/ > > Having installed the 2x ApplicationServer on the W2K3 server (an absolute > doddle), this just worked flawlessly. Really could not fault it. > Unfortunately there were some gaps in functionality: > > * No clipboard integration > * No drive mapping
I have been in contact with 2x, who say that clipboard interaction is supported. I'm not sure whether I was wrong, or whether this has been improved since I downloaded it, probably the latter as there is no mention of it in the documentation. They also advise that drive mapping will be available from Q2/3 this year. Good news. > ---++ SeamlessRDP client > > * http://www.cendio.com/seamlessrdp/ > * http://www.fontis.com.au/rdesktop > > (You need both) To correct myself, the Fontis link provides a patch to enable published applications to share a single connection (i.e. a single TS licence). This also means that only the first connection needs to log on, improving performance and helping to make the Windows applications behave more like a local application. On the other hand the Fontis link requires patching of both Rdesktop and SeamlessRDP, and resulted in the following behaviour, described in my earlier post: > There was also a problem for us, in that the login dialog box for our core > management system would not take keyboard focus, i.e. even though you could > click into the login box, the keystokes went elsewhere. We are therefore using Cendio's SeamlessRDP only to connect to explorer.exe with the NoDesktop registry hack, so that it publishes a Windows taskbar on our LTSP desktop. Each application run from the Windows taskbar uses the same connection and TS licence. If you already have Rdesktop 1.5, the installation is as simple as copying Cendio's SeamlessRDP into a directory on the Windows server, and hacking the registry to suppress the Windows desktop. Instructions on using SeamlessRDP are included in the standard Rdesktop man pages. Our experience so far has been fairly positive, the Windows applications are working on our LTSP desktops, with sound, drive mapping (i.e. My Documents takes you to the LTSP user's home directory), and printer mapping. On the downside, applications appear on both the KDE taskbar and the Windows taskbar, which can be confusing; ideally I would suppress the applications from the KDE taskbar. Also the Windows taskbar is not respected by the KDE applications, which does mean that you have to minimise everything to get to the Windows taskbar. Also we have had a few display issues on the Windows taskbar, where for example the Internet Explorer titlebar would fail to erase on minimise, thereby obsuring the taskbar. Even without these minor issues, I dislike giving my users a Windows taskbar, so my intention is to go the 2x route once they implement drive mapping. Chris. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
