asked on 3/26/2004

Loop to keep rdesktop open

Hi guys.
I need some kind of a loop that will keep rdesktop active all the time after i start the xwindows. in other words i want it to reopen the rdesktop upon cancelling or closing by users. i tried wait but i could not get it to work. I am using slack ware with the basic tab manager xwindows.
Thank you

Unix OS

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Gns

3/29/2004

ahoffmann

3/27/2004

# try:
xclock -digital -update 1

khashayar01

3/29/2004

ASKER

I tried that but what is it supposed to do?? it just gives me the clock

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Gns

3/29/2004

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Gns

3/29/2004

Argh "/usr/local/bin/forevermydesktop &" -> "/usr/local/bin/foreverrdesktop &"

-- Glenn (a.k.a. Le Grand Typo)

ahoffmann

3/29/2004

oops, didn't read carefully ..
rdesktop will be started by the user, so simply write a shell for them which calls rdesktop in a infinite loop

Gns

3/29/2004

Yes...:-)

-- Glenn

ahoffmann

3/29/2004

Glenn has daylight again, and so is a few minutes faster than me ;-)

Gns

3/29/2004

Oh yes, and a painful transition it was... Was up late patrying(! That doesn't happen often these days:)... And then played around a bit with my new x86_64 (fsc 800s... 3200+ with 1GiB RAM, SATA etc (vias sata, so I had to go with a 2.6 kernel and libsata)... perhaps made around your parts Achim?-)... Completely forgot my eldest sons scout initiation... And the daylight savings.... Talk about the Mother of all headaches:-). Not so fun pretending to be all enthusiatic about his ceremony:P.
Nice to see you a bit more active too Achim.

Sorry for this offtopic blurb khashayar01.

-- Glenn