#256285 rdesktop: should maximize only to current screen in Xinerama mode

Package:
rdesktop
Source:
rdesktop
Description:
RDP client for Windows NT/2000 Terminal Server and Windows Servers
Submitter:
Adam Kessel
Date:
2010-12-31 02:00:03 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#256285#5
Date:
2004-06-25 20:19:01 UTC
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In Xinerama mode with two monitors, running rdesktop with -f causes the
window to span both screens.  Typically maximized apps in Xinerama just
fill the active screen.  It might be that some people actually want
rdesktop to span both screens, but I expect that just the current screen
would generally be the preferred behavior.  It would be nice to at least
have an option for that.
#256285#12
Date:
2005-04-18 22:10:17 UTC
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Hello Adam,

I am the new maintainer of rdesktop. Rdesktop version 1.4.0 is now
available in unstable. Since I do not have access to a dual-head
setup, I would appreciate very much if you could assist in testing
the new version of rdesktop on such a configuration and report back
to me (or rather, to this bug's address) about your findings.

Thanks
--
Tomas Fasth <tomfa@debian.org>
GnuPG 0x9FE8D504
#256285#17
Date:
2005-04-19 19:14:05 UTC
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Tomas Fasth wrote:

Hi Tomas:

I have access to a dual-head setup, but I no longer have access to an
rdesktop (Windows) server.  I'll try and figure out a way to test it
without a server, but let me know if you have any ideas.

Adam
#256285#22
Date:
2006-06-08 13:18:24 UTC
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hi,

just came across this bug and I thought that I might offer testing.

I have a xinerama setup and a W2k3 server availeable.

I have tested it with Version 1.4.1 and -f and it spans across the whole
screen on both monitors.

thanks
Philipp
#256285#27
Date:
2006-10-20 05:20:10 UTC
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Hi Philipp!

 Can you please check the newest upstream version, 1.5.0 with xinerama?
I don't know if the maximize misbehaviour is fixed or not.

Thanks,
Laszlo/GCS
#256285#32
Date:
2006-10-20 13:47:58 UTC
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Hi,

thanks for the update. But rdesktop still spans over the whole screen.

It may be interesting to have it span accross, so I think it might be useful
to add a new option for xinerama to only span accross one screen.

thanks
Philipp
#256285#37
Date:
2007-12-05 07:49:03 UTC
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Hi !

The problem is also met with -g option and a percentage value. For
example, I use "-g 80%". With Xinerama enabled, this option should
mean "80% of the current screen".

Xinerama is on the todo list of rdesktop since a long time. There is a
patch here:
URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/spark_xinerama-patch2
Description:
Adds XINERAMA support to rdesktop.
Status:
Not applied yet. TBD.

This patch fixes the issue for fullscreen but it is quite ugly since
it only sets the size to the size of the first screen, even when
rdesktop becomes fullscreen on the second screen. I don't know if more
recent patches exist.
#256285#42
Date:
2010-04-01 21:11:21 UTC
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Attached is a more recent version of the patch above.
Just putting it here so that it does not get lost.

dheeraj
#256285#47
Date:
2010-12-31 01:17:13 UTC
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Hello
I also have this rdesktop problem when using xinerama, and I've just created own,
slightly modified version of patch for this issue. It can be obtained from:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3148409&group_id=24366&atid=381349

regards,