[Tfug] Modal dialogs in Seamless windoze running on Linux.

[Terence Rudkin]

Opps, added a subject

On 8/16/07, Terence Rudkin <trudkin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have setup windows running in vmware to run as a seamless
> application. The Windows task bar is at the bottom of the screen and
> the Linux task bar is at the top. A screenshot at:
>  http://www.siliconsilverphotography.com/Gallery/Screenshot.png
>
> This runs fine except for modal dialog, and have since discovered
> cygwin and cmd.exe.   When some modal dialog pops up they are not
> accessible, as in not seen on the screen or if visible not clickable.
> As for cygwin it starts up and it is seen in task bar but not on the
> desktop.  The I can type in it something like
> cat > foo
> bar
> ^d
> and see foo from an explore window.   For the modal dialogs I can do
> xill of the session and restart.  the dialog is dismissed and windoze
> is where running as expected.
>
> Some background on what I did.  I have a vmware image that I can run
> from the vmplayer.  I run it by starting a vnc server session with the
> xstartup having
> <.vnc/xstartup>
> xsetroot -solid grey
> vmplayer  /opt/vmware/Windows\ XP\ Professional/Windows\ XP\ Professional.vmx &
> twm &
> </.vnc/xstartup>
>
> I start the vnc win
> vncserver :1
>
> In the windows I have installed c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe
>
> I then invoke the seamless desktop with using rdesktop 1.5
> $> rdesktop -rsound -A -s "c:\\seamlessrdp\\seamlessrdpshell.exe
> C:\\Windows\\explorer.exe" 10.1.1.1:3389 -u user -p password
>
> Anyone have any thought on where to look or what to do to resolve
> these inaccessible windows.
>
> BTW when I access the windows with
> vcviewer :1
> all can be seen.
> Thanks
> TR
>
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