i just built the official rdesktop 1.5 so that i have full command line options. It appears to support the -0 option for connecting to console as well. I remembered this thread so thought i'd pass on to similar users who might need command line options.

You can download it at :
http://wardenclyffetower.com/MaemoFi...-cli-1.5.0.deb

To avoid confusion with other rdesktop, invoke from command line using :
rdesk <options> server (or just type rdesk to see help)

Example command line : rdesk -f -u username -p password -z 192.168.1.101

That will connect fullscreen with rdp compression using a username/password to that sample ip address.

This build should run side by side (each independently) with the existing familiar rdesktop build available from maemo repositories.

(Update 2/6/08 : while repackaging i mapped menu key to right click... below is needed for other buttons)

Since this is and will stay a base build, it will not try to be as maemo-friendly as the existing rdesktop build, although the keybindings can be modified yourself in the /usr/lib/rdesktop15/keymaps/common file.

To get the menu key to bring up context menu, edit that file and set the F4 binding to :
F4 0x44 shift

Then you can set the F8, F6, and F7 bindings to map the zoomout, fullscreen, and zoomin buttons... just find existing key you want that button to emulate, and copy its code(s)