I'm looking for a way to setup my n770 so that once it starts up, it automatically uses rdesktop to connect to a server. Preferrably it'd type in the IP, username, and password for me, but even just starting that program would be great.

Is there a script I could write that would allow me to do this?


Thanks,
Brett

first thing is to determine if the rdestop binary file takes command like parameters. if it does, figure out what ones have to be specified, their appropriate values, and attempt to launch the session you desire, from the command line.

if that works, you could put the start up script in place. i dont know if there is a user accessible startup option, which would make things easier. if that doesnt exist, read up on startup scripts and /etc/init.d and /etc/rc2.d filesystems

So the first thing I have to do is find the rdesktop binary file in my n770's file system. Keep in mind i'm very new to linux in general.

I navigate through xterm, and open the "/etc/" folder. Thats where a lot of the applications seem to be, but I don't see an "rdesktop" folder or anything that may contain it.

Might be easier with a gui file manager but i can't get to the main filesystem through the stock one.


Thanks for the help.
Brett

You probably don't need the full path of the executable, but you can use "which rdesktop" to get that, unless the executable is something other than "rdesktop." I don't have it installed; so, I can't answer that part for you.
If you can run the command "rdesktop" then that is the executable. You can then run "rdesktop --help" to get the available command-line options.

The easiest way to find a binary file is to use the command which
A quick google search turns up this man page for rdesktop that details the command line options:
http://www.linuxcommand.org/man_pages/rdesktop1.html

Something like the following should work:
As for writing the script, I will leave it up to you.

When I run 'rdesktop', i get the following error:



Any idea why?

try rdesktop --help.

it may require certain parameters which the GUI specifies, when calling the app.

Same error when i do:
rdesktop --help

Tried uninstalling / reinstalling - still have the problem.

since i dont have it installed, i am guessing here. try this one out...

sudo rdesktop

or

sudo gainroot
rdesktop

it may be that the user has sudo access to the app, and as plain old "user" in xterm, you arent using the sudo access.

Yep, when I got the error I was root. Any other ideas?
I'm surprised i'm the only one with this problem, I don't see it anywhere else.

Brett