rdesktop question ( using Linux in a windows environment.)

[Etzion Bar-Noy]

You could actually do this, also, on the Linux machine, when mouse-over the
Windows terminal client. This should behave quite similarly. Meaning "Linux
mouse mover" or "Linux keyboard presser" or the likes. Generate some
keyboard/mouse move on your desktop.

Ez

2010/11/27 shimi <linux-il at shimi.net>

>
>
> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Dan Shimshoni <danshimsh at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi, linux-il,
>>
>> This question might seem a bit not related to Linux; However,
>> it is a real problem which I face daily as a result of that I am
>> trying to use Linux in a windows environment. So I hope you can advice.
>>
>> The problem description:
>> I am using Linux station in a company which is windows-oriented;
>> namely, most desktops are windows. I also have a windows desktop.
>> Most of the day I sit in an office which is in on another floor
>> from where my windows desktop is. I need to access the windows machine
>> quite often for many tasks (for example, reading mail, as the sysadmin
>> did not agree to install
>> install/configure a mail client on the linux machine because this is
>> the policy here).
>>
>> So I use rdesktop from linux to windows. The trouble with this is that
>> every 10 minutes or so, if I do not perform any action in windows, the
>> rdesktop connection is disabled and I have to open a new session
>> of rdesktop. And this is quite annoying ! And I don't have an
>> administrative
>> permission to my windows machine, so I cannot change it.
>>
>> So my question is: is there some workaround ? for example, some
>> windows application which will be awakened every 5 minutes to let the
>> windows
>> machine think that there was some action on windows, and thus the rdesktop
>> session will not finish ?
>>
>>
>>
> Maybe something like this: http://rjlpranks.com/pranks/mouse_move/ will do
> the trick.
>
> Note: This is not to recommend or vouch for the specific program. I have no
> idea if it's Malware... There are other (mostly commercial, i.e. $$$)
> software packages that you can find on Google when you search for "Windows
> Mouse Mover"
>
> HTH,
>
> -- Shimi
>
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