knoppix thin client options
What would be cool is to have several thin client options (at boot maybe) for knoppix:
for instance at boot
knoppix thin
could boot to a choice menu
connect to:
VNC Server
Microsoft Terminal Server (using rdesktop)
Citrix Server
Linux Terminal Server (XDMCP)
Knoppix (local session)
If one could use a floppy to save and access the setup info for each of the choices one now has a simple portable thin client connector. It could even be taken home by employees and have remote computing done over modem (citrix), or dsl/cable (VNC, rdesktop).
rdesktop patches and XDMCP failures
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Originally Posted by stonent
Sounds interesting. I've used knoppix to XDM to my SGI Indy and it has very good performance. I boot "knoppix 2" and then X -query 192.168.0.123
THe above no longer works with 1-20-03.
However, rdesktop is now available on knoppix, but it is an older unpatched version of the 1.1.0 release, which is actually unstable. There are patches to this release that make a world of difference.
Below is the patch changes text from the server that hosts the patches:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdeskto...19-changes.txt
U-PATCH19-9-0:
* add: Ctrl Alt Pause toggles between fullscreen and window.
Jay Sorg <[email protected]>
* fix: changed back to using XGrabKeyboard.
Jay Sorg <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-8-5:
* fix: configure bug with --with-gui-includes switch
Peter Byström <[email protected]>
* fix: some fixes to make rdesktop compile under cygwin, just one little step from making mswin.c run under the patches.
Peter Byström <[email protected]>
* fix: the focus problem fix in 19-7-6 introduced another focus problem, should be fixed now.
Jay Sorg <[email protected]>
* fix: license_send_request, static stream length was 120 + dynamic data, should be 128 + dynamic data.
Jeff Kelly <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-8-4:
* removed: gmp, not used anymore, since the merge of secure.c with the 1.1.0 release.
Peter Byström <[email protected]>
* fix: ui_draw_text bugs in the svga gui.
Francisco <[email protected]>
* add: data compression, enabled per default, disable with -Z.
Norma Jawborski <[email protected]>
* cleanup/fix: svga.c ui_line.
Francisco <[email protected]>
* add: begun work of 16bit bitmaps. bitmap.c and secure.c, for now set rdp_bitmap_bits = 16 in rdesktop.c. ( code not finished, AND untested, when tested and working I'll add a switch. )
jichen <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-8-3:
* add: colourmap cache.
Paul Bludov <[email protected]>
* add: a native win32 port of rdesktop instead of using the ntxlib, use the --with-gui=win32 switch, currently not compiling since it's not adapted to the patches... yet. ntxlib has been removed from the sources in favour of this code.
Paul Bludov <[email protected]>
* fix: I've found, that server sometimes send order "put bitmap X with colourmap X to somewhere", and later "put bitmap X with colourmap Y to somewhere". But rdesktop ignores os->colour_table parameter. Also, rdesktop calls ui_put_colourmap() in process_colcache(). It's absolutelly wrong. It should be called only from process_palette(). process_colcache() should put the colourmap into the cache and nothing else. Later, process_memblt() or process_triblt() command should get it from the cache and pass it to ui_memblt() or ui_triblt().
Paul Bludov <[email protected]>
* add: --with-gui-libs=/--with-gui-includes=. possible issues: these _ADD_ paths, they do not replace currently existing paths to the gui...
Peter Byström <[email protected]>
* fix: hacked up svga.c to make it run, still some issues with draw_text, not checked why. limits of this gui: svgalib is bound to linux, am also using a thread through the clone command, with some asm, makes this module bound to intel comp hardware, for now. can't use posix threads or linux threads (true?), since they are using signals that the svgalib already uses... :\
Peter Byström <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-8-2: ( this patch could have contained more fixes, but I need to go now.. Merry Christmas
* fix: some issues with the configure script.
Valery Sherman <[email protected]>
* fix: builtin getopt_long was never used.
Valery Sherman <[email protected]>
* fix: crypto warnings about error() and some more when not using openssl.
Valery Sherman <[email protected]>
* fix: some compile warnings
Dominik Mierzejewski <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-8-1: ( this version is diffed against 1.1 instead. )
* added: some more switches to the configure script, --with-ssl-libs= --with-ssl-includes= --with-gui=xwin|win32|svga etc.
* added: svgalib gui. ( peter: it is not fully compatible with the patches, so currently it is unusable, but I hope someone will fix it .. *wink* ;) )
Donald Gordon <[email protected]>
* added: win32 through the ntxlib. still some things to be done. the xnt.h file needs to be fixed a bit, and so does the xlib.c file... ( peter: nice X-mas project for someone. ;) )
* added: --built-in-licence identifies itself as a w2k client.
Ahmon Dancy <[email protected]>
o versions above 19-8-1 are against rdesktop 1.1.0.
U-PATCH19-8-0: ( started the merging with rdesktop 1.1. 19-7-6 is probably more "stable" since I may introduce some bugs in the work. )
* changed: picked up the configure script and related for rdesktop 1.1, modified them for support for the unified patches. Added simple autodetection of openssl and gmp.
* added: crypto/ subdir to match 1.1
* added: tests/ subdir for some simple test scripts etc, such as the bigendian/littleendian test.
* fix: some potential bugs in iso.c matthew apparently has fixed in 1.1. False was returned instead of NULL, both are usually 0. Didn't affect the codepath, but it is still an error.
* fix: sec_rsa_encrypt() have been changed to reflect 1.1
* added: capslock/numlock synchronization, fixes an annoying problem when the keys get switched.
Paul Bludov <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-7-6:
* fix: orders.c in process_polyline, sometimes need copy, sometime needs xor
Jay Sorg <[email protected]>
* fix: an annoying focus problem bug when the mouse moves over an rdesktop window in the background, now we only process drawing events when window is not focused.
Jay Sorg <[email protected]>
* fix: a minor problem with the focus exposed by above focus fix, we must grab the focus when we open the window, may behave differently in some cases, inform me if the new behaviour annoys you. The problem appears as most troublesome when running without any window manager, and in fullscreen.. :)
Peter Byström <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-7-5:
* fix: 8bit color mode without private colormap, didn't check XAllocColor return value, does now.
Ingmar Thiemann <[email protected]>
* fix: when started by window manager rdesktop could hang on exit while eating cpu.
Per Kristian Hove <[email protected]> && Matt Chapman <[email protected]>
* fix: using -N switch witout the -k switch caused a core dump, it has been fixed.
Valery Sherman <[email protected]>
* fix: removed /usr/include/sys from CFLAGS for Irix and Irix64, it is no longer needed and is causing troubles.. :)
Valery Sherman <[email protected]>
* fix: "true" mouse wheel support, instead of sending scroll up/down events... ( Button4/5 support )
Bernd Oelker <[email protected]>
* fix: clear window upon startup, so that cached data is not viewed on screen.
Lennert Buytenhek <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-7-4:
* fix: blinking border problems in excel, must resent origin.
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
* fix: ctrl wasn't sent at times when using vncviewers. a part of the codepath has been disabled, seems it isn't needed anymore. (?)
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
* fix: in ui_patblt didn't use the x/y origins that rdp provide us with... we do now.
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
* fix: the creation of a local file called endian.h wasn't that wise, since some systems got it already. It became some kind of conflict... Anyway, the file, when created will be called localendian.h instead.
problem reported by: Alexander Antsiferov <[email protected]>
* changed: the keyboard layout code, also added long codes. Naming conventions have changed, i.e. "sv" stands for swedish, and not "se". "se" is the code of the country. The author of the patch and I had some disagrements on the naming convention in use, but I believe it is better to follow the iso coding even if it feels funny at first. the LANG= encodings under linux appear to ( and probably other unices ) use a similar encoding, as far as I have noticed anyway. If anyone wishes to know where the iso is, it is available at: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/ert/iso639.htm . If too many ppl bulks on the mailing list, I may consider changing it, if you can find a good reason for it.
Michal Mihalik <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-7-3:
* fix: -l switch problem fixed, works with NT4 FR. Not W2k servers.
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
* fix: secure.c sec_process_mcs_data function had a problem when dealing with "non-encrypted" connections. A check had to be added to sec_parse_crypt_info to abort the function on nonencrypted frames.
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
* fix: endian.h create our own endian.h file on the fly with a little program ( endian.c ) that detects our endianess... Now... this should be compatible on most platforms... :)
Per Kristian Hove <[email protected]>
* added: support for null passwords
Andreas Pitt <[email protected]>
* added: support for xpos/ypos with to the -g flag.
Andreas Pitt <[email protected]>
* fix: hostname may not be longer than 15 ( 30 in UNICODE ) so we cut.
Assar Westerlund <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-7-2:
* fix: a minor bug with Michals code in the previous patch. The code has been cleaned a bit as well.
Michal Mihalik <[email protected]>
* fix: Alex pointed out that the IRIX build had been broken when we started using endian.h. Let's see if it has been fixed... :)
Alexander Antsiferov <[email protected]>
* fix: might copy data over buffer end ( buffer overflow ) when creating some strings, now username, hostname etc are dynamically created. Some of the code in rdp.c, licence.c, secure.c had to be changed as well as in rdesktop.c, did I miss anything?
Paul Flinders <[email protected]> && Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-7-1:
* fix: fixing the problems with long texts, process_text2(). the familiar "ERROR: get font 7:255"
Michal Mihalik <[email protected]>
* fix: forcing signed char change variable in rdp_in_coord() since that is what change is...
Roger Brown <[email protected]>
* fix: fixes a problem of composed keys (^ + o = ô) with new Linux distributions (Mandrake 8 and RedHat 7.1) it is bw compatible.
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
* fix: allow the use of Euro sign (<AltGr><E> for main countries).
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-7-0:
* added: a server module. < It doesn't touch the client code >. You have to remove an # in the Makefile to compile it. It should be considered in an alpha state. check the readme.txt file for further information.
Mark Jonckheere <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-6-7:
* fix: used __ARCH, changed to __ARCH__ since this is standard.
Matthew Wilcox <[email protected]>
* fix: using endian.h instead of checking endianess ourselves.
Matthew Wilcox <[email protected]>
* fix: -P switch did not work with a value of 100.
Martin Samuelsson <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-6-6:
* fix: fixes the cache font problem I ( Vincent ) reported (13/06/2001). Quick explanation: when a "DEMAND ACTIVE" request is received, the data structure must be reset only the fisrt time (at the connection). Else current variables used for orders (postion, size color...) are reset and every thing is broken.
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
* fix: correct behavior for Portuguese keyboard
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-6-5:
* fix: adding -mabi=32 on 32/64 bit irix.
Roger Brown <[email protected]>
* fix: adding lost ctrl1 hangs fix ( got lost somewhere on the road )
Norbert Federa <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-6-4:
* fix: adding -mips3 flag since it supports more hardware than the default -mips4
Roger Brown <[email protected]>
* fix: the fix in the 19-6-3 patch was incorrect, probably due to me (peter) assuming that the -m flag would return mips. Alexander corrected me. Thanks! :)
"Alexander Antsiferov" <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-6-3:
* fix: support for mips/irix.
Alexander Antsiferov <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-6-2:
* fix: added -c flag to Makefile, install parts. At gnu platforms this doesn't seem to be an issue, but on others the manual file may be removed, and impossible to rebuild if this flag isn't present.
Chris Knight <[email protected]>
* fix: when destroying window, we never checked if IM was null or not, this could result in core dumps on closure at times.
Norbert Federa <[email protected]>
* fix: support for PowerPC, need align was missing.
Jacco de Leeuw <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-6-1:
* instead of having some of the ssl lib in the rdesktop code, we link against the library, something like openssl 0.9.6 or compatible would be advised.
Bradley Bell <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-6:
* fix: a license problem. rdesktop in itself is GLP:ed, but one of the libs it used was licensed only for noncommercial use. This issue is now resolved.If you don't have the GMP lib installed you will need it, it's currently available at: http://www.swox.com/gmp/
Bradley Bell <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-5-10:
* fix: fixed a paint problem, orders.c line 531, ROP2_COPY should be ROP2_NXOR.
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-5-9:
* fix: the code disabled in the previous patch is re-applied but only for vncviewers...
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-5-8:
* fix: keyungrab message is annoying, and very much unneeded.
Tony Kew <[email protected]>
* hack: disabled the XKeyLookup code from Johannes ( 19-5-7 ). There's a problem with it that needs to be solved.
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-5-7:
* fix: F10-F12 didn't work under new kb code, wrong kb codes.
Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
* fix: workaround for new-kb-code Xnvc and non US keyboard, problem is really with Xvnc.
Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
* fix: added some missed chars for the new kbcode in the DE table, submitted to the wine project.
Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
* fix: if XKeyLookup returns a single character the key is looked for by that ascii character. If it is found,the mod fiers settings are known and forced. If it is not found, the modifiers are not touched by translate_key.
Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-5-6:
* fix: initialize the complete array for the keys, use KS_MASK everywhere..
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-5-5:
* fix: 0x1ff wasn't enough to address dead keys among others, now using
0x3ff isntead.
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-5-4:
* added: vncviewer support.
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
* fix: wine kb code is now possible to turn off/on by a command switch --new-kbcode instead of compile time define BROKEN_X_KB
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-5-3: ( the first two patches were first included in 19-4-1 -- but as you see in the history if you look back, they have been lost... )
* fix: while debugging -- error while printing incoming packets.
Mark Jonckheere <[email protected]>
* fix: cursor oddness.
Cristiano Boncompagni <[email protected]>
* fix: logic for destroying glyph_gc was inversed.
Mark Jonckheere <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-5-2: ( I believe that the new keboard code for non intel has had enough testing now; that this release and up should be considered for those who have continued to use 19-4-3 due to the changes done... )
* fix: added numpad keys to the new keyboard handling code.
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
* fix: someone complained on the "new style comments" // -- in a bad need to update their non gcc compiler I believe ;) .. For compatibility with older compilers I have removed those I found.
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-5-1: ( same as for patch 19-5 but this patch should be a bit more usable )
* fix: fix some of the problems in the new keyboard handling code.
Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
* fix: defined yet some more keys, also started to use symbols like XK_Escape etc, it's much easier to read.
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-5: ( changes in this patch only affects people using BROKEN_X_KB, it might be wise to continue using 19-4-3 in production; if anyone is doing that.. )
* added: isn't using genkb and that stuff anylonger. Instead we're using semantics similar to those of WINE. Some codes are missing that I noticed so far (PB) but in the end this will turn out to be much better.
Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-4-3:
* fix: Vertical Text, should not swap baseline when positioning text.
Ed Parks <[email protected]>
* fix: first order code should be PATBLT after a reset, fixes other bac Ben McKeegan <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-4-2:
* fix: UnixWare added to Makefile
Simon Lane <[email protected]>
* fix: Line draw missed opcode ( [8] wasn't enabled.. ) ( speedup )
Ed Parks <[email protected]>
* fix: cursor inversion not needed on big-endian screens.
Andrew Tefft <[email protected]>
* fix: bugfix: genkb.c - 0xffff instead of 0xfffe
[email protected]
* fix: updated manpage.
Hugo Trippaers <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-4-1:
* fix: manpage update.
Hugo Trippaers <[email protected]>
* fix: xext needed when using xinerama.
Hugo Trippaers <[email protected]>
* fix: remembering last XSetFunction() and not setting it again if the same, gives a slight performance gain on some setups.
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-4:
* fix: 8bpp fullscreen mode colmap problem.
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
* fix: added aix to defines
Doug K Nordwall <[email protected]>
* fix/typo: 'X' was missing from getopt()
Norbert Federa <[email protected]
* added: -S|--bs x|p|n flag. selects backing store scheme, xwin, pixmap, none.
Francisco Castro <[email protected]>
* fix: made the code logics conserning backing store options a bit cleaner.
Francisco Castro <[email protected]>
* speed: stopped using CTrans() in translate() skips re-evaluation of statement for each pix.
Francisco Castro <[email protected]>
* fix: also removed -X -x flags, since -S replaces them both.
Francisco Castro <[email protected]>
* added: internal getopt/getopt_long commands -- ripped from GNU libc.
Norbert Federa <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-3-9:
* fix: REPEAT() macro was speeded up a bit in bitmap.c, bitmap_decompress() goes from ~36% to ~22% of process CPU time.
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-3-8:
* fix: typo, KBD_FLAG_EXT shouldn't be used for DMod2 - xwin.c
Norbert Federa <[email protected]>
* fix: 8bpp mode, fixes bad color maps, except for full screen - xwin.c
Vincent DEDIEU <[email protected]>
* hack: temporarly disable long switches on other platforms than Linux, the check does NOT look for getopt_long, it just checks for linux and enables it.
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
* fix: text draw speed up on solid backgrounds. ( affects slow cpus. )
Francisco Castro <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-3-7:
* fix: enabled some order support that have been disabled ( triblt; among others. )
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
* fix: set the incoming buffer size to 8k instead of 4k.
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
* added: switch to disable systembeep
Norbert Federa <[email protected]>
* fix: screen coordinates bug when negative values. Partly fixed?
Sveinn Sveinsson <[email protected]>
* fix: added x backing store again, disable with --no-x-bs flag if screen flickers.
Francisco Castro <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-3-6-2: duh... this is how it goes when you don't have an IDE at home, oh well.. take two.
U-PATCH19-3-6-1: this patch contains what the 19-3-6 patch should have, but didn't. and no, I haven't tested this yet... :)
U-PATCH19-3-6: Ohh, I haven't been able to test this patch yet... you're on your own.
* changed: now using long switches as well, some short removed.
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
* fix: a one-liner fix for Franks patch in 19-3-1, earlier patch didn't have any effect due to this.
Francisco Castro <[email protected]>
* fix: "scroll of death problem", didn't yield inputs from user when busy drawing, slows us down a tiny bit, but more responsive.
Sveinn Sveinsson <[email protected]>
* fix: speed up the draw glyph; draw all on bs then copy to screen.
Francisco Castro <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-3-5:
* fix: reverted the " ( favor small screen updates.. ) "-- "it only favors tests."
Sveinn Sveinsson <[email protected]>
* fix: disable backing store in x since we have backingstore in the program...
Sveinn Sveinsson <[email protected]>
* fix: added switch to change server port, useful when running through firewalls.
Norbert Federa <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-3-4:
* fix: some optimization was added to the Makefile
Sveinn Sveinsson <[email protected]>
* fix: glyph unroll in orders.c
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
* fix: performance fix in rdp.c ( favor small screen updates.. )
Sveinn Sveinsson <[email protected]>
* hack: hostname[64] instead of [16], still cuts at 16 length. Problem: gethostname fails if longer than buffer.
Hugo Trippaers <[email protected]>
* fix: yet some keyproblems. ( "joe story" I believe it was. )
Norbert Federa <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-3-3:
* fix: translate(): tightened and unrolled the for loops, translate() should be quicker now. Moved to end of xwin.c since it's a bit larger now. :) same should be done with the create glyph functions... next patch perhaps? :)
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
* fix: big-endian compiled rdesktop on little-endian screen 32bpp works now.. or? :)
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-3-2:
* fix: caps lock / num lock cleanups -- fixes some problems with shifting between active/inactive window
Ben McKeegan <[email protected]>
* added: better support for xinerama; fullscreen only runs on one screen instead of all.
Hugo Trippaers <[email protected]>
* fix: updated manpage.
Hugo Trippaers <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-3-1:
* fix: move the hack in 19-2-1 so that it will check values supplied with -w flag as well.
Norbert Federa <[email protected]>
* fix: Invert the bits in brush->pattern in the ui_patblt function, since in X stipples 1s are fg and 0s are bg.
Francisco Castro <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-3:
* fix: Makefile is now gcc dependent, however it supplies correct flags to the compilers, easier to build on solaris etc.
Per Kristian Hove <[email protected]>
* fix: the broken x kb handling was cleaned up some, also fixed some keys like "double-S" etc in the provided kbcodes.h, not the ones generated with genkb.
[email protected]
U-PATCH19-2-4:
* fix: fixed ui_create_glyph() problem with bigendians viewing on little endian screens, and the other way around.
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-2-3:
* typo: desktopsize_percent is not a BOOL
Norbert Federa <[email protected]>
* fix: use dpy_width/dpy_height instead of checking values everytime.
Norbert Federa <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-2-2:
* fix: lost a row in the previous 19-2-1.. ;) cut too much it seems. made -f flag stop working, nothing else.
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-2-1:
* hack: enabled the -P flag code, two lowest bits on width is cleared to make it an even 32-bit word.
Peter Bystrom <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-2:
* fix: NEED_ALIGN is needed for alpha
Per Kristian Hove <[email protected]>
* added: -P flag -- rdesktop gets a size in % of screen size. [There are some problems yielded through this code, but not directly related to this patch. The code will remain disabled till fixed in some way. ]
Norbert Federa <[email protected]>
U-PATCH19-1:
* fix: rare expose failures, missing XSetFunction()
Sveinn Sveinsson <[email protected]>
* added: now disables winmgrs keymappings by default, use -K to enable.
Sveinn Sveinsson <[email protected]>
* added: "fullscreen mode"
Norbert Federa <[email protected]>
