[arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

[Chris Warrick]

On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 at 16:00, Ralph Corderoy <ralph at inputplus.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> > How can I automatically detect that FreeRDP session has been closed so
> > that I can run a small Zenity script?
>
> Well, a script is probably being run, just like a .xinitrc might be,
> and instead of its normal
>
>     xclock &
>     xbiff &
>     xterm &
>     exec twm
>
> to start a bunch of X clients in the background and then replace xinit
> with the window manager, ending the session when the WM quits, you could
>
>     twm &
>     rdp-client
>     timeout 30 zenity ...
>     # ...conditionally reboot, shutdown, or just re-start X server when
>     # it exits to get a fresh rdp-client.
>
> so sh(1) waits for rdp-client to exit before executing further commands.

One issue here: it’s possible that the RDP client returns control to
the shell immediately (as some GUI apps will do). In that case, you’ll
need a different solution.

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