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I'm using a vmware virtual machine running ubuntu linux and from there I connect to a Windows XP machine using rdesktop through a VPN tunnel. This configuration is given and cannot be changed.
From time to time my internet connection does a reconnect. Then the running rdesktop (running in fullscreen mode) process freezes and isn't usable anymore. Now I want to return to the underlying linux and restart the rdesktop process. But I'm not able to get out of fullscreen rdesktop mode and so I cannot access the ubuntu desktop to kill any process.
My solution is to reboot the vmware and start the rdesktop again.
Is there a better way to get the configuration running again after a freeze?
EDIT:
I have no admin rights for the linux system. Everything must be done with user rights.
tangens
Posted 2009-10-03T12:48:09.890
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Ctrl+Alt+F1 has been disabled in recent Ubuntu releases (sigh...) Try Alt+F4 to close rdesktop, perhaps? Or Ctrl+Esc to get a window manager action menu? – wazoox – 2010-05-01T12:30:11.153
Try Ctrl+Alt, then Ctrl+Esc. If not, having two monitors is a solution with other benefits, the second one will get you access to your desktop (though you still have to Ctrl-Alt to let the mouse escape the full screen) – SqlACID – 2010-05-01T13:24:11.737
Ctrl-Alt-Enter switches the vm from fullscreen to window mode, but I can't get a terminal, because rdesktop fills all the screen. – tangens – 2009-10-03T14:34:59.017
Ctrl-Alt-F1 doesn't work, don't know why. Even when no rdesktop is startet. – tangens – 2009-10-03T14:36:12.213
sshd isn't enabled, so I can't connect this way. – tangens – 2009-10-03T14:40:29.210
Can you not resize the un-fullscreen'd rdesktop window? – wfaulk – 2009-10-03T16:43:36.447
rdesktop is frozen and doesn't react to any action. – tangens – 2009-10-03T19:33:25.760
Your window manager should still let you resize or minimize it. – wfaulk – 2009-10-03T20:25:12.410