Linux rdesktop fullscreen script

Under Linux with Gnome for example, you might want to rdesktop into a windows host and go full screen. However then it’s a real pain to reduce the window and switch between running apps, so you end up trying to find out the most appropriate resolution for your rdesktop session.

Here is a shell script to detect the screen dimensions, excluding the window manager’s top and bottom bars, and remove the rdesktop window decorations. Also it will map your /tmp and /home/user into the remote desktop session.

Adjust the number of pixels to exclude according to your configuration. I found the value 50 appropriate for a standard gnome-shell in classic mode, each of the bars being 25px.

#!/bin/bash
Xaxis=$(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | awk '{print $2}' | cut -dx -f1)
Yaxis=$(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | awk '{print $2}' | cut -dx -f2)
MaxRes=$Xaxis"x"$(($Yaxis-50))
rdesktop $1 -5 -u "$2" -g $MaxRes -r disk:home=${HOME} -r disk:tmp=/tmp -r clipboard:PRIMARYCLIPBOARD -D -K

And then you can run:

sh rdesktop.sh 192.168.0.10 MyUsername

Now go create a launcher for that.