From: R [haxxxby_rem2x@vizzavi.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 5:52 PM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Re: Terminal Services on VMS client

Michiel Erens wrote:

> 
> I don't know if it helps, but there are at least two RDP clients for
> several Unix/X windows flavours. I guess that porting them to
> OpenVMS shouldn't be too much of a problem :
> 
>  http://www.rdesktop.org/
>  http://sourceforge.net/projects/rdesktop
>  http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/~lscharf/rdp/
> 

I'm working with Nick on this, and have had some success in starting to 
port rdesktop to VAX/VMS.  (works, show display ok, with some work
still to do with keymapping).  One problem is the select  operation, 
which is not behaving in the way I would expect.  The main loop uses this to
wait before doing anything.

There are two sockets, one a TCP/IP one and the other an X window
connection number, which are being put into the select.  First
seems to work, the second never seems to say its ready.

If someone has an real example (apart from the example in the 
VAX C manual) that works please let me know. 

Can anyone confirm that the value returned from an X
ConnectionNumber(display) call is the same as a socket descriptor.

(VAX VMS 6.1).

Roger Haxby