[gentoo-user] rdesktop problems 1.8.2 -> 1.8.3

[gentoo-user] rdesktop problems 1.8.2 -> 1.8.3

[Matthias Hanft]

Hi,

I'm using "net-misc/rdesktop" in order to get access to a VirtualBox
(Windows) guest on a remote (also Gentoo) Linux:

Windows PC with ------------ Gentoo Linux with --------- Gentoo Linux with
Xming server        ssh      rdesktop program            VirtualBox (Windows)

From my Windows desktop PC (where Xming server is running), I use a
"PuTTY" ssh to a Linux shell, call "rdesktop -u ... -p ... hostname &"
from there, and I get the Windows desktop from the remote host onto
my own desktop.

Until "net-misc/rdesktop-1.8.2", everything worked like a charm. But
with 1.8.3 (which portage installed this week), I can't mouse-click
in the remote desktop window any more (and keypresses seem to be
ignored either). Sometimes even the desktop isn't painted completely
(only about 75% from top, doesn't reach the Windows task bar at the
bottom).

I have alread looked at the changelog at packages.gentoo.org, but
only found some minor (?) bugfix - nothing about any fundamental
issues or bigger changes...

Downgraded to 1.8.2 - and everything works flawlessly again!

What could it be that 1.8.3 doesn't work any more?

-Matt

[gentoo-user] Re: rdesktop problems 1.8.2 -> 1.8.3

[walt]

On 02/04/2015 01:56 AM, Matthias Hanft wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using "net-misc/rdesktop" in order to get access to a VirtualBox
> (Windows) guest on a remote (also Gentoo) Linux:
> 
> Windows PC with ------------ Gentoo Linux with --------- Gentoo Linux with
> Xming server        ssh      rdesktop program            VirtualBox (Windows)
> 
> From my Windows desktop PC (where Xming server is running), I use a
> "PuTTY" ssh to a Linux shell, call "rdesktop -u ... -p ... hostname &"
> from there, and I get the Windows desktop from the remote host onto
> my own desktop.
> 
> Until "net-misc/rdesktop-1.8.2", everything worked like a charm. But
> with 1.8.3 (which portage installed this week), I can't mouse-click
> in the remote desktop window any more (and keypresses seem to be
> ignored either). Sometimes even the desktop isn't painted completely
> (only about 75% from top, doesn't reach the Windows task bar at the
> bottom).
> 
> I have alread looked at the changelog at packages.gentoo.org, but
> only found some minor (?) bugfix - nothing about any fundamental
> issues or bigger changes...
> 
> Downgraded to 1.8.2 - and everything works flawlessly again!
> 
> What could it be that 1.8.3 doesn't work any more?

I'll be happy to test if you'll refresh my failing memory :)

Been about a year since I used rdesktop, and then it was only for connecting
to an OSX server, not to Windows.

I have Win7 running as a vbox guest, and here's what it's showing me:

PORT      STATE SERVICE
135/tcp   open  msrpc
139/tcp   open  netbios-ssn
445/tcp   open  microsoft-ds
554/tcp   open  rtsp
2869/tcp  open  icslap
5357/tcp  open  wsdapi
10243/tcp open  unknown

Do I need to enable RDP (or something else) on the Windows guest before
rdesktop will make a connection?  I've tried all the open ports on the
Win7 machine with no success.  (You can tell I'm no Windows expert :)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rdesktop problems 1.8.2 -> 1.8.3

[J. Roeleveld]

On Wednesday, February 04, 2015 04:27:48 PM walt wrote:
> On 02/04/2015 01:56 AM, Matthias Hanft wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm using "net-misc/rdesktop" in order to get access to a VirtualBox
> > (Windows) guest on a remote (also Gentoo) Linux:
> > 
> > Windows PC with ------------ Gentoo Linux with --------- Gentoo Linux with
> > Xming server        ssh      rdesktop program            VirtualBox
> > (Windows)
> > 
> > From my Windows desktop PC (where Xming server is running), I use a
> > "PuTTY" ssh to a Linux shell, call "rdesktop -u ... -p ... hostname &"
> > from there, and I get the Windows desktop from the remote host onto
> > my own desktop.
> > 
> > Until "net-misc/rdesktop-1.8.2", everything worked like a charm. But
> > with 1.8.3 (which portage installed this week), I can't mouse-click
> > in the remote desktop window any more (and keypresses seem to be
> > ignored either). Sometimes even the desktop isn't painted completely
> > (only about 75% from top, doesn't reach the Windows task bar at the
> > bottom).
> > 
> > I have alread looked at the changelog at packages.gentoo.org, but
> > only found some minor (?) bugfix - nothing about any fundamental
> > issues or bigger changes...
> > 
> > Downgraded to 1.8.2 - and everything works flawlessly again!
> > 
> > What could it be that 1.8.3 doesn't work any more?
> 
> I'll be happy to test if you'll refresh my failing memory :)
> 
> Been about a year since I used rdesktop, and then it was only for connecting
> to an OSX server, not to Windows.
> 
> I have Win7 running as a vbox guest, and here's what it's showing me:
> 
> PORT      STATE SERVICE
> 135/tcp   open  msrpc
> 139/tcp   open  netbios-ssn
> 445/tcp   open  microsoft-ds
> 554/tcp   open  rtsp
> 2869/tcp  open  icslap
> 5357/tcp  open  wsdapi
> 10243/tcp open  unknown
> 
> Do I need to enable RDP (or something else) on the Windows guest before
> rdesktop will make a connection?  I've tried all the open ports on the
> Win7 machine with no success.  (You can tell I'm no Windows expert :)

Yes, you need to enable Remote Desktop on the windows guest.
And, preferably, disable the firewall on there.

--
Joost

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rdesktop problems 1.8.2 -> 1.8.3

[Matthias Hanft]

J. Roeleveld wrote:
> 
> Yes, you need to enable Remote Desktop on the windows guest.

No, you need to enable Remote Desktop in the VirtualBox settings.

VBoxManage modifyvm <name> --vrde on --vrdeport 3389 --vrdeauthtype ...

And then connect to the host's IP, not to the guest's.

The benefit is that you can connect to a Windows which doesn't have
an RDP server included ("Home" versions of "modern" Windows, or even
a very old Windows 2000, and all that).

-Matt

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rdesktop problems 1.8.2 -> 1.8.3

[J. Roeleveld]

On 5 February 2015 09:46:58 CET, Matthias Hanft <mh@hanft.de> wrote:
>J. Roeleveld wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, you need to enable Remote Desktop on the windows guest.
>
>No, you need to enable Remote Desktop in the VirtualBox settings.
>
>VBoxManage modifyvm <name> --vrde on --vrdeport 3389 --vrdeauthtype ...
>
>And then connect to the host's IP, not to the guest's.
>
>The benefit is that you can connect to a Windows which doesn't have
>an RDP server included ("Home" versions of "modern" Windows, or even
>a very old Windows 2000, and all that).
>
>-Matt

And how will the authentication work that way?
-- 
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rdesktop problems 1.8.2 -> 1.8.3

[Matthias Hanft]

J.  Roeleveld wrote:
> 
> And how will the authentication work that way?

Just as you like:

--vrdeauthtype null      : no authentication at all (useful in a well-
                           secured LAN, cut off from the outside world,
                           for quick-and-dirty testing)

--vrdeauthtype external  : specify an own --vrdeauthlibrary where you
                           can do/check anything you want (a "VBoxAuth.so"
                           is included to check against the host's PAM
                           system, and a "VBoxAuthSimple" to check against
                           some hand-made settings in the VM config file;
                           but of course you can compile an own "myauth.so"
                           where you can check MySQL databases, LDAP servers,
                           date, time, the current weather and all that) :-)

--vrdeauthtype guest     : authentication by the guest system via the Guest
                           Additions (don't know if it's fully supported
                           yet, never tried out)

-Matt

[gentoo-user] Re: rdesktop problems 1.8.2 -> 1.8.3

[walt]

On 02/05/2015 12:46 AM, Matthias Hanft wrote:
> J. Roeleveld wrote:
>>
>> Yes, you need to enable Remote Desktop on the windows guest.
> 
> No, you need to enable Remote Desktop in the VirtualBox settings.
> 
> VBoxManage modifyvm <name> --vrde on --vrdeport 3389 --vrdeauthtype ...
> 
> And then connect to the host's IP, not to the guest's.
> 
> The benefit is that you can connect to a Windows which doesn't have
> an RDP server included ("Home" versions of "modern" Windows, or even
> a very old Windows 2000, and all that).

I confirm that rdesktop-1.8.3 is very broken, at least when used the way
you use it, and 1.8.2 works perfectly.  Very strange for a minor version
bump.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rdesktop problems 1.8.2 -> 1.8.3

[R0b0t1]

Anyone using rdesktop may wish to consider FreeRDP. The only minor issue I've had is not being able to get copy and paste working, but it should.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rdesktop problems 1.8.2 -> 1.8.3

[Matthias Hanft]

R0b0t1 wrote:
> Anyone using rdesktop may wish to consider FreeRDP. The only minor issue I've had is not being able to get copy and paste working, but it should.

Works like a charm, thank you! (Just a quick test, didn't try copy&paste yet.)

-Matt