[ubuntu-uk] Rdesktop working when Tsclient does not

[Adam Bagnall]

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a little odd.
>
> I have a Windows 2008 Server (r1, 32-bit, SP2) box sitting here, right
> next to & on the same subnet as my Ubuntu 9.10 (64-bit) desktop PC.
> Both are patched fully up-to-date.
>
> I would like to use the Ubuntu machine to access the remote desktop on
> the Windows server.  I normally use the Terminal Services client to do
> this, but it will not connect. It will from my XP laptop, it will from
> my Macs, but not from Ubuntu.
>
> Googling for info on this problem, eventually I found this:
> http://gerardmcgarry.com/blog/how-remotely-connect-ubuntu-a-windows-machine
>
> ... which told me about the "rdesktop" command. I tried it & to my
> surprise it worked instantly.
>
> The snag is, I'd prefer the resizable window and so on of tsclient to
> rdesktop.
>
>
You could try using grdc (which has apparently recently been renamed
remmina. It was certainly grdc in the repos until Jaunty, I've not used it
since). I've found it to be far more reliable than tsclient and I believe it
has resizable windows that can show either scroll bars or scale the remote
desktop to fit.
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