[ubuntu-uk] Rdesktop working when Tsclient does not

[Liam Proven]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Adam Bagnall <bagnaj97 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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.

Thanks for the suggestions!

The odd thing is, both worked, and when searching the "Software
Centre" I found yet another one, too - "Remotedesktop". This enabled
me to trace why they all worked but TSclient didn't. Apparently, at
least in TSclient, you *need* to have the "connect to console"
tickybox checked. If not, I think it tries to create a /new/ session
on the server /as well as/ the console, & since my server isn't a
Terminal Server, it only supports 1 session so this operation fails.
Eventually.

Now that I know this, I can use TSclient & have removed the others.

Many thanks!


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