XRDP on Ubuntu 12.10 - connecting from Mac

[Dave Woyciesjes]

On 04/03/2013 02:42 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
> On 04/02/2013 11:25 PM, Keith wrote:
>  >
>  > ... what about doing what I did
>  > and installing XRDP on Ubuntu and then running an RDP client from your
>  > MAC, it's very fast... just not as secure, although I think you can
>  > also set this up via SSH too.
>  >
>  > Cheers
>  > Keith
>
>      Well, for giggles, I installed XRDP, along with a VNC server it
> recommended. Came right up nice on the Mac. But 2 things - the MS RDC
> client for Mac can only use one of the montors, and 2 - I get Gnome
> fallback/classic. OK, so that's not really an issue, more just eye-candy...
>
>      Let's see if there is a better RDC client for Mac...
>

	Well, I did find the 2X client for Mac, which can span the 2 monitors. 
Works connecting to a Win7 box. But when I point it at the Ubuntu/xrdp 
box, i just get a black screen. Not even the prompt for the password...

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