rdesktop (1.8.0)

[twobob]

Heh... you know I almost put on my helmet and thought of you as I typed that! ;P

I mean adding a brand new CMAKE based project to buildroot... Argh.

: )

nuttin wrong with CMAKE

[twobob]

oooooh kay.... Windows 8 test:

KINDLE:
rdesktop: A Remote Desktop Protocol client.
Version 1.5.0. Copyright (C) 1999-2005 Matt Chapman.

FAIL

DESKTOP: (mine)
Version 1.7.0. Copyright (C) 1999-2011 Matthew Chapman et al.
See http://www.rdesktop.org/ for more information.

WORKS


so... Let me see about maybe dragging the version forward I am offering.
working - on - it.

[NiLuJe]

@twobob: Ha, that's what I thought . Can't help you with BR, sorry .

[twobob]

Now:
On kindle:

[root@kindle bin]# ./rdesktop
rdesktop: A Remote Desktop Protocol client.
Version 1.7.0. Copyright (C) 1999-2011 Matthew Chapman et al.


See how we go..

EDIT:

Nup...

Ok. I'll try 1.8.0 *crosses fingers*
but I dont see "Make Windows 8 work on a kindle" in the list of patches
http://fossies.org/linux/privat/rdes...oc/patches.txt

Onward...

[Kryxan]

twobob, go get yourself a 6-pack, on me.

[twobob]

I have successfully built and run 1.8.0 now.

Still no joy.

humph. private Colormap? I dunno...

I'll update the top post. on the plus side I suppose at least everyone else now benefits from a couple of days work on it.

Shiny newer version!

EDIT:

some SLIGHT progress with the windows 8 stuff...

(pictured)

[twobob]

hmm... havent managed to get it much better than that so far sadly...

I think the LOGIN screen is the most telling:

(screenied)

[twobob]

Honestly? I give up on the whole windows 8 thing for right now.
Got as close as I am going to get without some serious code level changes.

Install VNC.
:P

[twobob]

Bumped top version to 1.8.0

[Q-the-STORM]

when I open rdesktop and select server1 or 2, my paperwhite just flickers and goes back to the main menu...

I set up rdp in my win7 pro with Level Network Authentication, got a password on my admin account...
kindle paperwhite firmware 5.3.5, got jailbreak (obviously), KUAL, some apps on it...

I set domain to the local IP address of the PC I'm trying to connect to...
Kindle is connected to the same network via wifi...

what am I doing wrong?

[twobob]

Level Network Authentication is only newly supported. (AFAIK, which isn't far)

Status

The latest stable version of rdesktop is 1.8.0. This release includes features regarding authentication and security such as Network Level Authentication (NLA) which adds support for SSL/TLSv1 connections and kerberos server authentication.

Perhaps try a different auth type. (we are running 1.8.3 now FWIW)

and maybe run desktop direct from SSH server to get more error output.
or adjust the script to stream the output to /mnt/us/documents/report.txt

[Q-the-STORM]

tried with and without NLA, both don't work...

I assume I just have to add "> /mnt/us/documents/report.txt" to the runner.sh?

I got this line now:

/mnt/us/extensions/rdesktop/bin/rdesktop -T L:A_N:application_ID:com.twobob.rdesktop -u $USERNAME -p $PASSWORD $DOMAIN -g "$WIDTH"x"$HEIGHT" -k de > /mnt/us/documents/report.txt

it creates the report.txt, but it's empty when I open it...

[twobob]

hmm... Again I don't have such a desktop to connect to...

:\ gah

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Q-the-STORM

tried with and without NLA, both don't work...

I assume I just have to add "> /mnt/us/documents/report.txt" to the runner.sh?

I got this line now:


it creates the report.txt, but it's empty when I open it...

1) try 'append' (>>) rather than 'write' (>)
2) try capturing stderr rather than (or in addition to) stdout

Note: I found some problem(s) with the ash 'append' implementation - sorry don't recall the details.

[Q-the-STORM]

alright, stderr gets us closer:

/mnt/us/extensions/rdesktop/bin/rdesktop:
error while loading shared libraries:
libasound.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

hope someone knows how to get libasound on the kindle, so rdesktop can use it..