[ rdesktop-Bugs-2803448 ] Can't connect to Win Server 2008: "internal license error"

Bugs item #2803448, was opened at 2009-06-09 13:41
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Category: Authentication
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: Duplicate
Priority: 2
Private: No
Submitted By: Till Haselmann (ilpssun)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Can't connect to Win Server 2008: "internal license error"

Initial Comment:
When I try to connect to the Windows Server 2008 SP 2, the connection is immediately disconnected with an "internal license error".  Maybe this is part of the lacking RDP 6 support in rdesktop?  If I remeber correctly, this worked well with the pre-SP2 version of Windows Server 2008.

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Comment By: Waldemar Schlackow (stridger)
Date: 2009-06-09 20:17

Message:
This only solves the issue temporarily for me. On next reconnect I get the
same error again and have to wipe the license file again. Also it's not
possible to drop back to RDPv4 as then the error is:

ERROR: channel_register
WARNING: Initializing sound-support failed!
X Error of failed request:  BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  23 (X_GetSelectionOwner)
  Atom id in failed request:  0x0
  Serial number of failed request:  55
  Current serial number in output stream:  55


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Comment By: Till Haselmann (ilpssun)
Date: 2009-06-09 13:45

Message:
Ok, I just resolved the issue.  It seems that rdesktop had stored an
invalid license file in ~/.rdesktop/license*.  It worked well after
removing that file.   See also:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2211171&group_id=24366&atid=381347

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