Re: rdesktop 1.6 crashes ubuntu 8.10 (intrepid) how to build 1.5

Sounds suspiciously like a hardware problem. :(

Try disabling "backing store" via rdesktop command line option.

Simon J. Hook wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> I  figured out how to build rdesktop by first running:
>
> sudo apt-get install rdesktop openssl libssl-dev libx11-dev
>
> (so I guess I did not have all the necessary libraries). I then tried to 
> run rdesktop from the directory I had it installed in. I did a
>
> rdesktop --help
> and confirmed I had rdesktop1.5 installed
>
> I tried
>
> rdesktop mymachine
>
> and again I logged in, the window started to draw, the remote mouse 
> froze, the fan sped up and my whole system crashed. Not sure what to do 
> at this point other than install 8.04?
>
> thanks, Simon
>
>
> Simon J. Hook wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have Ubuntu 8.10 installed on a Dell E6500. I make a vpn connection to 
>> my work and then start rdesktop. Rdesktop starts and gives me a login 
>> screen. I login and the majority of desktop is drawn and then the remote 
>> mouse freezes and after about 30 secs the fan on the laptop speeds up 
>> and then the whole system crashes (basically turns off).
>>
>> I have used rdeskop for several years on both Suse and more recently 
>> Ubuntu 8.04. On 8.04 I have rdesktop 1.5 installed and it works great.
>>
>> Since I do not know the problem I thought I would try to use rdesktop1.5 
>> which is not on Ubuntu 8.10 so I downloaded the source and tried to 
>> build it. I have not built much under linux. I downloaded the source and 
>> tried:
>>
>> ./configure
>>
>> which produced
>>
>> Couldn't find your OpenSSL library installation dir
>> Use --with-openssl option to fix this problem
>>
>> I tried
>>
>> ./configure --with-openssl
>>
>> which generated the same message.
>>
>> (Note openssl is installed according to package manager)
>>
>> Could someone explain what I need to do or perhaps point me to a .deb 
>> for rdesktop1.5. Sorry for my lack of  knowledge on how to do this.
>>
>> Thanks, Simon
>>
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