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

The only backing store command line option I saw was in ver 1.5 was -B

I tried:

rdesktop -B mymachine

I got a message saying external X not available using internal and then I logged in and my system crashed.

Simon


Michael Joyner wrote:
> 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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