Re: Using rdesktop on single Windows applications via SeamlessRDP

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 08:52:08PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> >> rdesktop -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe notepad"
> 
> Of course, as there is no connection info there it fails. My Windows
> install is in a VirtualBox VM, so I'm not sure which server address to
> use. The obvious 127.0.0.1 didn't work!

Ah, okay. Is this on the same Kubuntu computer as the Linux box?  If so,
any reason why you are not just using Guest Additions within Virtualbox?
This would enable seamless windows on the host machine.

Anyhow, back to the question, well you are connecting to the RDP port on
the Windows VM Guest, so you need to put the LAN address of the Windows
guest.  But, this LAN address has to be accessible, which it isn't in
the standard NAT set-up.  I believe you will need to select Bridge
Networking in Virtualbox.

Once the guest is powered up you need to either assign the LAN address,
or work out what it is (if assigned by DHCP). That address is the one
that you quote in the rdesktop line.

> I don't know if this will be an issue, but in Windows 7 "Terminal
> Services Manager" is called "Remote Desktop Services Manager" and I
> don't seem to have it in this Home version of Windows 7 (google makes
> me understand that Ultimate has it, at least).

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Remote-Desktop-Connection-frequently-asked-questions

"You can't use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to computers running
Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic, or Windows 7 Home Premium."

-- 
Chris Roberts
http://chrisjrob.com/

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