Re: Using rdesktop on single Windows applications via SeamlessRDP

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 23:44, Christopher Roberts
<[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
>

Yes, it is the same computer. I would prefer that the applications in
the VM to appear in the same Ctrl-Alt dialogue as the applications on
the hardware-installed OS. It is a convenience issue, nothing more. I
have physical difficulty using the mouse.

I am also experimenting with VMWare's Unity feature. VMWare is running
terrible, however, and the host OS will lock up for several seconds
about once per minute. VirtualBox runs so smoothly that I don't even
think about what's happening to the hardware. This is on a dual-core
AMD machine with 4 GiB RAM, and a 32-bit PAE kernel.


> 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.
>

Thanks, I will play around with that.


>> 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."
>

I see. Thanks. It may be time to head over to some Windows forums and
start reading the fine archives. Most certainly this issue has come up
before.

Thank you!

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