Re: Can No Longer Establish Connection

On 23.09.2013 07:53, [email protected] wrote:
> I have what had been a long working setup using rdesktop (1.8.0 on
> Fedora 19) to connect to a notebook running Windows 7 Enterprise (on
> SP1, but I don't know for how long). I'm pretty sure recent updates 
> to
> the notebook caused my issue, but I am seeking help here because I
> really need to get this working again and have little faith that my 
> IT
> support will be of much help, especially given the last bullet point
> below.
>
> Here's what I know:
>
> 	* rdesktop never even creates a window
> 	* running from a shell prompt, I see only the following on stdout:
>  Autoselected keyboard map en-us
>  Connection established using CredSSP.
> 	* the exit status value ($?) is 76
> 	* telnet notebook 3389 is able to connect so basic TCP/IP and
> firewall type issues are out
> 	* other coworkers have attempted a connection to my notebook and get
> the same results that I do
> 	* any attempted connection does result in the session being "stolen"
> from the notebook's screen; but at the same time, it never appears
> remotely either
> 	* I tried downgrading back to rdesktop-1.7.1 even though I'd used
> 1.8.0 for around a month; this downgrade also made no difference
> 	* I can recompile with various debug options enabled, but I have no
> idea what would be useful here so please specify, if needed -- I 
> tried
> all but nothing caught my eye other than a "Failed to parse crypt
> info" right near the end.
> 	* an strace of the process seems to show that rdesktop is waiting
> forever to read something from the X11 server socket
> 	* a coworker was able to connect remotely to my notebook from his
> notebook (also Win 7) using mstsc
>

It sounds like Win 7 is setup for RDP 7 or above.

On Win 7 computer, right click Computer, select Properties.
Click Remote Settings (left column).
Under the Remote Desktop section, click "Allow connections from 
computers running any version of Remote Desktop"

Ken Cobler


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