Feisty rdesktop Problem/Fix
Since migrating to Feisty at work I’ve found two fairly important problems. I guess the matter of importance depends on what you need to get done. I regularly need to mount/un-mount CIFS shares and I regularly need to use rdesktop to connect to other Windows machines. So, for me, these problems are big. I haven’t done a lot of research on the CIFS problem just yet, that’s for another post. If you’re having a Remote Desktop problem, read on for the fix.
There should be a fix for the rdesktop problem shortly, it’s in the testing phase now. Basically rdesktop is crashing and making it impossible to maintain a connection to a remote server. You’ll find details at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rdesktop/+bug/104332. I downloaded the proposed fix from http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/r/rdesktop/rdesktop_1.5.0-1ubuntu1~prop1_i386.deb, installed it and promptly let go a sigh of relief. I am now able to connect and remain connected to my 2003 server. If you’re using rdesktop directly or TS Client and find that the program is crashing constantly, give the fix a shot.
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