The problem described below also applies to RHEL4: +++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #155543 +++ From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; cs-CZ; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050217 Description of problem: Running krdc from latest FC3 and requesting connection to rdp://192.168.1.12/ ends up with message: rdesktop Failure The version of rdesktop you are using (1.3.1) is too old: rdesktop 1.3.2 or greater is required. A working patch for rdesktop 1.3.1 can be found in KDE CVS. No connection is possible trought krdc, however rdesktop itself work ok. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kdenetwork-3.3.1-3 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. See description. 2. 3. Actual Results: Failure - no connection. Expected Results: Start rdesktop. Additional info: Either rdesktop should be updated to 1.3.2 or krdc should be pathed.
after almost a year, there isn't any good knews :-( as far as RHEL4 U3, same problem :-(
The KDE patch for rdesktop can be found at: http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdenetwork/krdc/rdp/rdesktop.patch?rev=409203&view=log
And here are the equivalent patches in the rdesktop CVS: http://rdesktop.cvs.sourceforge.net/rdesktop/rdesktop/rdesktop.c?r1=1.98&r2=1.99 http://rdesktop.cvs.sourceforge.net/rdesktop/rdesktop/rdesktop.c?r1=1.124&r2=1.125
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I'm not sure whether comment 7 and comment 8 mean: 1. rdesktop will not be fixed in RHEL 4, but may be fixed in a future RHEL release 2. rdesktop will not be fixed, ever I can understand putting off this fix until the next RHEL release. I cannot understand simply saying we will never fix this. The necessary patches seem small and are already included in this bug report. Note: I tried to reopen this bug, as Comment 8 suggested. Bugzilla reported the following error (even though I am the reporter for this bug): You tried to change the Status field from CLOSED to NEW, but only the owner or submitter of the bug, or a sufficiently empowered user, may change that field.
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0225.html
In Comment 5, I forgot to mention one more patch from the rdesktop CVS, to match the KDE patch: http://rdesktop.cvs.sourceforge.net/rdesktop/rdesktop/xwin.c?r1=1.155&r2=1.156 Hopefully the errata in Comment 19 already includes this.