Description of problem: rdesktop session freezes when using sound. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rdesktop-1.5.0-0.el4.rf libao-0.8.5-2.EL.0 How reproducible: Within a NoMachine environment, rdesktop is invoked with "-r sound:local". This frequently results in loads of "Bad file descriptor" messages, and the RDP session freezes and needs to be terminated with Ctrl-C. For a NoMachine setup accessing Windows terminal servers, this is absolutely critical. But I doubt if this is specific for NoMachine. Steps to Reproduce: 1. run "rdesktop -r sound:local <wts_name>" 2. shuffle some data 3. Actual results: loads of "Bad file descriptor" messages, session freezes, needs to be Ctrl-C'd. Expected results: No such messages, no freeze. Additional info: WTS was Windows XP SP2. This appears to be a known rdesktop problem (see for example http://www.nabble.com/still-experiencing-random-rdp-freezes-td15306588.html, and I get it on Ubuntu 7.10 as well, package rdesktop-1.5.0-2). Maybe Red Hat can help fixing it.
I complained about this in Fedora 7, and even submitted a patch based on the reading I did and the patches others created..... Even if my patch is no good, others have written patches as well. Links from the bug. My advice is to adjust the source yourself and rebuild the rpm. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251084
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