Remote Desktop

[pvtpilot]

I'm running Fedora Core 1 with an AMD Athlon XP 2400 CPU with 256 MB RAM with an NVIDIA Chipset.

Does a module exist for Fedora to connect remotely to a MS Terminal Server comparable to what XP has with Remote Desktop?

The reason I ask is the hospital I'm setting up this pc at will allow us Internet Access via WIFI only. PCAnywhere is no go since they won't open ports 5631/5632.

[crackers]

Oh, certainly - it's called (ready for this?) "rdesktop." Available at your favorite apt/yum repository, or by direct download at http://www.rdesktop.org

[pvtpilot]

Fantastic!!! Thx so much. One thing though, how do you uncompress these files that end with the tar.gz? Is there a GUI interface rather than going to the root and utilizing linux commands?

Again, thx so much:)

[ilja]

Originally posted by pvtpilot
One thing though, how do you uncompress these files that end with the tar.gz? Is there a GUI interface rather than going to the root and utilizing linux commands?

Again, thx so much:)
tar -xzvf filename
in the console
or file-roller as gui.
And you needn't to be root to extract files.
(A little tip, use http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~squadron/ it is very good. )

[fjleal]

If you install tsclient, you'll have a nice graphical shell for setting rdesktop options, saving profiles for rdesktop, and launching rdesktop using a selected profile without using the CLI. Give it a try! ;)

[pvtpilot]

I've opened up rdesktop with file roller gui....thx. Now, how do I install it?

I tried the commands from the readme file at the console screen, but didn't work (i.e. % configure [options], % make and % make install).

[pvtpilot]

Regarding tsclient, where do I find this and then go about installing it to use with rdesktop?

thx for the info:)

[ilja]

you can find tsclient here: yum - http://redhat.secsup.org/fedora/core/1/i386/os/
found here :
http://www.fedoratracker.org/tracker.py?mode=pkgSearchCommit&package.name=tsclient&package.arch=!src&actionID=9802&iteration=2

[pvtpilot]

Thx for pointing me in the right direction for tsclient. Regarding rdesktop ......

I've opened up rdesktop with file roller gui....thx. Now, how do I install it?

I tried the commands from the readme file at the console screen, but didn't work (i.e. % configure [options], % make and % make install).

[ilja]

You can install rdesktop with yum. There are even two repos : http://www.fedoratracker.org/tracker.py?mode=pkgSearchCommit&package.name=rdesktop&package.arch=!src&actionID=9828&iteration=2

[Thoreau]

tar -zvxf rdesktop
cd rdesktop
./configure

you might run into a dep error it may want XFree86-devel package i am doing it right now, and that's what i ran into. It may be easier to yum install rdesktop

[ilja]

Originally posted by Thoreau
...

and all this things in console

[Thoreau]

yeah after you get the dep sovled, it'll tell you what to do next. Remember i'm just know how to install it, not actually work it :)

[fjleal]

Both rdesktop and tsclient are int the FC1 cds. Check the RPMS folders. Then just "rpm -Uvh ..." 'em.

[pvtpilot]

Thx fjleal!

Thoreau.....when I try ./configure at console from rdesktop folder I get: "ERROR: Could not find a C computer. You probably want to install gcc". I current with my updates.

After the above, I then tried "yum install rdesktop" and got the following: "Gathering header information file(s) from server
Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base
ERROR: - /var/cache/yum/base/header.info cannot be found. Please ask your sys admin to update the headers on this system"

If I'm up to date on my updates, then what's the above mean?
I really appreciate all the help from everyone. Thx again:)

[crackers]

Ah - you downloaded the source "tarball" (that's the generic term for files that end with ".tar.gz" or ".tgz"). To use that, you have to have the Development tools installed, which you obviously don't. My recommendation is to stay away from source tarballs and stick with apt/yum. If absolutely necessary, you can download binary tarballs - those are usually explicitely labeled on download pages as binary.

[dragon]

You should be able to install the Terminal Server client by going into "System" -> "Add / Remove Applications" (or something along those lines - don't have my FC desktop infront of me now). Then scroll down to Network Applications (or something similar) and check rdesktop or tsclient. You will then be prompted to insert one of the Fedora Core CD's.

OR to download it from an update server, start a terminal and type:
up2date rdesktop
OR up2date tsclient

up2date allows the installation of new packages as well as updating old ones.

If you're RHN indicator says you're up to date, then it means that you have the current version of all INSTALLED packages.

Hope this helps.

[dragon]

Sorry, just to clarify, to download it from an update server you can choose between the following options depending on which client you want:
up2date rdesktop
up2date tsclient

Don't type the "OR" = )