Remote Desktop

pvtpilot · #1 12th May 2004, 02:18 AM

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 · #2 12th May 2004, 03:34 AM

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 · #3 12th May 2004, 12:48 PM

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 · #4 12th May 2004, 12:53 PM

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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 · #5 12th May 2004, 02:23 PM

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 · #6 12th May 2004, 03:20 PM

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 · #7 12th May 2004, 03:22 PM

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

thx for the info

ilja · #8 12th May 2004, 03:28 PM

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

pvtpilot · #9 12th May 2004, 03:45 PM

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 · #10 12th May 2004, 03:49 PM

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

Thoreau · #11 12th May 2004, 03:53 PM

Code:

 tar -zvxf rdesktop

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 cd rdesktop

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 ./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

Code:

 yum install rdesktop

ilja · #12 12th May 2004, 03:55 PM

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Originally posted by Thoreau
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and all this things in console

Thoreau · #13 12th May 2004, 04:14 PM

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 · #14 12th May 2004, 05:18 PM

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

pvtpilot · #15 12th May 2004, 05:46 PM

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