Unable to use rdesktop

Question

I am trying to do rdesktop from centos linux to a windows machine but I am just getting below message

$] rdesktop xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:port

Autoselected keyboard map en-us

And no UI. What Am I doing wrong?

Solution

I suggest that you check the following:

Is remote desktop port reachable (default is 3389)?

telnet <ip_of_win_machine> <rdesktop_port>

Are you trying to use remote desktop on Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic, or Windows 7 Home Premium? If so then you may not be able to do it since they do not ship with remote desktop and I am not sure if it can be installed later.

And do check the Windows Event Viewer, in case there is something there.

Comments

[Admin]

I dunno, but here's my syntax. Adjust to your needs. Note: -k de is for a german keyboard layout. rdesktop -g 1920x1020 -x 0x80 -b -k de -u YOURUSER -d YOURDOMAIN -p YOURPASS -r clipboard:"PRIMARYCLIPBOARD" -r sound:"local" YOUR-REMOTE-MACHINE

[Philip]

What version of Windows? Have NLA configured?

[Zoredache]

Not directly related, but you might want to look at the freerdp fork. It has better support the new versions of Windows.

[Drt]

no i am using rdesktop on linux. You were right though issue was with port.

[Aditya Patawari]

Please mark the answer as right if it helped you. Thanks :)