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Bug 1175727 - Krdc incompatible with freerdp-1.2.x
Summary: Krdc incompatible with freerdp-1.2.x
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: krdc
Version: 21
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Rex Dieter
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On: 1150349
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-12-18 13:39 UTC by Mark Haney
Modified: 2014-12-29 10:03 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: krdc-4.14.3-3.fc21
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-12-29 10:03:42 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Mark Haney 2014-12-18 13:39:22 UTC 
Description of problem: Upgrade from F20 to F21 and clean install of F21 both have the same problem.  KRDC shows only a blank blue screen when trying to connect via RDP to Windows Servers (2003, 2008, 2012)


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
krdc-4.14.3-1.fc21.x86_64
krdc-libs-4.14.3-1.fc21.x86_64
freerdp-1.2.0-0.2.beta.1.fc21.x86_64
freerdp-libs-1.2.0-0.2.beta.1.fc21.x86_64


How reproducible: Every time


Steps to Reproduce:
1. open KRDC
2. enter known hostname
3. enter login information


Actual results: blank blue screen


Expected results: desktop of Windows Server


Additional info: 

This did NOT happen with latest (as of Monday 12/15/2014) packages on Fedora 20.  I did a fedup upgrade to F21 that morning and encountered that problem.  Thinking the problem might be package related (due to the upgrade), I reformatted and installed F21 fresh on my laptop and have the exact same problem. 

The hosts are up and I can connect to them via the Remote Desktop Client in a Windows virtual machine. I've tried to get debug information to pass along, but I can't find the documentation on how to do that exactly with this software. I will be happy to help debug this in any way I can as it's vital I get this working.
Comment 1 Rex Dieter 2014-12-18 17:44:22 UTC 
Does running xfreerdp by hand work?
Comment 2 Mark Haney 2014-12-19 13:12:31 UTC 
(In reply to Rex Dieter from comment #1)
> Does running xfreerdp by hand work?

Was not aware there was such a beast.  After learning the CLI syntax, yes xfreerdp DOES indeed work.  So, it looks like an issue with KRDC's interaction with FreeRDP? While googling for an answer to this, I remember seeing a post about the fact that the syntax of newer versions of FreeRDP had changed and that KRDC was expecting the older syntax, but there was a patch posted in that bug report.  (I can't find the link ATM, but I'll post if I can dig it up.)  The thing is, this bug report was posted in mid- to late-2013 so I didn't think much of it at the time.

I'll be happy to help debug the problem between FreeRDP and KRDC if someone can tell how to set KRDC to log the debug info. I couldn't find a single thing on Google about how to do that.  It's been very frustrating.
Comment 3 Rex Dieter 2014-12-19 14:50:55 UTC 
Looks like xfreerdp is crashing (it does for me), see bug #1150349
Comment 4 Rex Dieter 2014-12-19 15:01:08 UTC 
See also:
https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/115059/
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2014-12-19 16:23:47 UTC 
krdc-4.14.3-2.fc21 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 21.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/krdc-4.14.3-2.fc21
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2014-12-20 08:39:38 UTC 
Package krdc-4.14.3-3.fc21:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 21 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing krdc-4.14.3-3.fc21'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2014-17329/krdc-4.14.3-3.fc21
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 7 Mark Haney 2014-12-22 11:46:28 UTC 
Yes, the updated package (4.14.3.-3.fc21) works.  Great job guys!
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2014-12-29 10:03:42 UTC 
krdc-4.14.3-3.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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