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I'm running Mageia 4 64-bit.
I'll try to use KRDC to avccess an other Host running Mageia 4 64-bit.
First I try to use vnc function, get connected but no desktop is displayed. Then I try to use rdp function and I
get the message that xfreerdp is not properly installed.
The problem is that the xfreerdp is not available from Mageias media sources.
For me i looks like that the KRDC-packages is not complete or that xfreerdp-packages have to be added.
Or is there any other solution?

the package freerdp contains your requested program:

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[marc@Rechner ~]$ urpmf --files freerdp
...
freerdp:/usr/bin/xfreerdp
...

I run the comand

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urpmf --files freerdp

and get
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bash-completion:/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/xfreerdp
.................
Than I run

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urpmi xfreerdp

and get
No package with name xfreerdp
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Then

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cd /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/
ls -al

and find xfreerdp
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I tried to run xfreerdp
get the answer:
missing server name
failed to parse arguments.
Again I run KRDC with

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rdp://10.0.0.100:5901

get the following messages:
"Couldn't start "xfreerdp". Check if xfreerdp is installed right (free translation)

So is there something wrong in KRDC that does not call xfreerdp the right way? Or what?

janpihlgren wrote:I run the comand

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urpmf --files freerdp

and get
..............
bash-completion:/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/xfreerdp

This is your only result? My ... in my answer indicated that there are a lot of files listed and if that above is your only result, it seems, that you haven't installed freerdp, yet.

Please show the output of

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rpm -qa | grep freerdp

if the package is not listed, please install it via urpmi

janpihlgren wrote:Than I run

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urpmi xfreerdp

and get
No package with name xfreerdp

As I stated in my first post already, the package is named freerdp (without 'x'). This package contains the file /usr/bin/xfreerdp

Sorry. I wasn't clear. I only showed the line including xfreerdp.
I also looks like that I have installed freerdp 586 not freerdp 86-64. Now I have corrected that.
The errormessage did not appear anymore but I only get a blue screen, the "desktop" will not appear.

and the server you are trying to connect to is running a rdp-server?

No rdpserver is running.
Whats the packages name? I can't find any package that include rdpserver in the name.
I also tied to use vnc and there is a vncserver running and the result is the same, just a blue field.
The status showing connecting to zebbie (the computer I try to connect). After a while the message:
Can't find the server
appear,

After several different trial I began to think that the problem now is a problem with the security, the called host refuse to accept the call for some reason.
I don't know of which reason it refuse to accept a call.

Suddely I found how to access by vnc (using KRDC).
I have edit /etc/sysconfig/vncservers. I change this line:

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# VNCSERVERS="2:myusername"

to

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VNCSERVERS="2:jan"

and than restarted the vnc server with command:

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vncserver :1

janpihlgren wrote:No rdpserver is running.
Whats the packages name? I can't find any package that include rdpserver in the name.

I didn't find a package in the repos neither. The server is called xrdp and you can get it here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xrdp/
But you need to compile it yourself.