[K12OSN] Rdesktop Fails after Update

[Nick Hadgis]

I had the same issue on my FC6 workstation (not a K12LTSP client/server).
This started happening some time last week, after I performed a yum update.

The "Segmentation Fault" error occured at random times, either immediately
after I enter my username/password or after working fine for 5-10 minutes.

I tried compiled rdesktop (v1.5) from souce and the error still occured.

I then compiled rdesktop (v1.4) from source and so far, so good.

-Nick



On 4/25/07, "Terrell Prudé Jr." <microman at cmosnetworks.com> wrote:
>
>  Hmm...I've got to head to work, but I'll see if I can find anything out
> Googling this evening when I get some time.  This definitely should not be
> happening.
>
> Hey, waitasec.  Not crashing from the console, but it is through the
> terminals, eh?  In that case, we might be seeing an X11 (on the client)
> issue.  Back when I was running UltraSPARC thin clients, I was using a
> release-candidate set of binaries of XFree86 4.4 (just before the Big
> Split).  See, I had Red Hat Linux 6.2 installed on the Ultra 5 boxes' hard
> disks, which uses XFree86 3.3.6.  The LTSP X11 binaries in /opt/ltsp/sparc
> were XFree86 4.4rc. TuxType and TuxMath would intermittently crash on me
> when TFTP-booting in normal LTSP style.  However, when I booted RHL 6.2and had XFree86
> 3.3.6 do an XDMCP query, then TuxMath ran fine, but TuxType would simply
> not run at all due to the ancient X11 version.
>
> Maybe this is what's biting you as well with rdesktop.
>
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>
> k12ltsp wrote:
>
> Hello there!
>
> Thank you for the suggestion! I have moved the old rdesktop and compiled a
> new version using the source code at the website you provided. I did
> notice some improvements, such as it defaulting to a higher color depth.
>
> Unfortunately, the issue still follows. There is a segmentation fault that
> happens when we attempt to login. It's also worth noting that the issue
> does NOT occur when using rdesktop from console. It only occurs when
> launched through a terminal.
>
>
> "Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> <k12osn at redhat.com>
> writes:
>
>
>  Hmm...I vaguely recall seeing something like that a year and a half or so
> back.  Here's what I did.  Try downloading the rdesktop source code and
> installing it (it should install into /usr/local by default).  Then, try
> renaming /usr/bin/rdesktop to, say, /usr/bin/rdesktop.orig, and then
> symlink your new rdesktop to /usr/bin/rdesktop.  What we're trying to do
> here is see if the rdesktop executable got FUBAR'd or if there's some
> other library that it's looking for but can't find.  When you compile it,
> it will compile specifically for your libraries and shouldn't have any
> problems.
>
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