Hi, On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:03:07PM +0800, lina wrote: > Hi, > > When I tried to use rdesktop, it showed me > > ERROR: getaddrinfo: No address associated with hostname
That means that you've tried to connect to a non-resolvable hostname (i.e. no hostname → IP association). No more, no less. Quick-and-dirty solution for that is using IP address of the host instead. > I was advised by our admin that "It is something to do with the RDP > version on Linux. It has some compatibility issues with the more recent > version of MS-RDP. " While there may be such incompatibility (rdesktop is an implementation of a reverse-engineered protocol, after all), such claim is showing one of two things: a) The person in question have no desire to solve your problem. b) The person in question is not qualified enough to solve your problem. > Further, I was told to try use window to connect to that window machine > in order to access some software. And, did it work? > I checked the debian package, seems currently the one I use is the > latest version, any suggestion about how to resolve it without resorting > to the Windows. You use latest version packaged in the Debian. The latest upstream version, according to [1] is 1.8.1, which is one minor version above Debian Unstable. Still, given that this problem is with the resolving hostname, not RDP incompatibility - I doubt that upgrading to the latest upstream version will solve anything (or, for example, replacing rdesktop with freerdp will). [1] http://www.rdesktop.org/ Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140213155522.GA10762@x101h
