> 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 tried ping and used IP, it was the same issue > > >> 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? Right now I checked from a Window, yeah, it worked from windows to connect to that server > > >> 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/[email protected]
