It worked with official 0.9.9 thanks. A combination of RDP group policy changes, and a reboot of Windows server.
These are my freerdp packages: libfreerdp-cache1.1:amd64 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1 libfreerdp-client1.1:amd64 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1 libfreerdp-codec1.1:amd64 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1 libfreerdp-common1.1.0:amd64 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1 libfreerdp-core1.1:amd64 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1 libfreerdp-crypto1.1:amd64 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1 libfreerdp-dev:amd64 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1 libfreerdp-gdi1.1:amd64 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1 libfreerdp-locale1.1:amd64 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1 libfreerdp-primitives1.1:amd64 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1 libfreerdp-rail1.1:amd64 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1 libfreerdp-utils1.1:amd64 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1 libxfreerdp-client1.1:amd64 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1 and no-auth config ... <param name="enable-wallpaper" value="true" /> <param name="enable-theming" value="true" /> ... Haven't tried without enable-theming. cheers Shanon On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Mike Jumper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 8:27 PM, Shanon Loughton < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Is RDP parameter 'enable-wallpaper' working in 0.9.9, or should it be in >> 0.9.10? >> >> > That parameter was added in 0.9.9, but depending on the version of FreeRDP > installed, there was a bug in Guacamole that prevented it from having any > effect: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GUACAMOLE-35 > > That bug should be fixed on git. It was discovered and fixed while testing > the screen sharing changes, which are part of the scope of next release > (which would be 0.9.10-incubating). > > Also, it should work from no-auth extension? >> >> > Yes. Extensions are completely independent of connection parameters. > > I cant get it going on Windows Server 2008 R2 server and Ubuntu 16.04 host. >> >> > It is also possible for group policy settings in Windows Server to prevent > these flags from having any effect: > > http://superuser.com/questions/674024/how-to-enable-desktop-background-on- > a-remote-computer > > I suggest giving that a quick check first, unless you've already verified > that no such group policy is set, or that enabling wallpaper works with > other RDP clients. > > - Mike > > -- *Shanon Loughton* phone +61 (0) 412 584 142 email [email protected] web *www.cloudmine.net.au <http://www.cloudmine.net.au>*skype cgltower
