On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 9:53 AM brian mullan <bmullan.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mike/Adrian > > In a separate Thread Subject: *Difference between normal RDP and > Guacamole’s RDP* > <https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/guacamole-user/202111.mbox/ajax/%3CCAOUMhd4%3DtUDFONM_e-MMyRRMhgYi6-QDHyhQtiFkeW47dwr9jg%40mail.gmail.com%3E> > > Adrian said:: > > *When you run Guacamole RDP. Traffic is:* >> >> *A) (RDP) Between Guacamole (freeRDP) and remote computer.* >> > > I've used FreeRDP for quite a while and it's worked well for me in many > ways. > > I recently had an issue where my newest Guacamole install was having > problems. > > Two VMs lets call X and Y. > > - X is an Ubuntu 20.04 where Guacamole was installed. > - Y is also Ubuntu 20.04 with xRDP installed and several options for > Desktop Environment (MATE, Gnome, etc). > > So Guacamole was configured for a Connection to Y. > > Everything worked except "Drive Redirection". > > I would get a Folder on Y's Desktop and in that folder I'd see a GUACFS > folder but there was never a "Download" folder > no matter how many changes I tried. > > Note: In the past this always worked for me. > > Then I tried just using FreeRDP from a Terminal on X and everything worked > OK including Drive Redirection! > > In a *separate email to the Guacamole User alias > <https://lists.apache.org/thread/s99rf1zl1hrtfoqg6zkrvbl9ccb0zoj8> *about > my problem Mike responded that there was an xRDP bug > > *Yes - this is a bug in XRDP related to RDPDR device IDs. Newer versions >> of XRDP should work correctly. See:* >> >> *- Mike* > > > In Case.... > > > *If Both approaches are using FreeRDP * > > *and * > *In Both approaches the connection is via the same xRDP on Y * > > I guess I don't understand Mike's statement above... > > *Does Guacamole send a different "RDPDR device ID" than the command line > FreeRDP Sends?* > Yes, that's my understanding based on the various posts - that Guacamole sends ID 0, whereas other clients (FreeRDP, Microsoft, etc.) send something other than 0 - maybe they start at 1? -Nick
