Example xfreerdp usage with clipboard plugin

Question

FreeRDP 1.0.2 has an updated their parameter syntax for "better interoperability with Windows." I had a problem using the old syntax where the clipboard plugin only worked the first time I pasted, and subsequently stopped:

xfreerdp --plugin cliprdr -g 1920x1060 -u Administrator -p xxx n.n.n.n

So I decided to try the new syntax, but I can't seem to get it right. The following:

xfreerdp +clipboard /size:1920x1060 /u:Administrator /p:xxx /v:n.n.n.n

Gives an error:

Warning xf_GetWindowProperty (140): Property 385 does not exist
transport_connect: getaddrinfo (Name or service not known)
Error: protocol security negotiation failure

Any advice?

Answer 1

The xfreerdp protocol changed how to connect. Try the following example:

xfreerdp +clipboard /u:<username> /v:<hostname> /size:<WxH>

Also, if it is necessary to connect over a different port, add /p: <port> after the <hostname> parameter.

Answer 2

I found the best option was to upgrade freerdp following these guidelines:

In Terminal:

$ cd /usr/src
$ git clone git://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP.git
$ cd FreeRDP

$ sudo aptitude install libcunit1-dev libdirectfb-dev xmlto doxygen   \
    libxtst-dev libavutil-dev libavcodec-dev build-essential git-core \
    cmake libssl-dev libx11-dev libxext-dev libxinerama-dev           \
    libxcursor-dev libxdamage-dev libxv-dev libxkbfile-dev            \
    libasound2-dev libcups2-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev                   \
    libxrandr-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev                                \
    libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev libxi-dev                       \
    libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev

$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DWITH_SSE2=ON .
$ make
$ sudo apt-get install checkinstall
$ sudo checkinstall
$ which xfreerdp
$ xfreerdp --version

Now you should see the new version and the command line should work!

Answer 3

If you are accessing/running this from mac terminal to connect to windows this is what made it work nicely for me

xfreerdp --no-nla --plugin cliprdr -g 1600x1000 -u "your_user_name" your_server_or_ip 

Answer 4

Actually I'm starting to suspect that xfreerdp 1.0.2 doesn't support this syntax style at all. I get the exact same result when using the help switch:

xfreerdp /help
Warning xf_GetWindowProperty (140): Property 387 does not exist
transport_connect: getaddrinfo (Name or service not known)
Error: protocol security negotiation failure

The error indicates to me that it doesn't know what to connect to. It doesn't even realize I'm not asking it to connect to anything. This is all despite the documentation which says to favor this "new" syntax. Curious.

Generally speaking, you can now use both --long-option or /long-option. You should use the new interface now the old interface is just kept for compatibility and will be dropped at some point.