Bug#893992: xfreerdp: command line syntax not documented, matches neither manpage nor usage

[Thorsten Glaser]

Package: freerdp-x11
Version: 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

SYNOPSIS
       xfreerdp [file] [options] [/v:server[:port]]
[…]
OPTIONS
       /v <server>[:port]
           Server hostname
[…]
       /rfx
           RemoteFX
[…]

Hmm. Okay, let’s try it. Even though the manpage in itself
is unsure whether there has to be a colon after the /v or not.

tglase at tglase-nb:~ $ xfreerdp /v 172.26.3.108 /w 1000 /h 768 /multimedia /rfx
WARNING: Using deprecated command-line interface!
/rfx -> /v:/rfx
connect: No such file or directory
Error: protocol security negotiation or connection failure
131|tglase at tglase-nb:~ $ xfreerdp  /w 1000 /h 768 /multimedia /rfx /v 172.26.3.108
error: server hostname was not specified with /v:<server>[:port]
tglase at tglase-nb:~ $ xfreerdp  /w 1000 /h 768 /multimedia /rfx /v:172.26.3.108
WARNING: Using deprecated command-line interface!
/v -> /v:/v /port:172
connect: No such file or directory
Error: protocol security negotiation or connection failure

So… how *do* I actually use this thing? I was just trying
to demonstrate xrdp, but with rdesktop, video playback is
lagging a bit, and Nik always said xfreerdp can do RFX and
make it fast.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.15.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=C (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/lksh
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages freerdp-x11 depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.27-2
ii  libfreerdp-cache1.1       1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libfreerdp-client1.1      1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libfreerdp-codec1.1       1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libfreerdp-common1.1.0    1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libfreerdp-core1.1        1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libfreerdp-crypto1.1      1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libfreerdp-gdi1.1         1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libfreerdp-locale1.1      1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libfreerdp-primitives1.1  1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libfreerdp-rail1.1        1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libfreerdp-utils1.1       1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libjpeg62-turbo           1:1.5.2-2+b1
ii  libssl1.0.2               1.0.2n-1
ii  libwinpr-crt0.1           1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-crypto0.1        1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-dsparse0.1       1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-environment0.1   1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-file0.1          1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-handle0.1        1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-heap0.1          1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-input0.1         1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-interlocked0.1   1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-library0.1       1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-path0.1          1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-pool0.1          1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-registry0.1      1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-rpc0.1           1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-sspi0.1          1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-synch0.1         1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-sysinfo0.1       1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-thread0.1        1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libwinpr-utils0.1         1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.6.5-1
ii  libxcursor1               1:1.1.15-1
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.3-1+b2
ii  libxfreerdp-client1.1     1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15
ii  libxi6                    2:1.7.9-1
ii  libxinerama1              2:1.1.3-1+b3
ii  libxkbfile1               1:1.0.9-2
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.10-1
ii  libxv1                    2:1.0.11-1
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.8.dfsg-5

Versions of packages freerdp-x11 recommends:
pn  libfreerdp-plugins-standard  <none>

freerdp-x11 suggests no packages.

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