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

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Thorsten,

On  So 25 Mär 2018 04:46:12 CEST, Thorsten Glaser wrote:

> 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.

Please note that freerdp-x11 is bin:pkg of src:pkg freerdp which is  
about to be removed from Debian unstable pretty soon.

Please test the above with freerdp2-x11 and refile the bug against  
that package, if the issue persists.

Thanks+Greets,
Mike
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