Hi there


I'm Trying to use rdesktop on my linux machine but the problem it's the following

$rdesktop <server>
Autoselected keyboard map pt
ERROR: Failed to open display:

Can anyone help

Thanks

Are you running a GUI on your Linux machine (i.e. not just logged in at text console)?

If you are running a GUI (an X server), and it is a typical configuration, and you are logged in as the same user which is running the GUI, it should just be a mater of setting the DISPLAY environment variable. It is a little strange that this is not set already, hence my question about being logged in at the console.

To set the DISPLAY and run the rdesktop, do this:
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