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This may seem like a niche use-case, but the underlying problem likely affects more users than only me.
Big idea: run a KVM windows 11 VM headless, then run programs on it on the native desktop OS on linux. I have used https://github.com/xiagw/winapps as a starting point for setting the correct Windows registry keys and getting RDP in order. The VM works, and I can use xfreerdp to connect to the machine normally.
What doesn't work is running a single app using RemoteApp mode in xfreerdp.
Here is an example of a failure:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ env GDK_BACKEND=x11 xfreerdp /v:127.0.0.1 /u:Quickemu /p:quickemu /app:"Explorer.exe" /relax-order-checks +offscreen-cache /cert:ignore -fast-path +auto-reconnect -compression -encryption /gfx:mask:0xZZZ
[02:30:47:977] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.core.gcc] - Server uses non-advertised encryption method 0x00000000
[02:30:48:080] [976463:976464] [INFO][com.freerdp.gdi] - Local framebuffer format PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRX32
[02:30:48:080] [976463:976464] [INFO][com.freerdp.gdi] - Remote framebuffer format PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA32
[02:30:48:086] [976463:976464] [INFO][com.freerdp.channels.rdpsnd.client] - [static] Loaded fake backend for rdpsnd
[02:30:48:086] [976463:976464] [INFO][com.freerdp.channels.drdynvc.client] - Loading Dynamic Virtual Channel rdpgfx
[02:30:49:629] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer: Invalid appWindow
[02:30:49:668] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer: Invalid appWindow
[02:30:49:668] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer_Set: handle=0
[02:30:49:700] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer: Invalid appWindow
[02:30:49:700] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer_Set: handle=0
[02:30:49:845] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer: Invalid appWindow
[02:30:49:845] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer_Set: handle=0
[02:30:49:928] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer: Invalid appWindow
[02:30:49:928] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer_Set: handle=0
[02:30:49:946] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer: Invalid appWindow
[02:30:49:946] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer_Set: handle=0
[02:30:49:121] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer: Invalid appWindow
[02:30:49:121] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer_Set: handle=0
[02:30:49:188] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer: Invalid appWindow
[02:30:49:188] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer_Set: handle=0
[02:30:50:128] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.core.rdp] - pduType PDU_TYPE_DATA not properly parsed, 562 bytes remaining unhandled. Skipping.
[02:30:51:324] [976463:976464] [ERROR][com.freerdp.cache.offscreen] - invalid offscreen bitmap at index: 0x00000000
[02:30:51:324] [976463:976464] [WARN][com.freerdp.core.update] - Alternate Secondary Drawing Order [0x00] Switch Surface failed
[02:30:51:324] [976463:976464] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.update] - order flags 00 failed
[02:30:51:324] [976463:976464] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.fastpath] - Fastpath update Orders [0] failed, status 0
[02:30:51:325] [976463:976464] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.fastpath] - fastpath_recv_update() - -1
[02:30:51:325] [976463:976464] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.fastpath] - fastpath_recv_update_data() fail
[02:30:51:325] [976463:976464] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - transport_check_fds: transport->ReceiveCallback() - -3
[02:30:51:325] [976463:976464] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core] - freerdp_abort_connect:freerdp_set_last_error_ex ERRCONNECT_CONNECT_CANCELLED [0x0002000B]
[02:30:51:325] [976463:976464] [INFO][com.freerdp.client.common] - Network disconnect!
[02:30:51:325] [976463:976464] [INFO][com.freerdp.client.common] - Attempting reconnect (1 of 20)
I should note that for about a half-second, a window does appear on the host Linux depicting the Windows logon screen. That command above was after many added flags to try to work around the issue. Here is a minimal command which exhibits similar behavior:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ xfreerdp /v:127.0.0.1 /u:Quickemu /p:quickemu /app:"Explorer.exe"
[02:44:41:452] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.crypto] - Certificate verification failure 'self-signed certificate (18)' at stack position 0
[02:44:41:452] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.crypto] - CN = RDPWindows
[02:44:43:967] [1049561:1049563] [INFO][com.freerdp.gdi] - Local framebuffer format PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRX32
[02:44:43:967] [1049561:1049563] [INFO][com.freerdp.gdi] - Remote framebuffer format PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA32
[02:44:43:063] [1049561:1049563] [INFO][com.freerdp.channels.rdpsnd.client] - [static] Loaded fake backend for rdpsnd
[02:44:43:063] [1049561:1049563] [INFO][com.freerdp.channels.drdynvc.client] - Loading Dynamic Virtual Channel rdpgfx
[02:44:44:985] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer: Invalid appWindow
[02:44:44:994] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer_Set: handle=0
[02:44:44:066] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer: Invalid appWindow
[02:44:44:066] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer_Set: handle=0
[02:44:44:066] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer: Invalid appWindow
[02:44:44:066] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer_Set: handle=0
[02:44:44:447] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer: Invalid appWindow
[02:44:44:447] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer_Set: handle=0
[02:44:44:514] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer: Invalid appWindow
[02:44:44:515] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer_Set: handle=0
[02:44:45:746] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer: Invalid appWindow
[02:44:45:746] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer_Set: handle=0
[02:44:45:850] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer: Invalid appWindow
[02:44:45:851] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.client.x11] - xf_Pointer_Set: handle=0
[02:44:46:992] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.core.rdp] - pduType PDU_TYPE_DATA not properly parsed, 562 bytes remaining unhandled. Skipping.
[02:44:50:787] [1049561:1049563] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.update] - [0x00] Switch Surface - SERVER BUG: The support for this feature was not announced! Use /relax-order-checks to ignore
[02:44:50:787] [1049561:1049563] [WARN][com.freerdp.core.update] - Adding +offscreen-cache might mitigate
[02:44:50:787] [1049561:1049563] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.update] - order flags 00 failed
[02:44:50:787] [1049561:1049563] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.fastpath] - Fastpath update Orders [0] failed, status 0
[02:44:50:788] [1049561:1049563] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.fastpath] - fastpath_recv_update() - -1
[02:44:50:788] [1049561:1049563] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.fastpath] - fastpath_recv_update_data() fail
[02:44:50:788] [1049561:1049563] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - transport_check_fds: transport->ReceiveCallback() - -3
[02:44:50:788] [1049561:1049563] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core] - freerdp_abort_connect:freerdp_set_last_error_ex ERRCONNECT_CONNECT_CANCELLED [0x0002000B]
[02:44:50:788] [1049561:1049563] [INFO][com.freerdp.client.common] - Network disconnect!
pi@raspberrypi:~ $
It is important to note that omitting the /app: flag does result in a successful connection.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ xfreerdp /v:127.0.0.1 /u:Quickemu /p:quickemu
[02:45:50:717] [1055399:1055400] [WARN][com.freerdp.crypto] - Certificate verification failure 'self-signed certificate (18)' at stack position 0
[02:45:50:717] [1055399:1055400] [WARN][com.freerdp.crypto] - CN = RDPWindows
[02:45:51:031] [1055399:1055400] [INFO][com.freerdp.gdi] - Local framebuffer format PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRX32
[02:45:51:031] [1055399:1055400] [INFO][com.freerdp.gdi] - Remote framebuffer format PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA32
[02:45:51:072] [1055399:1055400] [INFO][com.freerdp.channels.rdpsnd.client] - [static] Loaded fake backend for rdpsnd
[02:45:51:073] [1055399:1055400] [INFO][com.freerdp.channels.drdynvc.client] - Loading Dynamic Virtual Channel rdpgfx
[02:45:54:017] [1055399:1055400] [WARN][com.freerdp.core.rdp] - pduType PDU_TYPE_DATA not properly parsed, 562 bytes remaining unhandled. Skipping.
[02:46:03:122] [1055399:1055399] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core] - freerdp_abort_connect:freerdp_set_last_error_ex ERRCONNECT_CONNECT_CANCELLED [0x0002000B]
Reproducing this bug on a dev machine may be tricky, especially if it turns out to be architecture-specific. You may have noticed from the terminal output I am using a Raspberry Pi. Yes, it's a raspberry pi that I have set up running a Windows 11 ARM VM in QEMU with KVM acceleration. If helpful, I could make a full list of commands to replicate my setup, but that would take several days of work to gather it all together. Hopefully that is unnecessary. I can offer remote connection to my Pi via RustDesk if that helps.
Using the Debian Bookworm version of xfreerdp, 2.10.0.
Environment:
- Hardware: Raspberry Pi 5 8GB
- OS: Raspberry Pi OS 12 (Debian Bookworm 12 ARM64)
- Host Desktop environment: Wayland LabWC
- Guest: Windows 11 ARM64 Pro with RDP enabled and this registry file applied