Bug 502648

Summary: kdeconnect disconnect rdesktop
Product: [Applications] kdeconnect Reporter: Philippe ROUBACH <philippe.roubach>
Component: windows-applicationAssignee: brute4s99 <piyushaggarwal002>
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 24.12.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Philippe ROUBACH 2025-04-10 16:12:27 UTC 
SUMMARY

openSUSE Tumbleweed
Windows 11 in a VirtualBox Machine

The VM is launched headless
rdesktop is used to get the Windows GUI
rdesktop is permanently connected to Windows from the beginning to the end of the KDE session.

Windows headless then rdesktop are launched by a KDE login script

1. kdeconnect is not installed on Windows

The login script is executed
Windows is launched
rdesktop is launched
The rdesktop icon is displayed in the task bar from the beginning to the end of the KDE session. No problem.

2. kdeconnect is installed on Windows

The login script is executed
Windows is launched
rdesktop is launched
the rdesktop icon is displayed in the task bar.
In openSUSE in kdeconnect Windows appears in the list of devices. After 2 s, the rdesktop icon disappears from the task bar and rdesktop is no more in the list of the processes.
Comment 1 Philippe ROUBACH 2025-04-10 16:13:23 UTC 
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250405
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.14.0-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-12100
Memory: 15.3 Gio of RAM
Graphics Processor 1: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 730
Graphics Processor 2: llvmpipe
Manufacturer: ASRock
Product Name: B760M-HDV/M.2 D4
Comment 2 Philippe ROUBACH 2025-04-13 09:40:26 UTC 
it's a MS and Vbox problem.