Bug 4779 - RemoteFX support
Summary: RemoteFX support
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: ThinLinc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: | rdesktop (deprecated) (show other bugs)
Version: trunk
Hardware: PC Unknown
: P2 Normal
Target Milestone: 4.10.0
Assignee: Henrik Andersson
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Blocks: 2036
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Reported: 2013-08-22 11:01 CEST by Pierre Ossman
Modified: 2019-02-07 15:51 CET (History)
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Description Pierre Ossman cendio 2013-08-22 11:01:34 CEST
Modern RDP supports a number of improvements in order to boost graphics performance. We should implement support for these in rdesktop.
Comment 1 Aaron Sowry cendio 2014-03-17 09:46:33 CET
We should clarify which features of RemoteFX we are aiming to support. For example, according to [1], recent versions of RemoteFX support things like USB redirection, multi-touch support etc.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RemoteFX
Comment 2 Henrik Andersson cendio 2014-06-10 14:57:40 CEST
Whats new in RDP (2008 R2) describes a few parts of RemoteFX:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff817578(v=ws.10).aspx
Comment 3 Henrik Andersson cendio 2014-06-10 14:59:16 CEST
Article, remotefx vGPU setup and configuration guide article:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/16652.remotefx-vgpu-setup-and-configuration-guide-for-windows-server-2012.aspx
Comment 4 Henrik Andersson cendio 2014-06-10 15:03:17 CEST
Another good overview article RemoteFX focused on session host servers and not VDI as most articles focusing on:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2011/03/25/q-amp-a-microsoft-remotefx-and-remote-desktop-session-host-servers.aspx
Comment 5 Peter Åstrand cendio 2016-04-14 13:09:27 CEST
Note:

http://serverfault.com/questions/579544/opengl-4-will-not-work-on-remotefx-with-windows-server-2012-standard-host-and-w

Further research shows that OpenGL higher than 1.1/1.2 is not supported. Microsoft chose to support primarily DirectX. 

However, Citrix is somewhat better:

http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/xenapp-and-xendesktop/7-8/hdx/opengl-software-accelerator.html

"OpenGL Accelerator also supports applications using OpenGL versions up to 2.1. "
Comment 6 Karl Mikaelsson cendio 2016-04-14 13:49:23 CEST
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn765476.aspx
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rds/2014/11/05/remotefx-vgpu-updates-in-windows-server-next/

> 1. OpenGL 4.4 and OpenCL 1.1 API Support
>
> Prior to the Windows Server Technical Preview, running a virtual
> machine on Hyper-V limited you to OpenGL 1.1 with CPU
> acceleration and no support for OpenCL regardless of the presence
> of a capable GPU. This was a limiting factor for delivering a
> virtual desktop for users with applications such as Adobe
> Photoshop, Maya, Blender and Houdini which require these
> APIs. With a capable GPU on a Hyper-V host, RemoteFX vGPU now
> delivers support for OpenGL up to version 4.4 and OpenCL 1.1 in a
> Windows virtual machine.
Comment 7 Pierre Ossman cendio 2019-02-07 15:44:13 CET
rdesktop (and associated tools) is being removed from the ThinLinc product.

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