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Winboat cannot run freerdp on nixos [Bug] #626

@Nimrodium

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@Nimrodium

What version of WinBoat are you running?

0.9

Your Environment

Distro: NixOS 25.11 stable
DE: KDE

Winboat: 0.9 (nixpkgs-unstable, as it fails to build in 25.11)
FreeRDP: 3.20 (also unstable, but im not even sure if i have to manually add this to my nix conf)
container: podman
i recently switched my main desktop to nixos and installed winboat on it as was my previous installation, but it doesnt seem to be able to open any apps except for the novnc browser display, which leads me to believe this is a freerdp error

(the only possible weird thing i did was i did select the same install location with its files from my old arch install still there)

Steps to Reproduce / Context

install winboat on nixos using nixpkgs-unstable (else it fails to build)
use podman?
try to open windows desktop through the gui
nothing happens

Logs

winboat.log
migrations.log
install.log
container.log

Expected Behavior

the freerdp window should open

Current Behavior

nothing happens, if i run the xfreerdp command in winboat.log though it DOES launch fine.

Possible Solution

perhaps the nix flake / winboat's environment is wrong because i can run the command fine but winboat cannot.

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  • I have checked the issue tracker and verified that this bug is a unique case.

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