Questions tagged [xrdp]
A Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server that presents a graphical login to a remote client.
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Use xrdp to connect to desktop session
I use Ubuntu on my desktop. When I am away from my desktop, I would like to access the session using my Windows 7 laptop. Currently, I am using xrdp to connect, but it starts up a remote session. Is ...
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ubuntu 14.04 xrdp grey
I installed the latest ubuntu desktop and when I install xrdp I get a grey screen when I connect from windows rdc. this works fine in ubuntu 12.04.
I found several solutions but they are not really ...
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Ubuntu 14 Android Studio 3 xrdp /dev/kvm permission denied
I'm running an Ubuntu Server VPS with 4 dedicated cores and 4GB or ram
lsb_release -a
says I'm running
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Codename: trusty
I've installed Android Studio 3.0.1
I ...
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Unable to do remote desktop using xrdp
I have an Ubuntu virtual machine to which I need to do remote desktop. I do not have physical access to that machine and I can do only ssh to the machine. I wanted to do remote desktop and came up ...
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Xrdp on Ubuntu 20.04
I installed Ubuntu 20.04 and then installed xrdp. Whenever i tried to connect, either from another Ubuntu 20.04 box using either xfreerdp or krdc, or from a Mac, a black screen would show up, and ...
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Error/problem connecting (Windows 10 RDP into XRDP)
I am running into another issue where the XRDP is not working. I have been at it for quite some time now and I think that I need help. I believe that it is an issue of the Ubuntu machine not listening ...
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Remote Desktop from Windows onto Ubuntu 22.04 takes me to a XRDP login then a blank screen
I'm trying to get the Remote Desktop feature working on Ubuntu (Desktop) 22.04, but I can't seem to connect to my Ubuntu desktop from a Windows (10) PC. I'm using these instructions:
https://help....
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XRDP disconnects immediately after correct credentials
I am facing an issue with XRDP where in the session immediately terminates after entering the correct username password. I have seen so many occurences of the issue on the forum but none of the ...
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(xRDP) Desktop looks different when connecting remotely
I've looked around online about this issue and haven't really found anything that helps me. I'm relatively new to Ubuntu and recently set up a tower so that I could connect to it over the internet via ...
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XRDP Gray Screen, Tried Everything
After a couple days of searching for solutions, I still cannot get a proper RDP connection fron Windows 7 to Ubuntu Desktop 13.10 (or 14.04). When I use RDP in Windows, it will connect to my Ubuntu ...
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I get "Failed to load session "ubuntu-2d" when using XRDP
Initially, when I try to log in to my ubuntu machine (version 12.10) using RDP, I would get an ubuntu desktop background, with no text, menu bars, or anything to indicate it loaded the desktop.
I ...
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Remote Desktop -- blue screen after login
I've installed mate and xrdp on Ubuntu 18.04. Now I try to connect to this PC from another Ubuntu with Remmina:
I press OK, login window disappears background is same,nothing happens. My ~/.xsession ...
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xrdp is quite slow
using xrdp with the Xorg window system to connect from win10 to ubuntu 20.04 in my local network. The connection is terrible slow. Compare to that a standard rdp connection (win10 to win10) via vpn ...
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How to use xrdp with Unity on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?
I'd like to remotely connect to an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS system over xrdp using the Unity desktop environment.
I have a 14.04 LTS system that I configured to use Xfce for xrdp connections, but I prefer ...
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How to Remote Desktop from Windows to Lubuntu
I have tried to use the xrdp to remotely connect from Windows to Lubuntu. I have tried several ways and have followed several guides but nothing worked.
When trying to connect from Windows I am asked ...
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XRDP on Ubuntu 18.04LTS
I installed a clean Ubuntu18.04 with minimal installation and installed the xrdp package.
After the XRDP user/password there is a password prompt in ubuntu for my user popping up. When I enter it the ...
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how to remote into 16.04 via rdp
All available information is for ancient versions, so here specifically for 16.04:
Is it possible to remote in via a MSWindows PC with mstsc.exe to a Ubuntu 16.04 PC running xrdp without the need to ...
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Xrdp - How do I connect remotely to an existing local session?
My OS is Ubuntu 16.04 (Unity), but I am using the Xfce4 (apt get xfce4) interface. I want to connect from a Windows 7 PC (using the standard remote controll) and from a Linux OS via rdesktop.
I want ...
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xrdp - how to change keyboard layout
When I open an xrdp session from a Windows 7 machine to my Ubuntu machine, US keyboard layout is utilized. However, my default keyboard layout is different on Ubuntu machine and I want to use it ...
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Run RDP server on Ubuntu 12.10
What's the best way to run a RDP Server on Ubuntu 12.10?
I'd like to run an RDP server on my Desktop running Ubuntu 12.10 and be able to login from another 12.10 machine using the remote login ...
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How to setup xRDP for Ubuntu 20.04 in Windows Hyper-V?
I want to know how to setup xRDP for Ubuntu 20.04 in Windows Hyper-V? Tutorials for Ubuntu 18.04 doesn't seem to work. I am using the ISO that I downloaded.
These are the tutorials I used. They all ...
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Remote Desktop - RDP blank screen and aborts after disconnect
Attention: I scrolled through a lot of questions and didn't find an answer, please don't mark this as duplicate! A similar question is already here, but sadly it didn't receive any answers.
I'm ...
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Ubuntu 14 Server and Xrdp
I am trying to get XRDP working with the latest Ubuntu 14 server. However, after my rdp client logs in all I get is a grey screen with an X in the middle. This is the error from my .xsession-errors ...
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How can I give permission to a user be able to UNLOCK Users GUI to Create New Users when connected thru xRDP Sessions?
I've really dug into Google and AskUbuntu this week, but I wasn't able to find a satisfactory answer to this issue I'm facing...
I've created a user with ADMIN permissions on my Ubuntu 18.04 using ...
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18.04.3 LTS XRDP "login failed for display: 0"
I'm trying to connect to my Ubuntu machine from a Windows 10 machine. I'm new to Linux, but have been working at this for a few weeks now.
I have no idea what I need to get this to work. I have ...
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20.04 XRDP KDE Plasma connect issue
I am very new to Ubuntu and I just installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS today and trying to setup XRDP so that I can remote -in into my Ubuntu machine from Windows
I executed the following steps:
sudo apt ...
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13.10 XRDP problem with gnome-fallback [closed]
I have an issue with xrdp being unable to display gnome fallback session in 13.10 - connection works fine but everything I get is Xserver grey screen and X cursor.
My hardware config is ATI HDMI with ...
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Polkit pkla rule is not working on 18.04
I have troubles with infamous colord policy prompts on Gnome 3.28.1. With XFCE desktop on the same system I have no such problem.
I work via xrdp and always get this prompt and I cannot disable it.
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How to install a desktop GUI on WSL2?
A newbie here. I spent a couple weeks trying to use a desktop GUI on WSL using xfce4 and xrdp. I already tried a couple ways, following some tutorials to make it work, had no success though. So I don'...
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How to paste a password in Remmina when connecting to a remote xrdp server
I'm stuck when it comes to paste my password when connecting to a remote machine with RDP (xrdp server) using Remmina:
I'm not able to paste my password in the field.
What I've tried (none of these ...
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Remmina Copy-Paste issue
I utilize the Remmina software in order to connect through the XRDP service in a remote Ubuntu server. However, I cannot use the copy-paste functions to copy information from the remote machine to my ...
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xRDP - how to view all running sessions
I am new to xRDP..and to Linux from the admin point of view..
I have installed xRDP and xfce4 desktop and I am able to connect with Microsoft RDP
To my Ubuntu 14.04 x 64 bit desktop / server.
My ...
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How to kill a specific x11rdp session
I am using x11rdp with xrdp v0.6.0 in ubuntu 12.04
The problem that when I connect remotely from home to office my session is stuck!
When I get back to work I can't open applications that are ...
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gnome.Shell.desktop: ERROR:ssl_client_socket_impl.cc handshake failed
I am using Xrdp to remote control my Ubuntu-18.04 desktop, but often disconnected because of reasons I can't understand. At first I thought the machine is dead, but when I went to check out Ubuntu-18....
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Local ubuntu desktop cannot login after logging in remotely via Xrdp session
I login remotely to my PC (Ubuntu 18.04, XRDP 0.9.5) from my laptop (Windows 10) using windows remote desktop. Once I have logged in remotely to Ubuntu, I cannot login locally to it (for times when I ...
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What is X11rdp?
I have been using xrdp for sometime now (along with vnc4server) and I think I understand high-level overview of its working as described here. xrdp allows to communicate with RDP protocol and uses ...
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XRDP status: Can't open PID file
I have a fresh install of XRDP on a virtual Ubuntu 18.04 machine, and I cannot connect to it via a Windows 10 laptop (the only piece of test equipment I have at the moment.)
The error message from ...
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How to use enhanced session of Hyper-V on Ubuntu 22.04 desktop?
I use a enchanced session of Hyper-V(RDP over VSock) by xrdp on Ubuntu 22.04.1 Desktop.
But Some desktop components are not working on enhanced session. I guess the compoentns require wayland not X11.
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what is the difference between freerdp and xrdp?
i am new to ubuntu and rdp.
i need to install rdp on ubuntu. what is the difference between freerdp and xrdp? are these two the same or equivalent? does installing xrdp also install freerdp? I have ...
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mouse and keyboard not working on Ubuntu 20.04 remote desktop after login
I was trying to control Ubuntu 20.04 remotely via windows 10.
I installed xrdp with the scripts from https://c-nergy.be/.
After logging in on windows, the screen was refreshing but the mouse and ...
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The screen is grey blank when connecting ubuntu through Windows's remote desktop
I installed the xrdp on the ubuntu 14.04 desktop and I followed instructions in Blank desktop when logging in via xrdp, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1899111&page=2 and https://bugs....
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XRDP screen size is tiny
I am using Windows7 remote desktop connection. The 'Display' settings for RDC are set to [1920x1080]. When remote desktoping into my Ubuntu Server 12.04, I get a 1920x1080 window. However, the actual ...
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Failed to start xrdp daemon, possibly address already in use
Need help to resolve this issue.
OS : Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Error : Failed to start xrdp daemon, possibly address already in use.
journelctl -xe
-- A start job for unit xrdp.service has begun execution....
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Multiple user login via xrdp with separate session: How to do that?
I have been trying to set up a RDP connection using xrdp and have been having significant trouble getting a working configuration.
When a user logs on, I need it to connect with a new session.
So ...
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XRDP access to ubuntu instance produces "Oh no! Something went wrong" for some users
I am creating an EC2 AMI on AWS running Ubuntu 20.04 for a training workshop.
The initialization of this instance includes the following:
apt -y install ubuntu-desktop
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=...
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xrdp tab does not work [duplicate]
I installed xrdp on my Ubuntu 14.04 and am connected using Remote Desktop Connection.
Everything works fine except "Tab" button has no effect.
Any advice on how to fix it?
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Can't connect to Hyper-V Ubuntu 20.04 VM after system program problem detected
I'm only a casual Ubuntu user and I'm new to managing my own virtual machine, so I'm hoping I'm missing something obvious. I use Hyper-V on Windows 10 to run an Ubuntu 20.04 VM, which I only need in ...
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Is it possible for 2 users to work at the same time, one is connected remotely? And how to set it up?
I am running Xubuntu on my main PC at home.
Is it possible for 2 users to work simultaneously on one computer,
while one is physically in front of the computer, and another one is connected remotely ...
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Cannot connect to Xfce with remote desktop
I installed xrdp and xfce on Ubuntu 20.04:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install xfce4 xrdp -y
sudo adduser xrdp ssl-cert
sudo systemctl restart xrdp
sudo ufw allow 3389
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18.04 - XRDP Black/Green Screen
I've been trying to get xrdp working on 18.04 for 2 days, and am about to throw in the towel. No matter what I do all I get is a green screen after trying to log into X11. If I wait long enough (10+ ...
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