Blank desktop when logging in via xrdp
I am trying to access Ubuntu 11.10 using Remote Desktop from a Win 7 machine. I installed xrdp. I launch the Windows remote desktop client and login in. I then get prompted for the user name and password.
It then logs in, but all I see is the background, no menus, nothing. I have to kill remote desktop by closing it.
Even if I right click , nothing. Any ideas???
The only reason I even went down the RDP road was that VNC would not work either, even after I enabled desktop sharing. I am in a bind as I need to connect to Ubuntu via Windows. In version 8 Ubuntu this was not an issue and it just worked.
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You might still have another desktop manager in your .xsession config.
cd /home/youruser
echo "gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d" > .xsession
sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp restartI've had a similar issue and this solved it.
5For future readers of this post (I found this post top of my Google search when I had the same problem), xrdp no longer seems to work with Ubuntu-2d in Ubuntu 14.04. Instead you must install xfce
sudo apt-get install xfce4
Then add the line
xfce4-session
to your ~/.xsession file instead of the gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d line
5Try this. Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:
sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback
echo “gnome-session -–session=gnome-fallback” > ~/.xsession
sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp restartIf I understood you correctly, you have Win 7 machine (rdp client) and ubuntu 11.10 (rdp server).
If you have unity 3d enabled in ubuntu, that will cause problems. Use gnome session fallback:
sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback(you have to log out and select "gnome classic no effects")
..or xubuntu (xfce) :
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop..or lubuntu (lxde):
sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktopAlso, try using rdesktop from command line. Looks like xrdp and other rdp gui programs don't support rdesktop's full capabilities, so it's best to use the command line directly.
rdesktop -hAdd a backslash in front of your login, like: \yourlogin
This made it work for me. It removes the domain from your credential.
1A limitation of the xrdp is that you can only login to desktop:0
I was logged in on the target machine as well as trying to connect. Once I logged out of the server I was able to login.
I had to do the following before it worked:
Install
xfce4and configure.xsessionto "xfce4-session" as per Paul Rosenberg's reply above.Fix a permissions problem with
/etc/xrdp/that caused the following error in/var/log/xrdp.log:[ERROR] Cannot read private key file /etc/xrdp/key.pem: Permission deniedI added user
xrdptossl-certgroup, not sure if this is the best workaround though.
For 20.04 black screen issue is being fixed by adding gnome-session or xfce4-session to ~/.xsession file.
In my case I has been successfully logged in into gnome-session:
$ cat ~/.xsession
gnome-sessionThis is more of a workaround, but if you get a blank desktop, then there might be a question on the remote Ubuntu computer asking whether to refuse or allow. Just click the allow button from the alert.
Try a different desktop manager. While using lightdm I was getting a blank/black screen via XRDP. Once I switched to lxdm everything worked as expected.
I had the same "blank blue screen after login" problem using xrdp & xfce4 on Ubuntu 18.04.4 until I ended up here. "This issue is related to the xorgxrdp and certain changes implemented to Ubuntu 18.04 compared to the previous ones that have broken the xrdp capability"
In order to fix the issue, install xorgxrdp-hwe:
sudo apt-get install xorgxrdp-hwe-18.04Then restart the xrdp service (daemon):
sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp restartSee here, it's the best solution until now for Ubuntu 13.10. Scroll down see brian mullan's coments. I installed x2go and works like a charm on KDE Ubuntu 13.10 No more xrdp.
Have a nice day all ...
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