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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 there any way to just use the same desktop…
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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 what I want. I would like for the ubuntu desktop to…
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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 more or less followed this Tutorial just got the…
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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 on a port. I followed the guide at…
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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 with lot of options (vnc, xrdp, opennx). I used xrdp…
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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 then immediately disconnect. i made sure i did not…
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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 box just fine, but I get a gray/black pixel screen…
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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 went through the following instructions that claimed…
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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 Unity and would like to avoid installing another…
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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 for username and password. I enter them but the…
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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…
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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 connection just dies and the connection windows…
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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 to use xrdp to connect to an existing locally…
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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 install an alternate desktop? This is broken since…
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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 contains mate-session. xrdp.log contains stuff…
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