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A Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server that presents a graphical login to a remote client.

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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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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 installed xrdp and gnome, and am able to remote…
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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 installed xrdp but now want freerdp, how to get…
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Why does max_bpp=128 increase performance for xrdp?

While searching for ways to increase responsiveness of xrdp, I noticed a lot of recommendations for setting max_bpp=128 in xrdp.ini. Why would setting the max bits per pixel to 128 make a difference? Does it make memory reads and writes noticeably…
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xrdp started but not listening

I'm trying to get xrdp working on 18.04 and it appears to be running but is not listening. :~$ sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp restart [ ok ] Restarting xrdp (via systemctl): xrdp.service. :~$ tail /var/log/xrdp.log [20190208-23:15:07] [DEBUG] Closed socket…
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For xrdp, how t copy & paste back to windows host?

I had xrdp installed my Ubuntu instance. It works great. Question are: how do I copy & paste things back and forth between it and windows workstation just like a normal remote desktop between two windows computers ? In /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini , set…
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14.04.3 xrdp "gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d" not Work

I installed ubuntu 14.04.3 I installed xwindows sudo apt-get install --install-recommends ubuntu-desktop sudo reboot sudo apt-get install xrdp sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback and .xsession setting.. echo "gnome-session…
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Remote Desktop connection IPv6

I am working at Ubuntu 12.04 64bit. I have installed gnome-desktop and xrdp. Everything seems to be right but when Im trying to connect by Remote Desktop Connection in Windows 7 I can see this error picture: I dont know why. I am connecting by IPv6…
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Reconnecting to an existing xrdp session but after a restart and port change

I'd like to know if it's possible to reconnect to an xrdp session after xrdp has been restarted and the default port has been changed. Programs launched from xrdp are still alive after restarting, but not visible to the new xrdp session.
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xrdp without xorgxrdp

In my role as a tutor I often have to set up test Ubuntu installations to help students that use Ubuntu - I myself use Windows (sorry!). For convenience I always install xrdp, and I found out by Googling and lots of experiment that I need to also…
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Control groups applied during remote desktop access?

I set up remote desktop connection to my XUbuntu machine 16.04 using xrdp. When I connect remotely and start Android studio, I get an error during one of the operations: "/dev/kvm device: Permission denied". Running "ll /dev/kvm" tells me that owner…
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XRDP shows "black" mouse cursor

I've currently installed xrdp 0.61 on my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS system. I can remotely login using the sessman-XVNC config and get my xfce4 desktop, but the mouse cursor is not drawn correctly. It has the correct shape but is drawn completely black. Can…
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How to enable/disable IPv6 on xrdp?

Linux rudy 5.8.0-59-generic #66~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 17 11:14:10 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux as far as I know: lsb_release -a LSB Version: …
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XRDP bind only to eth0 adapter?

The port configuration for xrdp specifies how to only bind to a port on a specific ip. e.g. port=tcp://192.168.1.1:3389 But I plan on changing the physical adapters and IPs when I migrate the vm. Is there a convenient way to have it only bind to…
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XRDP on upgraded Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Been struggling all day to get xrdp working. The machine was running Ubuntu 16.04 which I upgraded to 18.04. I have tried to set up XRDP using lots of approaches but all I get is the green xrdp screen when running RDP. Not sure where to start ?…
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