Got it working... Running Ubuntu 8.10 I initially had similar problems to others. I run a fairly standard install but it is not fresh - it's been updated since the 7.04 days and has all updates. I had previously configured VNC but it is the default vino, not tightvnc as some have suggested is required.
The first issue was that nothing was listening on the RDP port (3389). Running xrdp as root fixed that (sudo xrdp). One problem I had was that mstsc would not provide the xrdp menu; it would just try the default (first) option and give an X session but without a display manager. While trying some modifications to /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini I caused an connection error that then had the session selection menu display... perhaps the 'default' session needs to throw an error so you at least get the menu ;) Anyway, selecting 'vnc-any' got it working. As the only difference between this session and the default was the port (-1 by default, 5900 for vnc-any) I just changed the default to use port 5900 and it works. The first (default) entry in /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini is now: [xrdp1] name=my.default lib=libvnc.so username=ask password=ask ip=127.0.0.1 port=5900 It appears you need to restart sesman (the xrdp session manager) for any changes to take effect. Summary: - install xrdp sudo apt-get install xrdp - mod /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini as above - change port=-1 to port=5900 - restart sesman sudo sesman --kill && sudo sesman - run xrdp as root (if not already running) sudo xrdp That's it - connection works from MS Remote Desktop client. Refresh rates are much better than VNC alone. Desktop effects (compiz) is even usable and VirtualBox is working fine for me. The only problem I've noticed so far is that some key combinations are not working: Ctrl-Alt- arrows to switch desktops (but Ctrl-Alt-left mouse button works with the cube!) and anything with the meta/super/win key. Note to maintainers: The best fix would be to keep port=-1 but ensure that it connects to an existing session rather than creating a new session (which will not have a display manager by default). Otherwise, default to port=5900 and it should work with a default install of VNC. -- xrdp package doesn't work out of box https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220005 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
