XRDP & VNC not working properly in Xubuntu after 18.04 upgrade...

lordrakim · 09-27-2018, 11:01 AM

So i did the system upgrade to 18.04 and I recall allowing the update to keep my edited files for use during said update. Now xrdp doesn't seem to connect anymore and vncserver only shows a grey screen with no desktop.

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Now the way I had it setup, XRDP launched an entirely new desktop session apart from the default one and that was OK then but now I want the XRDP session to mirror the regular desktop one.

How do I accomplish these tasks? I'm not quite a ubuntu newbie since I've been using it since the 2007 but I am new to using the vnc-rdp thing which I tried a few years back since I was told it was less laggy than just using VNC to connect from a Windows PC

Thanks in advance...

lordrakim · 09-30-2018, 01:37 PM

ok I ended up just purging xrdp and reinstalling it so I at least got that back working..

Code:

sudo apt-get purge --autoremove xrdp

but I'm still stuck with the grey screen from vnc... and opening in a new session

lordrakim · 10-01-2018, 10:31 AM

OK so I got it vnc back to launching a session (not the default one like i want)

here's my .xstartup file

Code:

#!/bin/sh

#def
#export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1
unset SESSION_MANAGER
unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS

[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
#vncconfig -iconic &
#xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
#x-window-manager &
xfce4-session &

I'm sure I have unnecessary things in there but it does work.... so now I'll play the comment game and see which lines "break" it lol

Hope this helps someone else a lil bit...

lordrakim · 03-24-2019, 08:01 AM

damnit.... another update breaks rdp-vnc lol

so now when i run vnc, it says it's running BUT when i check ports, there is no 5900 or 5901 ports listening..... so rdp never connects...

le sigh...

lordrakim · 03-24-2019, 08:07 AM

this is my vnc log... if that helps anyone figure out my issue

Quote:

Xvnc Free Edition 4.1.1 - built Feb 25 2015 22:56:43
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
Underlying X server release 40300000, The XFree86 Project, Inc

Sun Mar 24 08:04:55 2019
vncext: VNC extension running!
vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5901
vncext: created VNC server for screen 0
error opening security policy file /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/, removing from list!
Unable to create /home/rakim/.dbus/session-bus
gpg-agent[28807]: WARNING: "--write-env-file" is an obsolete option - it has no effect
gpg-agent: a gpg-agent is already running - not starting a new one

(xfce4-session:28788): xfce4-session-WARNING **: 08:05:02.217: gpg-agent returned no PID in the variables

(xfwm4:28810): xfwm4-WARNING **: 08:05:02.668: The display does not support the XRender extension.

(xfwm4:28810): xfwm4-WARNING **: 08:05:02.668: The display does not support the XComposite extension.

Quote:

tcp 0 0 192.168.1.244:8118 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 11031/privoxy
tcp6 0 0 ::1:3350 :::* LISTEN 1094/xrdp-sesman
tcp6 0 0 :::3389 :::* LISTEN 1119/xrdp

lordrakim · 03-30-2019, 07:13 AM

ok to add even more so to the weirdness... I can run vncserver on 5902, 5903, etc.... and connect directly using TightVNC...

Quote:

tcp 0 0 192.168.1.244:8118 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 11031/privoxy
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6002 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 8552/Xvnc4
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6003 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 8588/Xvnc4
tcp6 0 0 ::1:3350 :::* LISTEN 1094/xrdp-sesman
tcp6 0 0 :::3389 :::* LISTEN 1119/xrdp
tcp6 0 0 :::5902 :::* LISTEN 8552/Xvnc4
tcp6 0 0 :::5903 :::* LISTEN 8588/Xvnc4

so then I killed 2 & 3 and restarted 1... then tried to connect directly to 1 using TightVNC and it seemed to connect and show XFCE start screen then it killed the connection and won't allow a reconnect....

I guess I'll just try to connect xrdp to 5902 instead of 5901 for the time being but I'd like to know why all of sudden this is happening....