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You shall be prompted with Login to xrdp. Enter your Lubuntu username and password. On Lubuntu, this will not work. Have you already tried to use the xrdp to remotely connect from Windows to Lubuntu? Did you follow several guides but nothing worked? When trying to connect from Windows with username and password, you see some kind of blank screen and a cursor, but nothing happens after that?

You might have VNC server missing. We will have to install and configure a VNC server before we are able to view our Lubuntu desktop remotely.

A VNC server can be installed and configured through an SSH session in case you have no physical access to your server. Star 3. New issue. Jump to bottom. Linked pull requests. Cosmetic fixes for minor issues. Copy link. Hi eht16 It's a good question. Hi matt , I see that the messages are important for debugging. There are quite a few options in this area, some of which are more work than others. Thanks - that's useful.

Leave it with me and I'll see what I can do that makes sense for that use case. One last question - are you building from source or running a packaged XRDP? Cosmetic fixes for minor issues Thanks for the changes, they look good! Packaged version in Debian Testing at the time of writing 0. In your client software e. For this first change the server from 'zeta' to 'zeta. Then in the connection menu switch to the tab 'SSH Tunnel'.

Now, before connecting to xrdp, a ssh-tunnel is established where you need to enter your itp password. If you use ssh-keys to establish connection, you need to change the authentication method.

If you use a ssh-tunnel with Putty, then change in your client software e. On the left side extend at the bottom the menu 'SSH' and go to the submenu 'Tunnels'. Add '' as 'Source port' and 'localhost as 'Destination'. Then click on 'Add'. Go back back to the previous menu by clicking on 'Session' in the upper left corner. Under 'Saved Sessions' choose a session name of your liking and click on 'Save'. Later you can reload your settings by selecting the session name and clicking on 'Load'.

You should get a login screen for your ssh-tunnel where you log in with your itp account. If you close this window, the ssh-tunnel is terminated. Now start your client for the xrdp connection remember to change 'zeta' to 'localhost' in your client settings. All sessions have a Idle time out, which is 36 h for now. You need to connect to your sessions at least once per day.

Otherwise the sessions is killed. This is to prevent overloading of the server with stale remote sessions. From IT Service Wiki. Jump to: navigation , search. Navigation menu Personal tools Log in. Namespaces Page Discussion. Views Read View source View history.