Thursday, September 4, 2014

RDP broken on Linux Mint (possibly after upgrading)

Background:
I am a fan of SSH of course, but RDP is pretty rock solid and easy to set up for remote desktop sessions and has given me a lot less trouble than nomachine setup that I used to use.

Problem
You used to have nice RDP sessions to your Linux server with xrdp. However, suddenly you get to a grey or checkerboard screen with an X for your cursor that never goes away after entering your login credentials. I encountered this after I took my main home server virtual machine from Mint 14 to Mint 17 in a single step.

Solution:
Specify the use of a mate session (if using mate) rather than an X11 session as described in this forum post.

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