Enable XRDP on Lubuntu 16.04

xrdp-on-lubuntu-1604.txt

First open a terminal and enter sudo apt-get install xrdp. When that is installed enter sudo nano /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh in the terminal. Make sure the last line looks like this:

. /etc/X11/Xsession

Then go to your home folder, rightclick and select Show hidden. If there is no file named .xsession, create it. If there is a filed named like that, open it and make sure that it looks like this when your done: lxsession -e LXDE -s Lubuntu

Now type sudo service xrdp restart in the terminal to restart xrdp. Now it should work :)

answered Feb 1 '15 at 9:52

WeeRox

http://askubuntu.com/questions/580415/how-to-remote-desktop-from-windows-to-lubuntu

xrdp uses vnc for connectivity. In some distributions, xrdp over vnc4server didn't work so xrdp was used over tightvncserver instead.

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About VNC, the window manager launched for the user is defined in ~/.vnc/xstartup . To figure out how to start another window manager, look up the .desktop files in /usr/share/xsessions for the Exec parameter - include this in the xstartup file instead of x-terminal-emulator, x-window-manager, and Xsession .

The window manager started by xrdp through vnc is configured at /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh

Thanks for this, Worked nicely, saved me a ton of hassle. Never had to do this with lubuntu 14.04