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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Ubuntu Server 12.04 xrdp failed to load session 'ubuntu'


This error is caused by xrdp trying to run the classic Ubuntu desktop when it is not installed. This can happen when you install Ubuntu server without graphical environment and then install gnome-classic desktop only.

There are 2 files you need to worry about:

/etc/xrdp/startwm.sh

which should have:
. /etc/X11/Xsession
at the end.
(there is a space between '.' and '/etc')

and ~/.xsession 
(Don't worry if there isn't – it just means you haven't created it yet)
This file should have:
gnome-session --session=gnome-classic

restart xrdp with:
/etc/init.d/xrdp restart


Connect with
"sesman-Xvnc"
settings.
Posted by Bartosz Kosarzycki at 3:59 PM

12 comments:

  1. AntaAugust 7, 2012 at 6:04 PM

    Thanks a lot!!!!

    I've been hours trying to solve it by myself.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 15, 2012 at 6:01 PM

    This is great info, saved me a bunch of time troubleshooting. Thanks!!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2012 at 2:08 PM

    Just the right info at the right time. Thumbs up!

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  4. AnonymousOctober 26, 2012 at 11:16 PM

    whats the name of the session when using xubuntu?

    gnome-session --session=???

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  5. AnonymousNovember 25, 2012 at 12:56 AM

    how would I do that for the other window managers?

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  6. AnonymousNovember 27, 2012 at 3:10 AM

    many thanks!

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  7. benhuanDecember 12, 2012 at 2:49 AM

    Thank you very much.

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  8. RyanJanuary 14, 2013 at 5:59 PM

    Thanks! After making these changes I can connect but I am disconnected about 90 seconds in.

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  9. AnonymousApril 25, 2013 at 1:07 AM

    xfce desktop.

    The script startwm.sh does little more than executes /etc/X11/Xsession. Executing that file directly yields in the same gnome session error. The fix is for example to replace this last line in startwm.sh with line:
    /usr/bin/xfce4-session

    My screept is:
    /etc/xrdp# cat startwm.sh
    #!/bin/sh

    if [ -r /etc/default/locale ]; then
    . /etc/default/locale
    export LANG LANGUAGE
    fi

    #. /etc/X11/Xsession - my comments
    /usr/bin/xfce4-session

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  10. Ethen ShawMay 25, 2013 at 12:56 AM

    I am running Linux Deepin and about to give up setting XRDP on it. You have solved a great problem. Thank you

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  11. AnonymousJuly 3, 2013 at 3:16 PM

    It resolved my problem ! Thanks a lot !

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  12. AnonymousJuly 27, 2013 at 9:34 AM

    doesn't work, I can login but no usable desktop

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