I'm changing this to confirmed since no one else has. After research, I have determined that A) xrdp doesn't come with an X Server. You must install one.
>From developer site: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=479BE6B0.9030704%40gmail.com&forum_name=xrdp-devel >> Note that I've installed the vnc4server package, even though the current >> release of xrdp includes a lightweight vnc server. (I couldn't find >> anything in install.txt or readme.txt about how to install or start this >> included vnc server, though.) > xrdp does not include any vnc server. > it does have a module to connect to one though. B) xrdp is designed and tested to work with tightvncserver >> It appears that Version 3 is starting the fluxbox window manager >> successfully. I've done some research on fluxbox, however, and it >> appears that the implementation on Ubuntu differs from other versions. >> So far, I haven't been able to get it to produce anything other than the >> empty window (and I've lost that small menu bar too!) > >I've seen that you're using RealVNC, as a vnc server. >xrdp development is usually based on tightvnc so I suspect that's a problem >with RealVNC. >connecting to the Xvnc session with the vnc client works well? Apparently the server included with Ubuntu by default wont work. I'm not sure the ramifications of adding tightVNC as a dependency to xrdp. Hope this helps. ** Changed in: xrdp (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- xrdp package doesn't work out of box https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220005 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs