Take RDP of your ubuntu from windows machine – Ubuntu 14.04

To take the Remote desktop of your ubuntu machine from windows machine using ‘mstsc’, we have an option to do that by installing the xrdp remote desktop protocol.

With the release of Ubuntu 14.04, the xRDP functionality has been improved but some small issues are still showing up. In this post, we will show you how to

• Easily install xRDP
• Connect to your Ubuntu Unity Desktop Interface
• Set the keyboard layout to be used when using xRDP

Let’s go !

~]$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop



 install xrdp using below command

~$ sudo apt-get install xrdp

add the user to access the ubuntu using the same user account

~]$sudo adduser arkit

 

Note: adding the user will not have a administrator access, in order to provide administrator access to created user account provide sudo access

~]$sudo adduser arkit sudo

start the xrdp service

~]$sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp start

now try to access from your windows machine
Start >> Run >> mstsc


type the IP address and click on connect

provide the user name and password which you have created
Note: if your getting an below error

then do the below steps to resolve the issue

aravi@ankam-ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback

aravi@ankam-ubuntu:~$ echo "gnome-session --session=gnome-fallback" > ~/.xsession aravi@ankam-ubuntu:~$ cat .xsession gnome-session --session=gnome-fallback

restart the xrdp service

~]$sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp restart

Still no Luck..!!

then try below

~]$ps -ef |grep vnc

~]$kill -9 <PID>

Now try you will get it..