xrdp doesn't work when started as a service, but works when started manually
Until recently, I had a working xrdp on my CentOS 7.4 workstation. I was able to connect from a Windows machine without any glitches. Then something changed (after a "yum update", maybe?), and I'm now unable to connect (symptom: "vnc error 1 after security negotiation"). I browsed through the logs trying to understand what was happening without much success.
Then, I tried to start xrdp and xrdp-sesman manually (with the -n "no-daemon" flag) on my workstation to get some "live" logs.
Surprisingly (?), when both are started manually I can then reach my machine through xrdp again.
Any idea of the tracks I might explore to fix my problem? You can find zillions of post related to xrdp / vnc / CentOS on the web, most with outdated information, and none were very helpful.
I think that the fact it works when started manually should trigger some flags, for Linux aficionados.
centos vnc xrdp
asked Dec 11 '17 at 8:55
David BrabantDavid Brabant
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Until recently, I had a working xrdp on my CentOS 7.4 workstation. I was able to connect from a Windows machine without any glitches. Then something changed (after a "yum update", maybe?), and I'm now unable to connect (symptom: "vnc error 1 after security negotiation"). I browsed through the logs trying to understand what was happening without much success.
Then, I tried to start xrdp and xrdp-sesman manually (with the -n "no-daemon" flag) on my workstation to get some "live" logs.
Surprisingly (?), when both are started manually I can then reach my machine through xrdp again.
Any idea of the tracks I might explore to fix my problem? You can find zillions of post related to xrdp / vnc / CentOS on the web, most with outdated information, and none were very helpful.
I think that the fact it works when started manually should trigger some flags, for Linux aficionados.
centos vnc xrdp
asked Dec 11 '17 at 8:55
David BrabantDavid Brabant
1014
add a comment |
Until recently, I had a working xrdp on my CentOS 7.4 workstation. I was able to connect from a Windows machine without any glitches. Then something changed (after a "yum update", maybe?), and I'm now unable to connect (symptom: "vnc error 1 after security negotiation"). I browsed through the logs trying to understand what was happening without much success.
Then, I tried to start xrdp and xrdp-sesman manually (with the -n "no-daemon" flag) on my workstation to get some "live" logs.
Surprisingly (?), when both are started manually I can then reach my machine through xrdp again.
Any idea of the tracks I might explore to fix my problem? You can find zillions of post related to xrdp / vnc / CentOS on the web, most with outdated information, and none were very helpful.
I think that the fact it works when started manually should trigger some flags, for Linux aficionados.
centos vnc xrdp
asked Dec 11 '17 at 8:55
David BrabantDavid Brabant
1014
Until recently, I had a working xrdp on my CentOS 7.4 workstation. I was able to connect from a Windows machine without any glitches. Then something changed (after a "yum update", maybe?), and I'm now unable to connect (symptom: "vnc error 1 after security negotiation"). I browsed through the logs trying to understand what was happening without much success.
Then, I tried to start xrdp and xrdp-sesman manually (with the -n "no-daemon" flag) on my workstation to get some "live" logs.
Surprisingly (?), when both are started manually I can then reach my machine through xrdp again.
Any idea of the tracks I might explore to fix my problem? You can find zillions of post related to xrdp / vnc / CentOS on the web, most with outdated information, and none were very helpful.
I think that the fact it works when started manually should trigger some flags, for Linux aficionados.
centos vnc xrdp
centos vnc xrdp
asked Dec 11 '17 at 8:55
David BrabantDavid Brabant
1014
asked Dec 11 '17 at 8:55
David BrabantDavid Brabant
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asked Dec 11 '17 at 8:55
David BrabantDavid Brabant
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asked Dec 11 '17 at 8:55
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asked Dec 11 '17 at 8:55
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Had exactly the same problem in Debian 9, and found the solution here:
https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/847
See the comment just over 1/2 way down from imc0. Implementation for me required some modification. All my scripts (startwm.sh - not startwm-bash.sh - and the startwm-local.sh that I created) are in /etc/xrdp/, along with sesman.ini.
Edited in response to comments:
--> in /etc/xrdp create a file named startwm-local.sh
which contains:
#!/bin/sh
exec dbus-launch --exit-with-X11 /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh
--> run chmod ugo+x /etc/xrdp/startwm-local.sh
--> edit /etc/xrdp/sesman.ini, and change the lines that read:
UserWindowManager=startwm.sh
DefaultWindowManager=startwm.sh
to:
UserWindowManager=startwm-local.sh
DefaultWindowManager=startwm-local.sh
answered Jan 23 '18 at 18:32
gregmgregm
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Please provide at least the core of the explanation here as text, not just a remote link that can go stale.
– Patrick Mevzek
Jan 23 '18 at 19:52
Did not work for me under CentOS 7
– TSG
Oct 20 '18 at 12:32
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Had exactly the same problem in Debian 9, and found the solution here:
https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/847
See the comment just over 1/2 way down from imc0. Implementation for me required some modification. All my scripts (startwm.sh - not startwm-bash.sh - and the startwm-local.sh that I created) are in /etc/xrdp/, along with sesman.ini.
Edited in response to comments:
--> in /etc/xrdp create a file named startwm-local.sh
which contains:
#!/bin/sh
exec dbus-launch --exit-with-X11 /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh
--> run chmod ugo+x /etc/xrdp/startwm-local.sh
--> edit /etc/xrdp/sesman.ini, and change the lines that read:
UserWindowManager=startwm.sh
DefaultWindowManager=startwm.sh
to:
UserWindowManager=startwm-local.sh
DefaultWindowManager=startwm-local.sh
answered Jan 23 '18 at 18:32
gregmgregm
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Please provide at least the core of the explanation here as text, not just a remote link that can go stale.
– Patrick Mevzek
Jan 23 '18 at 19:52
Did not work for me under CentOS 7
– TSG
Oct 20 '18 at 12:32
add a comment |
Had exactly the same problem in Debian 9, and found the solution here:
https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/847
See the comment just over 1/2 way down from imc0. Implementation for me required some modification. All my scripts (startwm.sh - not startwm-bash.sh - and the startwm-local.sh that I created) are in /etc/xrdp/, along with sesman.ini.
Edited in response to comments:
--> in /etc/xrdp create a file named startwm-local.sh
which contains:
#!/bin/sh
exec dbus-launch --exit-with-X11 /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh
--> run chmod ugo+x /etc/xrdp/startwm-local.sh
--> edit /etc/xrdp/sesman.ini, and change the lines that read:
UserWindowManager=startwm.sh
DefaultWindowManager=startwm.sh
to:
UserWindowManager=startwm-local.sh
DefaultWindowManager=startwm-local.sh
answered Jan 23 '18 at 18:32
gregmgregm
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Please provide at least the core of the explanation here as text, not just a remote link that can go stale.
– Patrick Mevzek
Jan 23 '18 at 19:52
Did not work for me under CentOS 7
– TSG
Oct 20 '18 at 12:32
add a comment |
Had exactly the same problem in Debian 9, and found the solution here:
https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/847
See the comment just over 1/2 way down from imc0. Implementation for me required some modification. All my scripts (startwm.sh - not startwm-bash.sh - and the startwm-local.sh that I created) are in /etc/xrdp/, along with sesman.ini.
Edited in response to comments:
--> in /etc/xrdp create a file named startwm-local.sh
which contains:
#!/bin/sh
exec dbus-launch --exit-with-X11 /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh
--> run chmod ugo+x /etc/xrdp/startwm-local.sh
--> edit /etc/xrdp/sesman.ini, and change the lines that read:
UserWindowManager=startwm.sh
DefaultWindowManager=startwm.sh
to:
UserWindowManager=startwm-local.sh
DefaultWindowManager=startwm-local.sh
answered Jan 23 '18 at 18:32
gregmgregm
11
Had exactly the same problem in Debian 9, and found the solution here:
https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/847
See the comment just over 1/2 way down from imc0. Implementation for me required some modification. All my scripts (startwm.sh - not startwm-bash.sh - and the startwm-local.sh that I created) are in /etc/xrdp/, along with sesman.ini.
Edited in response to comments:
--> in /etc/xrdp create a file named startwm-local.sh
which contains:
#!/bin/sh
exec dbus-launch --exit-with-X11 /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh
--> run chmod ugo+x /etc/xrdp/startwm-local.sh
--> edit /etc/xrdp/sesman.ini, and change the lines that read:
UserWindowManager=startwm.sh
DefaultWindowManager=startwm.sh
to:
UserWindowManager=startwm-local.sh
DefaultWindowManager=startwm-local.sh
answered Jan 23 '18 at 18:32
gregmgregm
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answered Jan 23 '18 at 18:32
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answered Jan 23 '18 at 18:32
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answered Jan 23 '18 at 18:32
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Please provide at least the core of the explanation here as text, not just a remote link that can go stale.
– Patrick Mevzek
Jan 23 '18 at 19:52
Did not work for me under CentOS 7
– TSG
Oct 20 '18 at 12:32
add a comment |
4
Please provide at least the core of the explanation here as text, not just a remote link that can go stale.
– Patrick Mevzek
Jan 23 '18 at 19:52
Did not work for me under CentOS 7
– TSG
Oct 20 '18 at 12:32
4
4
Please provide at least the core of the explanation here as text, not just a remote link that can go stale.
– Patrick Mevzek
Jan 23 '18 at 19:52
Please provide at least the core of the explanation here as text, not just a remote link that can go stale.
– Patrick Mevzek
Jan 23 '18 at 19:52
Did not work for me under CentOS 7
– TSG
Oct 20 '18 at 12:32
Did not work for me under CentOS 7
– TSG
Oct 20 '18 at 12:32
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