39 thoughts on “xRDP – Easy install xRDP on Ubuntu 18.04,20.04,22.04 (Script Version 1.4.3)”

1. As a tip for those with an Intel or Nvidia GPU in their systems;
   if you change the script, and add –glamour to the compile options you get hardware accelerated rendering! this has a huge impact on bandwith used (it goes up) but also massively reduces cpu usage and provides a smoother experience. Things like tux-racer over Rdp work fine now.

   It might be nice to offer this as an option when installing with the script, be aware the results differ per system but in my case (integrated GMA630 in an 10th gen corei7) combined with Ubuntu 22 is works like a charm.

   if any info or questions about how to set it up let me know.

2. @Gijs,

   Thank you for visiting our blog and providing feedback. Thank you for sharing your findings… we are aware of the –glamour option but we never had time to look into this…
   At a later stage; we will have a look and we will probably contact you to share your findings if ok with you… Since we are working on an heavy project, not much will happen in the coming weeks but we will definitely look into this 🙂

   Till next time
   See ya

3. Possible to add support to cutefis os?

4. @MingQiang,

   Thank you for visiting our blog and providing feedback… We will see if we can add cutefish os as additional best effort option but will not done immediately. in the mean time, if we have time, we could give it a try and provide some guidance 🙂

   till next time
   See ya

5. Hi everyone,

   Did someone manage to compile pulseaudio on Linux Mint 21?
   I get a strange error, that no deb-src is added, although in software sources I have source code repositories checked.

6. @Alexkara,

   Thank you for visiting the blog and providing feedback.. We have not yet fully tested the script against Linux Mint. We would need to check this one but it will take some time to us ( 3 to 4 weeks)… If someone else got some time or an idea of what could be the issue : )

   Thank you for feedback
   Till next time
   See ya

7. Hello,

   I encountered two issues. One is on Linux MINT, the other is on Debian.

   – on Linux MINT
   Sound compilation fails.
   Linux MINT’s version of apt-add-repository does not support -s option.
   Therefore, source code repository is not added and download of pulseaudio source code fails.
   I enabled source code repository using synaptic->Settings->Repositories dialogue.
   After that, download source code and compilation succeeded and sound works well.

   – on Debian.
   I get following error during compile/install xrdp.
   /usr/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/local/share/man’: No such file or directory
   /usr/local/share/man directory does not exist, at least just after Debian is installed.
   It is necessary to add “sudo mkdir /usr/local/share/man” for Debian.

   Hiero

8. @Hiero,

   Thank you for the feedback…. The script has been updated to tackle the Debian issue… for Linux Mint, I have no solution at the moment…we will need to look into this. since Linux Mint is one of the latest addition and still marked as experimental, we will tackle this issue in the next release (if doable)

   Till next time
   See ya

9. Hello @Griffon,
   Just for info, i’m on Kali on latest version and all updated on VM in Proxmox.
   My OS from i run RDP is Windows 11 Insider 25179
   I need to redirect sound from Kali and redirect mic from Windows to Kali VM

   I try you script on 1.4.3 but Kali is not in your script, also i remove all part of “Function 0 – check for supported OS version”
   And i need to send you manys big thanks to you!!! You is my Hero!!
   All work so nice… it’s so fun because i have search from many weeks how i can make redirect work on RDP!

   Thank you so much!

   P.S.: I see you blog is on .be, i’m french if you want to speak with me on mail 😉

10. Question: does this installer automatically install the absolute latest version of xrdp from it’s repo? (https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/releases)

11. Scratch my previous question; I took a gander through the script and see that it does.

    Any chance on getting it to run with Raspbian as well? Running it now, I obviously get:

    Your system is not running a supported version !
    The script has been tested only on the following versions
    Ubuntu 18.04.x/20.04.x/22.04/21.10/Debian 10/11
    The script is exiting…

    My (latest version is based on Debian 11, so it *seems* like it should work):

    Distributor ID: Raspbian
    Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
    Release: 11
    Codename: bullseye

12. @Doud,
    Thank you for visiting our blog and providing good feedback. En effet, Kali n’est pas encore supporté par le script 🙂
    We had not time to test yet against kali and we might be able to add this OS as supported Os in the future…
    Thank you for letting us know that the script could work against Kali 🙂

    Till next time
    See ya

13. @J Scott Elblein,

    Thank you for visiting our blog and providing good feedback. The script has not been tested against Raspbian OS. The script is checking the Description field and if it finds something like Debian, it would execute. You could try (at your own risk !!) to either modify the function check_os() within the script and replace the *debian* with *Raspbian* value or simply command the call to the check_os() function and see if the script would run against your system

    Maybe in the future, we might want to add Raspbian in the list of possible OS candidates that the script can run against

    Till next time
    See ya

14. Works fine with sound after running as root.

    Debian 11 user. No need to restart after doing

    “`./install.sh -c -s“`

    I tested on latest unstable Debian 11 build. Does not work out of box – you need to comment out lines that check for sudo.

15. Hello,

    I used the script to configure remote desktop on a ubuntu 20.04 (from a windows machine). As soon as i enter my credentials, the windows rdp client crash. Any idea ?

16. @Jean-Pierre

    Sorry for the late answer (but we are really busy at work at the moment)
    So, the script ran fine, right ? How did you perform the installation standard mode or custom mode ? Which version of xrdp are you running (xrdp -v on a command line)
    Can you reboot the machine to be sure that all services are running (or you can check them by issuing systemctl status xrdp )
    Can you ensure that the xorgxrdp package has been installed correctly (easiest would be to reinstall the package if you have used a the standard installation) or check that package is installed dpkg -l | query xorgxrdp
    Can you check that the ~/.xsessionrc is created and populated accordingly ?
    Finally, can you check the logs to see if there is any hints that can try to fix the issue (in ~/.xsession-errors.log and in /var/logs/xrdp.log and /var/logs/xrdp-sesman.log)

    Waiting for your feedback
    Till next time
    See ya

17. @Jean-Pierre

    make sure you arn’t logged into ubuntu outside of xrdp

18. Thanks for providing this script. I ran it on Pop!_OS 22.04, and a side effect is that in remote desktop sessions the Dock no longer works in accordance with the Settings.

    For example, I specify in Settings that the Dock should always be shown and that it should be on the right. It is not shown at all except when I hit the Super key or select Activities, in which case the Dock appears at the bottom, with a search bar and workspace switcher at the top, and a scaled-down desktop in the middle.

    Do you have any idea how I can make the system once again respect the Dock parameters specified in Settings?

19. @Mark,

    Sorry for the delay in answering your message.. we have been busy at work…

    The desktop interface should replicate what you have on your local session. This should be controlled by a file ~/.xsessionrc… The content of this file is trying to import session and settings from your current desktop
    This file is generated each time you login into your remote session. The file that trigger this action is /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh (comment code below the #Improved Look n Feel Method line)

    Check the content of the ~/.xsessionrc file and see if you have some contents and should look like this

    #Improved Look n Feel Method
export GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE=pop
export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=pop:GNOME
export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/usr/share/pop:/usr/share/gnome:/\${PWD}/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share"

    This piece of code should fix the look’n feel….
    You can have a look at this post where we explain step by step how to install and configure xRDP (see https://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=16637)

    We will try to test it again and come back to you
    Till next time
    See ya

20. Thanks for that. For some reason, I had some extraneous entries in /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh. There were lines assigning values to the env vars just as you posted. But down below that, the lines were repeated in their original form, i.e. with nothing after the = for each assignment. So the settings were being overwritten with empty values. I deleted the extraneous lines with no values assigned, and it works as expected now.

    Thanks again for a useful script, and for the extra help!

21. @Mark,

    Ah great…Thank you for the feedback.. we will check the script soon and possibly try to re-write some parts to make it even better (and simpler to maintain :))
    till next time
    See ya

22. Dear Griffon;

    Awsm work. Pls can you update the script linux mint version. i cant work the sound. Tnx

23. Tried few sites but was not able to get the sound working on Ubuntu 22.04 on Hyperv. Using this script (version 1.4.4) worked like a charm. Thank you very much

24. @VJ,
    Thank you for visiting our blog and providing feedback…. Always happy to see that the script is working as expected and can be useful

    Till next time
    See ya

25. @MD,

    Thank you for visiting our blog and sharing your finding… We have quickly checked the Linux Mint and the Sound redirection. so, the problem is that Linux Mint has a different way to add sources repository. As a quick workaround, you can manually enable them through the Sources Updates > Optional Sources > Enable Sources Code Repositories…. Then run again the script with the -s switch and the sound should be back….

    We will try to update the script for Linux Mint and Sound Redirection

    till next time
    See ya

26. I’ve installed XRDP on a Ubuntu 22.04 physical machine using your awesome script, and basically it’s working fine.
    However I’ve found that the local, physical display / monitor of the machine turns completely off after some time running XRDP and doesn’t turn back on even if I hit a key on the keyboard etc.
    Also the IPMI console shows a blank screen.
    XRDP or SSH log-in keeps working as expected.
    This is a problem, because the machine is intended to be used either from remote or directly
    After a reboot the Ubuntu log-in screen / greeter turns up again.
    This looks like some lock-screen / screen-blanking problem.
    Any ideas ?

27. HEllo Thomas,

    Thank you for visting our blog and providing some feedback. We have not encountered this issue so far..on physical machines(HP/ACER Brand). This problem could be something related to the hardware or could be related to Power settings configuration.. You might have Hibernation feature enabled… But again…not sure because we have never got this kind of issue so far

    Till next time
    See ya

28. I’ve used this script a couple times…….wish someone would do similar for Raspberry Bullseye

29. @Russ;

    Thank you for the feedback and for visiting our blog.. We are trying to include more and more Linux flavors…maybe we will include raspberry pi in the future

    Till next time
    See ya

30. Thank you for your tutorial. When I use GUI with xrdp and Ubuntu Server 22.04, although Internet connection is not showing in GUI. Internet is working in the system. Please tell me how to solve it because it shows no internet to use software center from GUI

31. @Hector,
    Thank you for visiting our blog… No clue at this stage…we will need to check this setup… which Desktop interface are you using ?
    Waiting for your feedback
    Till next time
    See ya

32. Hi.
    Does the microphone work on the remote computer?

33. Hi.
    Does the microphone work on the remote PC?

34. @Dimitry,

    We have no clue.. we never tested it and never needed. Our guess is this is probably not working

    Till next time
    See ya

35. So, could you make it work, and give some recommendations to fix lags?

36. @Dimitry;

    We do not know yet… we will need to have a look and see if this would be feasible. Lately, we have been working on a heavy project and we have not much time to blog… We will have a look for sure but it might take some time…

    Till next time
    See ya

37. What a bizarre script, you claim “After the script has run and after the reboot/shutdown and start process, it’s time to test and see if you can indeed perform a smooth remote connection to your Ubuntu machine. Start your favorite rdp client and simply enter your credentials and start testing your installation. ”

    Surely this isn’t true, if you just reboot wsl, what is going to start xrdp? how do you start xrdp? Do you need to configure the port in /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini ?

    Given you didn’t document any of this, it’s hard to have confidence there’s nothing else required that you didn’t bother documenting.

    After I configure (manually! ) xrdp, and start the service manually, THEN I can connect after running the script. But no audio (even after reboot). So if there’s some other thing that needs running manually, who knows. The pulseaudio gui can’t connect to pulseaudio so I’m guessing it isn’t running. And why would it be, WSL has no systemd.

    oh and on ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, the script fails for missing libpulse. I had to install that manually.

38. Oh… I guess it’s my bad, I thought the script was designed to support WSL, and it’s not, it’s just for generic Ubuntu, so my bad on that one. Still, would be nice if someone could have instructions to get it started on WSL.

39. I can confirm that this works for Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop, running inside a LXC container.

    I exported all of the packages that were installed from a “real” Ubuntu Desktop VM installation with:

    $ sudo apt update -y && apt upgrade -y
    $ sudo apt install -y xfce4 xfce4-goodies xorg dbus-x11 x11-xserver-utils xfce4-terminal xrdp
    $ sudo update-alternatives –set x-session-manager /usr/bin/xfce4-session
    $ sudo apt-get install firefox -y
    $ sudo systemctl status xrdp

    $ dpkg –get-selections | grep -w “install” | cut -f1 > packages_list.txt

    and then installing them with:

    $ apt install -y $(cat packages_list.txt)

    And ran this script to enable audio redirection and it works.