rdesktop session to linux mint 12 fails

[Jaap Versteegh]

- Linux mint 12
- Start in qemu VM
- Install xrdp
- rdesktop into the VM
-> Connection is being setup up fine, but message appears: 'Failed to load session "ubuntu"'.
Only option is to 'Log Out'

Relevant part of .xsession-errors:
Xsession: X session started for at Mon Nov 14 03:08:35 CET 2011
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request: 130 (XTEST)
  Minor opcode of failed request: 2 (X_XTestFakeInput)
  Value in failed request: 0x0
  Serial number of failed request: 13
  Current serial number in output stream: 16
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request: 109 (X_ChangeHosts)
  Value in failed request: 0x5
  Serial number of failed request: 6
  Current serial number in output stream: 8
Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_US.
Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default.
Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service
Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service
Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service
Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service
x-session-manager[18183]: WARNING: GSIdleMonitor: IDLETIME counter not found
x-session-manager[18183]: WARNING: Session 'ubuntu' runnable check failed: Exited with code 1
x-session-manager[18183]: WARNING: Unable to find default provider 'unity-2d-panel' of required provider 'panel'
x-session-manager[18183]: WARNING: Unable to find default provider 'unity-2d-launcher' of required provider 'launcher'

[rastin boras (rastinb)]

Hi

installing the 2 missing packages will allow this to work "unity-2d-panel" and "unity-2d-launcher"

however

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity2D

Unity 2D's goal is to provide the Unity desktop shell on hardware platforms that cannot currently support Unity's OpenGL requirements (see Hardware Requirements for Unity for more details).

Its architecture is very close to Unity's as it only replaces the user interface elements but still shares all the same backend components. Specifically, Unity 2D replaces the panel, launcher and places components as defined in Unity's architecture overview. Moreover it does not enforce the use of Compiz as a window manager but instead uses a slightly tweaked version of Metacity.

this implies there is a performance issue that needs the extra dependencies. this is likely related to the VM settings you are using

Rastin

[Csaba Marosi (mailaddress36)]

I had the same problem, moreover it is also persist if one want "stratx -- :1" from (local) console.
The solution is setting the .xsession file, e.g. "echo gnome-session --session=gnome > ~/.xsession"

[timur (ba.timur)]

This is rather old but the problem with xrdp still persists in Mint 17.
We can use RDP, with xrdp but only for default XFCE and LXDE and not for Mint Cinnamon and XFCE.
Workaroud suggested here doesn't work anymore.
Do we need to file a new bug?

[timur (ba.timur)]

Problem remains with the master git xrdp version 0.9.0, so it seems like a Mint issue.