I quote "The goal of this project is to provide a fully functional Linux
terminal server"

VNC is not a terminal server. What you discovered is good, but that is not
what the package is supposed to do.

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:23 AM, sludge99 <email address hidden> wrote:

> Did you add any packages?
> just xrdp that i think would be related. ubuntu-restricted-extras, rtorrent
> and ndiswrapper i installed as well.
>
> Did you install the package updates?
> my system was completely up-to-date when i installed xrdp.  the version is
> 0.4.0~dfsg-8.
>
> What option did you select in the drop down box?
> vnc-any
> ip:127.0.0.1
> port:5900 (was the default)
>
> were you able to connect three times in a row without lockups?
> i managed to connect and disconnect more than 10 times and ive had no
> lockups at all.
>
> --
> xrdp package doesn't work out of box
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220005
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “xrdp” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xrdp
>
> What I expected: Post install of xrdp, rdp from windows to work.
>
> What happened: After installing the xrdp (0.4.0~dfsg-3) package on a fresh
> install of ubuntu hardy 8.04 RC; trying to rdp from windows I see:
>
> login succesfful for display 10
> started connecting
> some problem
>
>
> The /var/log/sesman.log shows:
>
> [20080420-14:12:25] [INFO ] starting signal handling thread...
> [20080420-14:12:25] [INFO ] signal handler thread started successfully
> [20080420-14:12:25] [CORE ] starting sesman with pid 14940
> [20080420-14:12:25] [INFO ] listening...
> [20080420-14:19:01] [INFO ] scp thread on sck 5 started successfully
> [20080420-14:19:01] [INFO ] granted TS access to user bowser
> [20080420-14:19:01] [INFO ] starting Xrdp session...
> [20080420-14:19:01] [CORE ] error starting X server - user bowser - pid
> 15059
> [20080420-14:19:01] [INFO ] starting sessvc - xpid=15059 - wmpid=15058
> [20080420-14:19:01] [CORE ] error starting sessvc - pid 15057 - xpid=15059
> - wmpid=15058
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG] errno: 2, description: No such file or
> directory
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG] execve parameter list:
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG]         argv[0] = //sessvc
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG]         argv[1] = 15059
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG]         argv[2] = 15058
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG]         argv[3] = (null)
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG] errno: 2, description: No such file or
> directory
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG] execve parameter list: 9
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG]         argv[0] = X11rdp
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG]         argv[1] = :10
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG]         argv[2] = -geometry
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG]         argv[3] = 1024x768
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG]         argv[4] = -depth
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG]         argv[5] = 16
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG]         argv[6] = -bs
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG]         argv[7] = -ac
> [20080420-14:19:01] [DEBUG]         argv[8] = (null)
> [20080420-14:19:02] [ERROR] another Xserver is already active on display 10
> [20080420-14:19:02] [DEBUG] aborting connection...
> [20080420-14:19:03] [INFO ] session 15057 - user bowser - terminated
>



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