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I have spent the evening trying to get xrdp working...

None of these ~/.xsession options work - the connection starts, but then crashes

gnome-session -–session=Ubuntu-2d
gnome-session -–session=gnome-fallback

This question is similer: 14.04.3 xrdp "gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d" not Work But has no answer.

I have found a solution, using xfce4 instead of gnome, but I would prefer not to have to use two different shells for one system.

Is there any gnome session that does work?

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This is a known issue with xrdp and Ubuntu. If you want to use xrdp with Ubuntu 12.10 and later, you will need to install an alternative desktop environment. the ubuntu-2d does not exists anymore and the gnome-fallback has also some issues.

The best option so far is to install an alternative shell. You can install mate-desktop interface (which look like the gnome 2 interface)

so to summarize:

Step 1 - install xrdp

sudo apt-get install xrdp 

Step 2 - Install mate-desktop

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mate-core mate-desktop-environment mate-notification-daemon

Step 3 - the .xsession file should contain mate-session

Full instructions for Ubuntu 15.10 can be found here.

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