Remote connecting to Ubuntu 18.04 from Windows Remote Desktop: "login failed for display 0"

Question

I have installed xRDP and supposedly activated it properly. I know the name and IP address of my remote Ubuntu.

When I do get a connection through Windows RDP I am presented with a log-in screen and a choice of servers. I choose Xorg and X11RDP, and neither accepts my credentials. I am logged off the Ubuntu because I have read being logged in might be a problem.

Should I be setting up Xorg on the Ubuntu? Should I be providing same credentials remotely and I do when I access Ubuntu locally?

Here's a picture of the connection log:

Answer 1

when posting question, please always specify complete version of the Ubuntu Operating system. if you are using Ubuntu 18.04.3 (you can check this by typing the following command in a terminal console (lsb_release -sd), this might be a known issue....

Ubuntu 18.04.2 and 18.04.3 are using a new xorg-xserver-xorg-hwe* packages that prevent the installation of the xorgxrdp components of xrdp package.....

Best option - Install the new xorgxrdp-hwe-18.04 package

Install the new xorgxrdp package by issuing the following command

sudo apt-get install xorgxrdp-hwe-18.04

This should fix your issue

Dirty fix - Downgrade to previous xorg-xserver-xorg packages

We assume that you have already installed xRDP package and you want to fix it

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core

sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-input-all

More info on http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=13390

Other option - use one of the xrdp installer script

Note : To use this option, please remove the xrdp package you have installed

You can automate the xrdp installation and have it working nicely with Ubuntu Default Desktop using one of the following scripts

To use Ubuntu repository packages, read instructions and download the script at http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=13933

To compile from source (easy way), read instructions and download the script at http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=13663 Hope this help Till next time See ya

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