Ubuntu Desktop Resetting Every Reboot

[siriussteve]

Morning all - that link above is what I have been waiting for



But why the

lubuntu-desktop

?

Did you not follow the commands for Xfce

sudo apt update
sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies xorg dbus-x11 x11-xserver-utils

?

Wiz

Hi,

I have gone from version 18 to 20 and back and forth many times...

These are these two links for each version

https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-xrdp-on-ubuntu-20-04/

https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-xrdp-on-ubuntu-18-04/

Right now I am back on version 18 and this time I don't believe I installed xfce3, I tried using the 20 ubuntu instructions (I have tried them both so many times).

Is sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies xorg dbus-x11 x11-xserver-utils something I can type now without having to restart all over again now there is a swap drive or will that just cause more problems?

Maybe I should start again with a swap drive and see if things work properly?

 

[siriussteve]

I am unable to use Windows for anything - but I think I can now make a guess as to at least part of the problem.

When you're logging in with XRDP you're likely logging in as a guest/user without much in the way of permissions. That explains the resetting to default conditions.

Can I simply make the XRDP user have regular permissions? To me this logic seems ok, until I think that "well, then how did it write the file in the original place?"

I think i'm going to try starting all over again and creating the swap drive and seeing if that fixes things. I might have to wait until tomorrow , i'm rebooted out for the day LOL

My focus is defiantly "least amount of ram as possible " to save money for this project..

I'm pretty sure I stuck with the lubuntu-desktop, because both were giving me the same problems - yet the lubuntu-desktop used 80% less cpu.

Basically, the other installation I was maxing out 2 CPU's by just logging in and wasn't able to really even move the mouse.. Maybe because of no swap drive? I will test again and post my results here as soon as I can.

 

[Deleted member 108694]

XRDP (terminal services)

On file /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini add address=0.0.0.0 which is the default XRDP address.
Also you have to permit firewall to listen to connections on port 3389 that XRDP is working on. For this run

sudo ufw allow 3389

I believe XRDP uses port 3389

 

[wizardfromoz]

Is sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies xorg dbus-x11 x11-xserver-utils something I can type now

No, you'd have to remove lubuntu-desktop first

sudo apt-get purge lubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get autoremove

Reboot and then run the xfce install.

I believe XRDP uses port 3389

It does, but Your Lordship, he needs to be able to get his desktop to save first, really.

It might be better to begin with Xubuntu, which already has the Xfce components installed, and then go from there?

BTW your Expirion is based on Xubuntu, is it not? Are you able to simulate?

Wiz, gotta go for a bit.

 

[KGIII]

Can I simply make the XRDP user have regular permissions?

I'm not really sure, as I've never found a reason to use XRDP. Consult the man page, I guess. I have no idea how Google works, as I've not had time to get there, so make sure you actually have a user on the system and ensure you're logging in/working as that user.

But, that'd explain why you have to redo everything when you reboot. Yes, yes it would...

I'm not sure what desktop environment you're after. So, I'll leave that to Wiz - he's gotcha covered there. I'm not sure that it'd matter which desktop you're using - so long as you've got Xorg in the mix (that's the X in XRDP).

 

[Deleted member 108694]

No, you'd have to remove lubuntu-desktop first

sudo apt-get purge lubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get autoremove

Reboot and then run the xfce install.



It does, but Your Lordship, he needs to be able to get his desktop to save first, really.

It might be better to begin with Xubuntu, which already has the Xfce components installed, and then go from there?

BTW your Expirion is based on Xubuntu, is it not? Are you able to simulate?

Wiz, gotta go for a bit.

Yep guess need to straighten out desktop first the monkey with XDRP
Expirion based on Debian 11 stable now and has XFCE, Cinnamon and KDE Plasma - uses XanMod Kernels LTS for XFCE and Cinnamon which is 5.15.53 and KDE Plasma uses XanMod stable which is 5.18.10
No I cannot replicate it

 

[f33dm3bits]

One thing I haven't seen tried yet is try creating a new user to see what happens then? Also I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 using xrdp to connect to my system at work and I'm not running into this problem.

 

[siriussteve]

One thing I haven't seen tried yet is try creating a new user to see what happens then? Also I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 using xrdp to connect to my system at work and I'm not running into this problem.

I tried creating a new user and was successful . The first user everything still gets reset when rebooting but the additional users do not for some reason.

I have another strange thing happening with this xrdp setup - i'm not sure if they are related?

When I am logging in via XRDP, it's not loading the graphics card on my machine.

I just noticed this and have been trying for days to figure it out. WHen I am in front of my machine and login, the graphics card kicks on and everything is really fast.

When I log in via XRDP, I am defaulted to 'llvmpipe' instead of 'OpenGL'

Are these issues related? I see now that "Ubuntu" has a 'Sharing' tab with a 'Remote Desktop' option. If I try to setup using that, will things work better?

(If I first login via the console to start the graphics card - I cannot connect via XRDP into the session. The screen goes black and the window automatically closes).

 

[f33dm3bits]

When I am logging in via XRDP, it's not loading the graphics card on my machine.

I just noticed this and have been trying for days to figure it out. WHen I am in front of my machine and login, the graphics card kicks on and everything is really fast.

When I log in via XRDP, I am defaulted to 'llvmpipe' instead of 'OpenGL'

What grapics card do you have in your machine and which session do you choose and the xrdp login screen, so where it says "Session" what is listed there?

 

[siriussteve]

What grapics card do you have in your machine and which session do you choose and the xrdp login screen, so where it says "Session" what is listed there?

I seem to remember setting 'xsession' in a configuration file.. But I am not 100% sure.

But I think setting the 'xsession' configuration file made that screen no longer popup.

Is there a way to check?

Unless you just mean the Xorg option when entering the password?

The 'about computer' when logged in directly at the console says 'Mesa Intel Graphics (ADL-N)' ?

When i'm using XRDP it says 'llvmpipe (LLVM 15.07 256 bits)' .. It's like something locks up every 5 - 60 seconds for 1 - 5 seconds. I've looked at every single log file etc a million times.

 

[f33dm3bits]

I tried creating a new user and was successful . The first user everything still gets reset when rebooting but the additional users do not for some reason.

This sounds like you are using some sort of default live user, what's the username of that user?

When I log in via XRDP, I am defaulted to 'llvmpipe' instead of 'OpenGL'

It seems to have to do with that with Xrdp you start a virtual Xsesssion which can't directly talk to the gpu, so that seems normal.

Unless you just mean the Xorg option when entering the password?

Yes I mean that.

When i'm using XRDP it says 'llvmpipe (LLVM 15.07 256 bits)' .. It's like something locks up every 5 - 60 seconds for 1 - 5 seconds. I've looked at every single log file etc a million times.

Try installing one of these packages and then restart: xorgxrdp or xorgxrdp-glamor. Also make sure these packages are installed, they probably are but just checking: xserver-xorg-video-intel, libdrm-intel1 and intel-microcode.

Then try using both the Xorg session and the Xvnc session, to see if either work better now?

Also what desktop environment are you using with your xrdp session. I have found that some desktop environments are more resource heavy than other desktop environments with remote sessions. So knowning which one you are using and what hardware specs your system has might shed som light on.

It's like something locks up every 5 - 60 seconds for 1 - 5 seconds. I've looked at every single log file etc a million times.

And something else you could try uncomenting some settings under /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini under [Xorg], there are some commented settings, try uncommenting those and restart xrdp. Also be sure that both xrdp and xrdp-sesman are enabled and started.