Use xrdp to open a session in LAN

[LudoLambru]

I’m trying to connect my laptop to my mac mini. I want to use endeavourOs with microsoft remote desktop via xrdp protocol. I install xrdp and xorgxrdp-glamor and I tryed to set up it. When I start my connection and I log in with my arch User and pswd I only can interact with a shell. How can I start my DE (plasma)?

[jonathon]

Is it this? https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xrdp#Black_screen

[LudoLambru]

Nope, it is not a black screen, it a screen with a console logged with my user. Like if the DE doesn’t start.

[jonathon]

That’s not a console, that’s a terminal window. This means a graphical session session is being loaded and you need to set up a suitable .xinitrc as per the linked wiki page.

After successfully starting a display server, xrdp will execute /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh by default. This script is meant to start a window manager (similar to .xinitrc) and will read from ~/.xinitrc or /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc if they exist. It is recommended to edit ~/.xinitrc to start your desktop environment or window manager, but you can also edit /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh.

[LudoLambru]

I set up it in this way:
This is my /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

#!/bin/sh

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then







    xrdb -merge $sysresources

fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi

if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then







    xrdb -merge "$userresources"

fi

if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
    xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi

# start some nice programs

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
 for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do
  [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
 done
 unset f
fi

twm &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login

And this my /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# This script is an example. You might need to edit this script
# depending on your distro if it doesn't work for you.
#
# Uncomment the following line for debug:
# exec xterm


# Execution sequence for interactive login shell - pseudocode
#
# IF /etc/profile is readable THEN
#     execute ~/.bash_profile
# END IF
# IF ~/.bash_profile is readable THEN
#     execute ~/.bash_profile
# ELSE
#     IF ~/.bash_login is readable THEN
#         execute ~/.bash_login
#     ELSE
#         IF ~/.profile is readable THEN
#             execute ~/.profile
#         END IF
#     END IF
# END IF
pre_start()
{
  if [ -r /etc/profile ]; then
    . /etc/profile
  fi
  if [ -r ~/.bash_profile ]; then
    . ~/.bash_profile
  else
    if [ -r ~/.bash_login ]; then
      . ~/.bash_login
    else
      if [ -r ~/.profile ]; then
        . ~/.profile
      fi
    fi
  fi
  return 0
}

# When loging out from the interactive shell, the execution sequence is:
#
# IF ~/.bash_logout exists THEN
#     execute ~/.bash_logout
# END IF
post_start()
{
  if [ -r ~/.bash_logout ]; then
    . ~/.bash_logout
  fi
  return 0
}

#start the window manager
wm_start()
{
  if [ -r /etc/locale.conf ]; then
    . /etc/locale.conf
    export LANG LANGUAGE
  fi
  # arch
  if [ -r /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ]; then
    pre_start
    . /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
    post_start
    exit 0
  fi
  pre_start
  xterm
  post_start
}

#. /etc/environment
#export PATH=$PATH
#export LANG=$LANG

# change PATH to be what your environment needs usually what is in
# /etc/environment
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"
#export PATH=$PATH

# for PATH and LANG from /etc/environment
# pam will auto process the environment file if /etc/pam.d/xrdp-sesman
# includes
# auth       required     pam_env.so readenv=1

wm_start

exit 1

What am I doing wrong?

[jonathon]

@LudoLambru

I set up it in this way

Those appear to be the standard files, I’m not sure what “set up” you have done there.

@jonathon

.xinitrc

See this wiki page for more information: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xinit#xinitrc

[LudoLambru]

I really don’t understand what’s the problem. I also tryed to use xinit and startx /etc/bin/plasma_session but nothing change.

What I need to modify of xinitrc?

[petsam]

@LudoLambru

What I need to modify of xinitrc?

Replace this (this is what you are seeing now, like in your posted image)

@LudoLambru

twm &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login

with this

export DESKTOP_SESSION=plasma
exec startplasma-x11