Xrdp start cinnamon failes

Desktop Environments Cinnamon
1

Hey,
since 7 hours of google research, I have no idea how to solve my issue.
So If I want to connect to my system, I only three white command lines:

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In the command line I can start the cinnamon desktop with “cinnamon-session” that works but I dont want to type that command every time I logged in and have an open command that command that I can not close.

my .xinitrc in my home directory looks like:

#!/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
exec cinnamon-session
#dbus-launch --exit-with-session

but to start cinnamon in the .xinitrc does not work.
So anybody any idea?

Thanks for help!

2

There can be only one! (exec command).
Remove exec from the start of xterm line, and add & at the end of the same line.

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3

Hey,
now it looks like:

#!/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 &
xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login &
exec cinnamon-session 
#dbus-launch --exit-with-session

but nothing changed. The same three white command lines. Of course I checked if the .xinitrc files is used so I comment the last lines and then I only get a black screen so the file is used correct.

5

I think @Shjim is right, it sounds like you don’t want to use TWM–you want to use Cinnamon.

Try removing this line from your config and see how it goes:

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6

For educational reason, those things are instances of the xterm terminal emulator.
Since you actually want to start a cinnamon session, you can try that.
Delete the other lines (twm, xclock, xterm) and leave only the exec line.

If it also fails, you might want to try a Display Manager, unless you are willing to learn how to troubleshoot (reading manuals and wiki articles). :wink:

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7

“https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xinit” :blush: :innocent:
" https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xrdp "

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8

Does not Work ;(

Shjim: Thanks I have of course already read this manual. But I stuck… Don’t know why