I am trying to set up remote Ubuntu desktop on Azure free tire. I have followed all the steps mentioned in here and Azure Documentation. I have setup instance with resources manager. Setup the rdp. Install xrdp via ssh. Install Ubuntu desktop as well.
Installed -- Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS Also installed xfce as mentioned in Azure Documentation
In-spite of installing everything properly I see dotted screen when I connected remotely. What am I doing wrong ?
Using xfce if you are using Ubuntu version later than Ubuntu 12.04LTS
We can follow those steps to install xrdp:
sudo -i
1.Install XRDP Package from Ubuntu Repository
apt-get install xrdp
2.Installing the xfce4 Desktop environment
apt-get update
apt-get install xfce4
3.Configure xrdp to use xfce desktop environment
echo xfce4-session >~/.xsession
4.Restart xrdp service
service xrdp restart
5.Test your xrdp connection:
We can use mstsc to test xrdp connection.
Note:
If you use this command apt-get install xfce4 get this error message:
W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays.
Please add ARRAY <ignore> devices=/dev/sda to /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf, like this:
root@ubuntu:~# cat /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf
# mdadm.conf
#
# Please refer to mdadm.conf(5) for information about this file.
#
ARRAY <ignore> devices=/dev/sda
# by default (built-in), scan all partitions (/proc/partitions) and all
# containers for MD superblocks. alternatively, specify devices to scan, using
# wildcards if desired.
More information about xrdp on azure vm, please refer to this link.
