Help with RDP type access

Support & Help Requests
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Hi,
Very new to Linux and struggling already :-(, I have limited real estate (monitors, keyboard,mouse etc) yet want to learn Linux so have got a nano-pc . Have installed “mate” with no issues and thats on my network but now want to RDP to it from my windows 10 machine. I have installed all manner of software on my Linux machine but none of it works.
If I launch an RDP session from my Win 10 machine (please dont hate me too much) I can get a splash screen asking for my login details/password which I do but it never gets any further I just get a blank screen.
Is there a very (and I mean very) simple way of achieving this ??

Many Thanks

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Hi thanks for that, I have tried this and it doesn’t work. I launch Windows RDP, put in the IP address get an Xorg session , enter my login details which it seems to accept then just leaves me with a blank screen.

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That’s strange … I just did the install and it worked without any file mods.

UM 16.04 desktop (ip 10.0.0.10)
sudo apt install xrdp ; sudo service xrdp start

Win10
start rdp, connect to 10.0.0.10, got the login screen, enter user/pw
get a connection log, then eventually UM desktop

Are there errors in /var/log/xrdp-sesman.log ?

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Hi , Couldn’t get it to work even with a fresh install, so assume its my Windows 10. Ended up installing X2Go and that has worked - Well when my ■■■■■■ router actually allocates ip addresses that is.

thanks for your help though :slight_smile: