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Linux XRDP blank screen after connecting

aliletalilet Member
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I have setup XFCE and XRDP on Debian 9 (on a VPS) which is working fine as I can connect to it from Windows 10 PC. I can connect to it BUT while I am connected and then leave the PC for like 15, 30 minutes and then come back to the XRDP then it will show blank screen.

Similarly if I disconnect XRDP and then come back later to connect let's say after 1 hour or so, then it will show blank screen. Blank screen is shown after I enter my user and password. After blank screen is shown no matter which key I press or click mouse button it doesn't show desktop and I have to reboot VPS.

After rebooting the XRDP works fine until next time i.e. if I connect again after a couple of hours then blank screen and I have to restart.

So every time I have to use XRDP then I have to reboot VPS. I have tried this at Vultr, DigitalOcean and Linode and same problem.

How to fix this issue?

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  • bulbasaurbulbasaur Member

    Do you possibly have some kind of screensaver running that helpfully takes over the screen?

  • aliletalilet Member
    edited September 2021

    Don't know where screensaver setting is but I found this power setting. I unchecked "Handle display power management" and changed of "Blank after" to 58 minutes. Then I tried connecting to it after 20 minutes and it worked.

    I believe this setting will allow me to connect again after 58 minutes without problem. Not sure how to increase or completely disable it.

  • bulbasaurbulbasaur Member

    @alilet said: I believe this setting will allow me to connect again after 58 minutes without problem. Not sure how to increase or completely disable it.

    Remove upower and xfce4-power-manager?

  • YmpkerYmpker Member

    I just recently tried to set up XRDP on Ubuntu 20.04. XRDP+XFCE+GDM3 did not work but wiping the vps and using XRDP+LXDE+Lightdm worked. Try to reinstall your vps and use "apt-get install lxde xrdp" and when prompted opt for Lightdm instead of gdm3. This worked for me. Using xrdp+xfce+gdm3 resulted in remote desktop failure when connecting.

  • aliletalilet Member

    @stevewatson301 said:

    @alilet said: I believe this setting will allow me to connect again after 58 minutes without problem. Not sure how to increase or completely disable it.

    Remove upower and xfce4-power-manager?

    Removed both but problem persists.

  • aliletalilet Member

    @Ympker said:
    I just recently tried to set up XRDP on Ubuntu 20.04. XRDP+XFCE+GDM3 did not work but wiping the vps and using XRDP+LXDE+Lightdm worked. Try to reinstall your vps and use "apt-get install lxde xrdp" and when prompted opt for Lightdm instead of gdm3. This worked for me. Using xrdp+xfce+gdm3 resulted in remote desktop failure when connecting.

    Is this something lightweight that will work on 1GB RAM?

  • YmpkerYmpker Member

    @alilet said:

    @Ympker said:
    I just recently tried to set up XRDP on Ubuntu 20.04. XRDP+XFCE+GDM3 did not work but wiping the vps and using XRDP+LXDE+Lightdm worked. Try to reinstall your vps and use "apt-get install lxde xrdp" and when prompted opt for Lightdm instead of gdm3. This worked for me. Using xrdp+xfce+gdm3 resulted in remote desktop failure when connecting.

    Is this something lightweight that will work on 1GB RAM?

    It worked when I tried it on a 1GB RAM LXC Ubuntu. Not perfect performance but it worked. Lightdm appears to be designed especially to be a more light-weigth alternative to gnome desktop manager.

  • aliletalilet Member

    One thing I found that if I logout session instead of just disconnecting RDP then I can login next time without problem. No blank screen.

  • dahartigandahartigan Member

    Try wriggling your mouse

  • Anna_ParkerAnna_Parker Member

    I have faced the same and in my notepad I have written:

    xrdp black screen fix:

/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config

and exchange the line:

allowed_users=console

by

allowed_users=anybody

    Hope that helps!

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