remotedesktop: mstsc crashes on copy and logout not possible

I installed the remotedesktop plugin. And have two problems.

When I mark text in xterm, the RDP client from Windows 7 crashes (or just ends). Is there a way around?

And when I try to logout it simply doesn't log out. If I try to logout again I get the error that the session management is busy.

I already tried to upgrade xrdp to jessie-backports v0.9 but it not even starts.

As v.0.9 seems to have a bug, I tried to build it from source. This version starts. But there is still a problem with X server:

[20161006-13:12:41] [INFO ] ++ created session (access granted): username XXX, ip XXX:3129 - socket: 12
[20161006-13:12:41] [INFO ] starting X11rdp session...
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG] Closed socket 9 (AF_INET 0.0.0.0:5910)
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG] Closed socket 9 (AF_INET 0.0.0.0:6010)
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG] Closed socket 9 (AF_INET 0.0.0.0:6210)
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG] Closed socket 8 (AF_INET 127.0.0.1:3350)
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG] Closed socket 7 (AF_INET 127.0.0.1:3350)
[20161006-13:12:41] [INFO ] X11rdp :10 -geometry 1280x1024 -depth 24 -bs -ac -nolisten tcp -uds
[20161006-13:12:41] [CORE ] error starting X server - user XXX - pid 29991
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG] errno: 2, description: No such file or directory
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG] execve parameter list size: 12
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG]         argv[0] = X11rdp
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG]         argv[1] = :10
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG]         argv[2] = -geometry
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG]         argv[3] = 1280x1024
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG]         argv[4] = -depth
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG]         argv[5] = 24
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG]         argv[6] = -bs
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG]         argv[7] = -ac
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG]         argv[8] = -nolisten
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG]         argv[9] = tcp
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG]         argv[10] = -uds
[20161006-13:12:41] [DEBUG]         argv[11] = (null)
[20161006-13:12:51] [ERROR] X server for display 10 startup timeout
[20161006-13:12:51] [INFO ] starting xrdp-sessvc - xpid=29991 - wmpid=29990
[20161006-13:12:51] [ERROR] X server for display 10 startup timeout
[20161006-13:12:51] [ERROR] another Xserver might already be active on display 10 - see log
[20161006-13:12:51] [DEBUG] aborting connection...
[20161006-13:12:51] [INFO ] ++ terminated session:  username XXX, display :10.0, session_pid 29989, ip XXX:3129 - socket: 12

OK, I got it working now. But it is absolutely not recommended

I built xrdp myself from git. Xrdp runs but I Xvnc or X11rdp didn't work.
So I used this guide to build X11rdp. Xrdp is included but it also didn't work for me. So I only took x11rdp from this guide.

I installed xfce4 and other needed apps from default debian repository using APT.

Now I can use RDP to connect and so far it works somehow...

Zitat von ryecoaaron

You could've just installed a different terminal emulator like Eterm or roxterm. Neither of these seem to have the problem.

What about the logout problem?

OK, I still wasn't that happy with this big compiling without managed packages. So I tried again xrdp from jessie-backports.

I now got running xrdp using xorgxrdp from jessie-backports. It didn't start because it needs IPv6 enabled. For some reason it wasn't.

So what I did from a clean stage was:

- Adding jessie-backports repo

sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.eth0.disable_ipv6=0
apt-get install xfce4 xfce4-terminal
apt-get -t jessie-backports install xrdp xorgxrdp

I actually don't use the openmediavault packages as it only sets dependecies and some webgui stuff.

Oh and a little offtopic but if someone stumbles upon it:

I use remote desktop to easily copy files from here to there and on USB drives. With the default setup you will only see the UUIDs for your file systems in the file manager. And USB drives are not mounted automatically. To enhance the usability you have to install xfce4-volman and gvfs:

apt-get install xfce4-volman gvfs

After that login via xrdp and open the file manager (Thunar):
- go to edit -> preferences
- check "Enable Volume Management"
- go to "Configure"
- check "Mount removable drives when hot-plugged"

And you'll get your drives named by its labels and USB drives get automounted.