Ubuntu Desktop not visible on Azure xrdp

Question

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 ?

Answer 1

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 .