XRDP errors when trying to use sesman-x11rdp

Question

I've just installed Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop on an old laptop of mine and I wanted to set it up so I could remote into it from my windows desktop. I've installed XRDP, but when I attempt to login using sesman-x11rdp it logs in, then the window shuts down.

I've checked over the logs and here is what I get at the time of login:

[20120123-16:49:23] [INFO ] scp thread on sck 8 started successfully
[20120123-16:49:23] [INFO ] granted TS access to user nicholas
[20120123-16:49:24] [INFO ] starting X11rdp session...
[20120123-16:49:24] [CORE ] error starting X server - user nicholas - pid 3869
[20120123-16:49:24] [DEBUG] errno: 2, description: No such file or directory
[20120123-16:49:24] [DEBUG] execve parameter list: 11
[20120123-16:49:24] [DEBUG]         argv[0] = X11rdp
[20120123-16:49:24] [DEBUG]         argv[1] = :11
[20120123-16:49:24] [DEBUG]         argv[2] = -geometry
[20120123-16:49:24] [DEBUG]         argv[3] = 1280x720
[20120123-16:49:24] [DEBUG]         argv[4] = -depth
[20120123-16:49:24] [DEBUG]         argv[5] = 16
[20120123-16:49:24] [DEBUG]         argv[6] = -bs
[20120123-16:49:24] [DEBUG]         argv[7] = -ac
[20120123-16:49:24] [DEBUG]         argv[8] = -nolisten
[20120123-16:49:24] [DEBUG]         argv[9] = tcp
[20120123-16:49:25] [DEBUG]         argv[10] = (null)
[20120123-16:49:34] [ERROR] X server for display 11 startup timeout
[20120123-16:49:34] [ERROR] X server for display 11 startup timeout
[20120123-16:49:34] [INFO ] starting xrdp-sessvc - xpid=3869 - wmpid=3868
[20120123-16:49:34] [ERROR] another Xserver is already active on display 11
[20120123-16:49:34] [DEBUG] aborting connection...
[20120123-16:49:34] [INFO ] session 3867 - user nicholas - terminated

Can anyone point me to the proper way to get this working with x11rdp?

Answer 1

xrdp and X11rdp server are not the same. xrdp makes "only" the connection available but does not provide the screen content. They are two separate programs. So you can install xrdp easily and also a VNC server sudo apt-get install vnc-common vnc4server to get sesman-Xvnc running. Or you install manually with this great tutorial the X11rdp server (then you also need to install the newest xrdp manually):

http://scarygliders.net/2011/11/17/x11rdp-ubuntu-11-10-gnome-3-xrdp-customization-new-hotness/