Last week we showed you how to use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to connect from Ubuntu to Windows 7. Today, I will show you how to use the same Remote Desktop Protocol to connect from Windows to Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal. If you ever wanted to connect to Ubuntu via Remote Desktop Connection, then this tutorial will help you do that.
There are many ways to connect to Ubuntu from Windows and RDP protocol is just one of the many ways.
Getting started:
To get started, press Ctrl – Alt – T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When Terminal opens, type the command below to install xrdp server.
sudo apt-get install xrdp
Next, go to Start –> All Programs –> Accessories –> Remote Desktop Connection from your Windows computer and type the IP address or Hostname of the Ubuntu machine then click ‘Connect’
When prompted, enter your Ubuntu username and password and click ‘OK’
Enjoy!
That’s all to it.
I can connect only once then, when I close and reopen connection it stops on Connection Log where I see ‘connecting to sesman ip 127.0.0.1 port 3350…sesman connect ok…sending login info to sesman’. How to?
Well I correct…when I reboot Ubuntu I can connect once.
thx for shared
You totally saved me! Thank you so much :)
When I try to type into the console and I hit the ‘d’ key it minimizes the console. How can i fix this?
Never mind I fixed it.
How did you fix it? Having the same problem here…
I too have the problem with the hit d key. Anyone have a solution?
So Google led me here and yet still no solution… so here it is… or rather a workaround. Go to the System Menu (the power icon in the upper right corner by default), then choose “System Settings” and within the Control Centre pick “Keyboard Shortcuts” (under the Personal section). Scroll down to “Hide all normal windows and set focus to the desktop” and change the Mod4+D to something else (e.g. Ctrl+D).
Thank you, this is an excellent tutorial for Remote desktop in Ubuntu. The Techyv.com article i found is also very educational and very easy to understand, http://www.techyv.com/article/how-use-remote-desktop-ubuntu-linux
I dont want to hog it for my personal use so im sharing too. I am using Windows 7 right now but Im planning on migrating to Ubuntu. Just to widen my perspective.