I installed Ubuntu Desktop and created an SSH connection using the XRDP protocol, everything was fine but after a few sessions the Windows “Remote Desktop Connection” app gives me error
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Hey @gabrielemarrano,
There was a really good discussion about a similar issue to what you are describing here;
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/unable-to-connect-to-ubuntu-vps-using-xrdp-from-microsoft-remote-desktop
I’ll urge you to give the question a look and see if you find it usefull.
Hello @gabrielemarrano
Would you mind sharing the exact error so we can check this for you?
You can check if the xrdp is running on your droplet
If the service is running you can try to connect again. If the status of xrdp is not
running
, you may have to start the service manually with this command:After executing the above command, verify the status again to ensure xrdp is in a
running
state.You can also try to connect with different RDP client as the problem may be with the client.
Regards