Cinnamon with XRDP Remote Desktop

[AE2100A]

I have upgraded to Linux Mint 14. I have installed the xrdp package. I can connected remotely from a windows RDP client.

However, when I connect, I get something different. So, not when remote, I get what looks like the full Cinnamon interface gui. When I connect remotely, I get something else, probably it is Cinnamon 2d.

I want to remotely use the FULL version of Cinnamon, even when remote.

Any tips?

Is there any command I can run to confirm that I am using Cinnamon 2d or something else?

Does the startwm.sh or Xsessions need to be revised? Can you send me the proper code for FULL version?

[AE2100A]

Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

[aa2k]

Hi,
Did you find a solution for this?? I have the same problem..

If you use Vino (Shared desktop built in) using vnc to connect you get cinnamon 2d which looks the same as full cinnamon.. this is ok and its the closest to get a nice desktop (but it tents to be a bit slower), the problem is that you need to be already logged in to be able to connect which defeats the purpose of remote connection...
I use nxnomachine as well and have the same problem - it drops to the classic desktop with a 'lot' of missing icons...
I think if this is fixed them Mint would be a 'perfect' 100% solution...

[unRheal]

Yes, I had the same problem... I was using the live boot CD.

I used the built in Desktop Sharing utility and when I connected with the windows RDP client, it gave me a new desktop that didn't have all the stuff my regular desktop did, so it was like I was logged in twice, not actually sharing the desktop, also I had to use my account id and password to connect, not the password I'd set with the Desktop Sharing utility.

When I connected with RDP, it gave me a login prompt that had "Module" "username" and "password"

After much trial and error with various other things, I finally found that if I changed the "Module" from the default "sesman-Xvnc" to "console" (or "vnc-any" it seems) then it changed and only asked for "password" - which was then the password I entered in the Desktop Sharing utility - and also connected to my actual desktop as a standard window-windows RDP type connection would do, which is what I wanted.

Hope that helps...

[mattslay]

@unRheal - Yes that will allow you to long in as you desire, however... It still does not give you the *Cinnamon* desktop experience. It's some other fallback mode of graphics because apprarently the XRDP host service running on the remote Linux machine can't/doesn't support the full graphics stack required for th Cinammon service.