vmware workstation player ubuntu 18.04 freezing

#Vmware workstation player ubuntu 18.04 freezing install#
#Vmware workstation player ubuntu 18.04 freezing manual#
#Vmware workstation player ubuntu 18.04 freezing windows#

To fix this issue, you will have to issue the following command just after this oneĪfter installing the missing dependencies, you will need to manually install the xorgxrdp package in order to restore the xRDP functionality sudo apt-get install xorgxrdp Note : Again, you will notice that installing this package will trigger removal of 17 packages * xserver-xorg*-hwe-18.04* which might be used or needed by your system… So, you might loose keyboard and mouse input when connecting locally to the machine. If you have performed the installation of xRDP packages on Ubuntu 18.04.2 using the Std-Xrdp-install-0.5.1.sh script, in order to restore the xrdp functionality, you will need to simply install the missing dependencies by issuing the following command sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core In the screenshot, you can see that because there is no more dependencies issues, the xorgxrdp package is listed to be installed along with the xRDP packageĬlick on Picture for Better Resolution Fixing xRDP installed package Step 2 – Install xRDP package sudo apt-get install xrdp Sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-input-all To fix this issue, you will have to issue the following command just after this one Note : You will notice that installing this package will trigger removal of packages * xserver-xorg-hwe-18.04* which might be used or needed by your system… So, you might loose keyboard and mouse input when connecting locally to the machine.

Step 1 – Install xserver-xorg-core by issuing the following command sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core

#Vmware workstation player ubuntu 18.04 freezing manual#

Let’s assume, you have performed a fresh installation of Ubuntu 18.04.2 and you want to install xRDP package through a manual installation, you will need to perform the following actions. If you are performing a brand new xRDP installation or if you have installed xRDP and you are encountering the issue, you will need to perform the following actions Because we have no xorgxrdp component installed on the computer, it seems logical that when we perform a remote connection, we are never presented with the Ubuntu desktop… Fixing xRDP on Ubuntu 18.04.2 The xorgxrdp package cannot be installed because of some missing dependencies. Issuing this command will not perform the installation as there are some dependencies errors.

So, we have issued the following command in a Terminal console sudo apt-get install xorgxrdp So, moving forward, we have decided to install the xorgxrdp package manually just after installing the xrdp package. So, it’s seems that the issue encountered is due to the fact that the xorgxrdp package is not installed. So, when performing the xrdp installation, it seems that the xorgxrdp package is not installed anymore. When we have performed the installation of the xRDP package, we have noticed that information displayed in the console mentionning that xorgxrdp package is needed (see screenshot below). After a certain amount of time (several minutes), you should see the following error message connection problem,giving upĬlick on Picture for Better Resolution Resolution processĪfter looking into the logs, it seems that the xorgxrdp component of xRDP is not working as expected.

#Vmware workstation player ubuntu 18.04 freezing windows#

So, we moved to a windows computer, fired up the remote desktop client and as we can see in the screenshot, we are presented with the xrdp login pageĪfter entering our credentials, we only see a green background page and nothing happens. So far, everything seems to be working as expected. So, to perform a manual installation, we have opened a terminal console and we have issued the following commandĪfter having performed the installation, we have checked that the xrdp service was running using the following commane We have performed a manual installation to see what could be the problem. Apparently, Ubuntu 18.04.2 has introduced some changes that preventing xRDP package to work as expected.

Ubuntu 18.04.2 has been released and more and more people are noticing that after installing the xRDP package, they are not able to connect to the desktop interface through remote desktop connection software. This post will explain what’s needs to be done in order to fix this issue. This issue will occur if you perform a manual installation or if you use the latest version of Std-Xrdp-Install-5.1.sh script. After being presented with the xRDP login page, only the green background screen is presented to you and will fail eventually. Based on the feedback we have received through this blog, it seems that there is some changes that has been introduced in Ubuntu 18.04.2 which seems to break the xRDP capability and people cannot perform the remote desktop connection anymore.