Quick fix: Can’t log in to Ubuntu 12.04 Gnome via RDP – failed to load session ubuntu
AS I type, i’m setting up an Ubuntu server to use a virtual server host on my test rig. Slight problem though, after getting bored/frustrated with command line configuring (odd because usually command line is my preference) I got lazy and decided to install Gnome and virt-manager. All good, so I thought, I added xrdp to allow me to RDP in but got a message “failed to load session ubuntu“.
A little digging on the internet and the solution which worked for me was to install unity-2d:
sudo apt-get install unity-2d
Then i just restarted GDM:
sudo restart gdm
And I can now log in via RDP to my Ubuntu 12.04 server!
Hope that helps someone.
| This entry was posted by Neil Craig on June 1, 2012 at 1:39 pm, and is filed under Sysadmin, Ubuntu. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site. |
about 7 months ago
This site was… how do you say it? Relevant!! Finally I have found something which helped me.
Thanks!
about 6 months ago
Maybe this way will be better:
http://zhanglongqi.com/?p=461
about 4 months ago
OMG! THANK YOU THANK YOU! Finally a solution to my problem.. you were the 100th solution i tried and yours worked!