XRDP using IceWM after Upgrade to 15.2

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#1

Hi

I have been using XRDP with XFCE4 for several years now but after I upgraded to 15.2 XRDP always uses IceWM. How do I get it back to XFCE4?

I do not see anything in the startwm.sh about XFCE4 which I assume maybe the problem. When I logon from the console everything is fine. It is only when using XRDP that I have this problem.


#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# This script is an example. You might need to edit this script
# depending on your distro if it doesn't work for you.
#
# Uncomment the following line for debug:
# exec xterm


#start the window manager
wm_start()
{
  #To customize system-wise session, edit this file.
  #To customize user specific session, copy this file to $HOME and edit it.
  #Please refer to DefaultWindowManager and UserWindowManager in /etc/xrdp/sesman.ini for more details.

  #The default session is gnome (GNOME Session)
  #sle means SLE-Classic Session

  SESSION="gnome"

  case $SESSION in
    sle)
      if  -r /usr/bin/gnome-session ]; then
        export XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
        export GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE=sle-classic
        /usr/bin/gnome-session --session gnome-classic
      elif  -r /usr/bin/icewm-session ]; then
        /usr/bin/icewm-session
      fi
      ;;
    gnome)
      if  -r /usr/bin/gnome-session ]; then
        export XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
        /usr/bin/gnome-session
      elif  -r /usr/bin/icewm-session ]; then
        /usr/bin/icewm-session
      fi
      ;;
    plasma)
      if  -r /usr/bin/startplasma-x11 ]; then
        export XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
        /usr/bin/startplasma-x11
      elif  -r /usr/bin/icewm-session ]; then
        /usr/bin/icewm-session
      fi
      ;;
    icewm)
      if  -r /usr/bin/icewm-session ]; then
        /usr/bin/icewm-session
      fi
      ;;
  esac
}

#Execution sequence for interactive login shell
#Following pseudo code explains the sequence of execution of these files.
#execute /etc/profile
#IF ~/.bash_profile exists THEN
#    execute ~/.bash_profile
#ELSE
#    IF ~/.bash_login exist THEN
#        execute ~/.bash_login
#    ELSE
#        IF ~/.profile exist THEN
#            execute ~/.profile
#        END IF
#    END IF
#END IF
pre_start()
{
  if  -f /etc/profile ]
  then
    . /etc/profile
  fi
  if  -f ~/.bash_profile ]
  then
    . ~/.bash_profile
  else
    if  -f ~/.bash_login ]
    then
      . ~/.bash_login
    else
      if  -f ~/.profile ]
      then
        . ~/.profile
      fi
    fi
  fi
  return 0
}

#When you logout of the interactive shell, following is the
#sequence of execution:
#IF ~/.bash_logout exists THEN
#    execute ~/.bash_logout
#END IF
post_start()
{
  if  -f ~/.bash_logout ]
  then
    . ~/.bash_logout
  fi
  return 0
}

#. /etc/environment
#export PATH=$PATH
#export LANG=$LANG

# change PATH to be what your environment needs usually what is in
# /etc/environment
#PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"
#export PATH=$PATH

# for PATH and LANG from /etc/environment
# pam will auto process the environment file if /etc/pam.d/xrdp-sesman
# includes
# auth       required     pam_env.so readenv=1

pre_start
wm_start
post_start

exit 1
#2

Hi,
Try creating an .Xclients file as described in this article…

http://sigkillit.com/tag/xrdp/

TSU

#3

Hi

I tried this but it made no difference. XRDP still uses IceWM.

Simon

#4

Hi

The solution was to change “SESSION” to “xfce4” and add a condition to check for “xfce4”


   xfce4)
      if  -r /usr/bin/xfce4-session ]; then
        /usr/bin/xfce4-session
      fi
      ;;

Now everything works correctly. I guess could simplify the startwm.sh by removing all the unnecessary checks for other Window Managers.

Simon

#5

Congrats on finding your solution and I’m sure by posting your solution someone else will be helped.

TSU