WSL and Linux Full GUI Desktop on W11

Somewhat related:

Hey @Kari!

I followed the tutorial on tenforums and have desktop Ubuntu running. Is there a way to automatically start xrdp server when I start Ubuntu in WSL?

Thanks!
John

NavyLCDR said:

I followed the tutorial on tenforums and have desktop Ubuntu running. Is there a way to automatically start xrdp server when I start Ubuntu in WSL?

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Hi John,

To be honest, I have not found a practical way. I always start the XRDP server manually.

Searching Bing now, I found this article, maybe it can give you some ideas:


Kari

This is amazing. Compiled a test app in both latest WSL terminal and on Windows using latest VS dev build. Here is the result (WSL on left and Win11 on right):


Best of all, the apps both run at the same time with 3D acceleration.

SlicEnDicE said:

This is amazing. Compiled a test app in both latest WSL terminal and on Windows using latest VS dev build. Here is the result (WSL on left and Win11 on right):
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Best of all, the apps both run at the same time with 3D acceleration.

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Looks like one of those tests for colorblindness -- missing the numbers when you go for a Pilots medical !!!

Cheers
jimbo

That is an example app for a game engine I use that produces random colored pixels on the screen. If that one works, the rest will work too.

NavyLCDR said:

Hey @Kari!

I followed the tutorial on tenforums and have desktop Ubuntu running. Is there a way to automatically start xrdp server when I start Ubuntu in WSL?

Thanks!
John

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Hi there

@NavyLCDR

have you tried running this as root / sudo on your ubuntu system in WSL - only needs to be run once - then restart ubuntu / WSL.

systemctl enable xrdp.service

that should automatically start the service on linux boot (or WSL start ubuntu). The xrdp service might be called something different so check its name, If you need other commands you can always create a crontab file that's executed after boot.

to check its status after boot

systemctl status xrdp (or systemctl status xrdp.service) .

I'm not a ubuntu expert but that's the normal way of ensuring services are started automatically at boot on most Linux distros.

Here's on Arch Linux - I usually use the built in KDE KRDC application but I thought I'd test XRDP since a load don't use the KDE desktop. Working perfectly to connect to remote W10 system.



Test TO remote Windows W2K19 server from Arch Linux laptop --probably could fiddle around with video settings and config but just testing.



cheers
jimbo

Tested Kpatience just now and it works fine for me.



And Edge Beta also running:

Thank you, Kari and Brink. it took me a couple of tries but I am pretty excited to get this running.