Remote desktop from Windows 7 / 8 to Ubuntu.

In general, we all are familiar to remote desktop protocol from Windows to Windows machine by "mstsc" and Ubuntu to Windows by "rdesktop ip_address -f" (condition: for full screen). Today, I would like to share "How to remote desktop from Windows 7 / 8 to Ubuntu".

Desktop Sharing in Ubuntu does not support RDP (remote desktop protocol ),so we need to install xrdp to allow connection from Windows 7 / 8  Remote Desktop.

1. Install xrdp in ubuntu. Open a terminal by pressing CTL+ALT+t, then run below command

   sudo apt-get install xrdp

2. Open Remote Desktop Connection in Windows 7.(click Start button,then search “remote” in search box)

3. Input the host name or IP address of your Ubuntu machine ,then click Connect

4. Input your username and password of Ubuntu ,then click Ok to connect

5. You have done, enjoy 

You can also stop the service from below command:

sudo service xrdp stop

It is tested on Windows 7 and 8 and Ubuntu 10.04 and 12.04 also. 

How to fix "ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode" ?

I solved this problem by reinstalling ubuntu-desktop.  

Open Ubuntu in console mode.
Give username and password.

or

When the message that "your system is running in low-graphics mode" appears, press Ctrl+Alt+F1, then login with your credentials.

And then, run the following commands:

• sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
• sudo reboot

It is tested on Ubuntu 10.04 on date 09/05/2013