OpenSUSE Leap 15: Connect to Cinnamon desktop environment via XRDP

This article will describe installing XRDP and connecting to Cinnamon desktop environment via XRDP.

1 Install Cinnamon desktop environment

Install Cinnamon desktop environment with this.

2 Install XRDP

Install XRDP and create ~/.xsession.

#!/bin/sh


sudo zypper -n in xrdp
sudo systemctl enable xrdp
sudo systemctl start xrdp
sudo firewall-cmd --add-port=3389/tcp --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

echo "cinnamon-session" > ~/.xsession

3 Connect to Cinnamon desktop environment via XRDP

The rdesktop connection is as the following. If you have already logined via display, XRDP will be failed.

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