Remmina

To connect to any RDP system (Linux or Windows) from Linux run the Remmina application which should be installed by default.

Create a new connection and set settings as below:

server: The name of the machine you want to connect to, this is usually on the white sticker on the front of the machine, without the .nat.physics.ox.ac.uk prefix.

• username: Your physics username
• password: Your physics password
• domain: blank, some documentation says to set this, please do not, xrdp doesn't use this in the way anyone expects. 

Once the basic setup is done you will need to add the following under advanced:

• Remote desktop gateway server: rdp-gateway.physics.ox.ac.uk
• Remote desktop gateway username: Your physics username
• Remote desktop gateway password: Your physics password
• Remote desktop gateway domain: PHYSICS

Viewing a remote experiment

If you want to view a graphical experiment running on your machine this doesn't work with this setup, as a work around when you log in to the physical desktop run Remmina and connect to "localhost" with your username and password. Do not use the rdp-gateway for this.

This will create a remote session which will persist when you connect from a remote system.

Debugging

Users with older accounts

There are numerous problems with older profiles stored on the Linux home area. If you experience issues with rdp, please log in to any system which has your home area and run the following command:

rm -fr ~/.vnc ~/.Xsession ~/.xsession

Please note, if you run a legacy system, this may break your configuration, however it will have no effect on centrally managed systems.