Ops Setup

RDP Config

Adjust settings for RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol). These steps will make your remote-connection sessions easier.

Note: Some of these commands run silently! If they execute successfully they will not return anything to the screen. If they fail then you should receive an error message.

Get regular gnome experience over RDP

Copy and run each of these commands in the terminal:

sudo sed -i '4 i\export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=ubuntu:GNOME' /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh

sudo sed -i '4 i\export GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE=ubuntu' /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh

sudo sed -i '4 i\export DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu' /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh

Remove “color profile authentication” popup in XRDP

Run this command:

sudo touch /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/45-allow-colord.pkla

Then copy this entire block of commands, and paste it into your terminal to run all at once:

sudo cat <<EOL | sudo tee /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/45-allow-colord.pkla
[Allow Colord all Users]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-profile;org.freedesktop.color-manager.delete-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.delete-profile;org.freedesktop.color-manager.modify-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.modify-profile
ResultAny=no
ResultInactive=no
ResultActive=yes
EOL

Remove “Authentication required to refresh system repositories” popup on login via XRDP

Copy this entire block of commands, and paste it into your terminal to run all at once:

sudo cat <<EOL | sudo tee /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/46-allow-update-repo.pkla
[Allow Package Management all Users]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh
ResultAny=yes
ResultInactive=yes
ResultActive=yes
EOL

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