Not found with the last fedora 34 SO update about enhancedsessionmode

[enavarrom]

I found a better solution:

You need modify the file /etc/gdm/custom.conf and add the next lines:

WaylandEnable=false
DefaultSession=gnome-xorg.desktop

This solution works in fedora 34 updates and fedora 35.

[winderickxeli]

So I'm mighty close. I just need to tinker with the pam config files. Please review if these configurations work for you. They work for me. Now running Fedora 34. You'll need to create startfedora.sh with a+x rights. I used this script for my inspiration.

/etc/xrdp/sesman.ini

;; See `man 5 sesman.ini` for details

[Globals]
ListenAddress=127.0.0.1
ListenPort=3350
EnableUserWindowManager=true
; Give in relative path to user's home directory
UserWindowManager=startfedora.sh
; Give in full path or relative path to /etc/xrdp
DefaultWindowManager=startfedora.sh
; Give in full path or relative path to /etc/xrdp
ReconnectScript=reconnectwm.sh

[Security]
AllowRootLogin=true
MaxLoginRetry=4
TerminalServerUsers=tsusers
TerminalServerAdmins=tsadmins
; When AlwaysGroupCheck=false access will be permitted
; if the group TerminalServerUsers is not defined.
AlwaysGroupCheck=false
; When RestrictOutboundClipboard=true clipboard from the
; server is not pushed to the client.
RestrictOutboundClipboard=false

[Sessions]
;; X11DisplayOffset - x11 display number offset
; Type: integer
; Default: 10
X11DisplayOffset=10

;; MaxSessions - maximum number of connections to an xrdp server
; Type: integer
; Default: 0
MaxSessions=50

;; KillDisconnected - kill disconnected sessions
; Type: boolean
; Default: false
; if 1, true, or yes, every session will be killed within DisconnectedTimeLimit
; seconds after the user disconnects
KillDisconnected=false

;; DisconnectedTimeLimit (seconds) - wait before kill disconnected sessions
; Type: integer
; Default: 0
; if KillDisconnected is set to false, this value is ignored
DisconnectedTimeLimit=0

;; IdleTimeLimit (seconds) - wait before disconnect idle sessions
; Type: integer
; Default: 0
; Set to 0 to disable idle disconnection.
IdleTimeLimit=0

;; Policy - session allocation policy
; Type: enum [ "Default" | "UBD" | "UBI" | "UBC" | "UBDI" | "UBDC" ]
; "Default" session per <User,BitPerPixel>
; "UBD" session per <User,BitPerPixel,DisplaySize>
; "UBI" session per <User,BitPerPixel,IPAddr>
; "UBC" session per <User,BitPerPixel,Connection>
; "UBDI" session per <User,BitPerPixel,DisplaySize,IPAddr>
; "UBDC" session per <User,BitPerPixel,DisplaySize,Connection>
Policy=Default

[Logging]
; Note: Log levels can be any of: core, error, warning, info, debug, or trace
LogFile=xrdp-sesman.log
LogLevel=debug
EnableSyslog=true
SyslogLevel=debug
#EnableConsole=false
#ConsoleLevel=INFO
#EnableProcessId=false

[LoggingPerLogger]
; Note: per logger configuration is only used if xrdp is built with
; --enable-devel-logging
#sesman.c=INFO
#main()=INFO

;
; Session definitions - startup command-line parameters for each session type
;

[Xorg]
; Specify the path of non-suid Xorg executable. It might differ depending
; on your distribution and version. Find out the appropreate path for your
; environment. The typical path is known as follows:
;
; Fedora 26 or later    :  param=/usr/libexec/Xorg
; Debian 9 or later     :  param=/usr/lib/xorg/Xorg
; Ubuntu 16.04 or later :  param=/usr/lib/xorg/Xorg
; Arch Linux            :  param=/usr/lib/Xorg
; CentOS 7              :  param=/usr/bin/Xorg or param=Xorg
; CentOS 8              :  param=/usr/libexec/Xorg
;
param=/usr/libexec/Xorg
; Leave the rest paramaters as-is unless you understand what will happen.
param=-config
param=xrdp/xorg.conf
param=-noreset
param=-nolisten
param=tcp
param=-logfile
param=.xorgxrdp.%s.log

[Xvnc]
param=Xvnc
param=-bs
param=-nolisten
param=tcp
param=-localhost
param=-dpi
param=96

[Chansrv]
; drive redirection
; See sesman.ini(5) for the format of this parameter
#FuseMountName=/run/user/%u/thinclient_drives
#FuseMountName=/media/thinclient_drives/%U/thinclient_drives
FuseMountName=thinclient_drives
; this value allows only the user to acess their own mapped drives.
; Make this more permissive (e.g. 022) if required.
FileUmask=077
; Can be used to disable FUSE functionality - see sesman.ini(5)
#EnableFuseMount=false

[ChansrvLogging]
; Note: one log file is created per display and the LogFile config value 
; is ignored. The channel server log file names follow the naming convention: 
; xrdp-chansrv.${DISPLAY}.log
;
; Note: Log levels can be any of: core, error, warning, info, debug, or trace
LogLevel=INFO
EnableSyslog=true
#SyslogLevel=INFO
#EnableConsole=false
#ConsoleLevel=INFO
#EnableProcessId=false

[ChansrvLoggingPerLogger]
; Note: per logger configuration is only used if xrdp is built with
; --enable-devel-logging
#chansrv.c=INFO
#main()=INFO

[SessionVariables]
PULSE_SCRIPT=/etc/xrdp/pulse/default.pa

/etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini

[Globals]
; xrdp.ini file version number
ini_version=1

; fork a new process for each incoming connection
fork=true

; ports to listen on, number alone means listen on all interfaces
; 0.0.0.0 or :: if ipv6 is configured
; space between multiple occurrences
; ALL specified interfaces must be UP when xrdp starts, otherwise xrdp will fail to start
;
; Examples:
;   port=3389
;   port=unix://./tmp/xrdp.socket
;   port=tcp://.:3389                           127.0.0.1:3389
;   port=tcp://:3389                            *:3389
;   port=tcp://<any ipv4 format addr>:3389      192.168.1.1:3389
;   port=tcp6://.:3389                          ::1:3389
;   port=tcp6://:3389                           *:3389
;   port=tcp6://{<any ipv6 format addr>}:3389   {FC00:0:0:0:0:0:0:1}:3389
;   port=vsock://<cid>:<port>
port=vsock://-1:3389

; 'port' above should be connected to with vsock instead of tcp
; use this only with number alone in port above
; prefer use vsock://<cid>:<port> above
use_vsock=false

; regulate if the listening socket use socket option tcp_nodelay
; no buffering will be performed in the TCP stack
tcp_nodelay=true

; regulate if the listening socket use socket option keepalive
; if the network connection disappear without close messages the connection will be closed
tcp_keepalive=true

; set tcp send/recv buffer (for experts)
#tcp_send_buffer_bytes=32768
#tcp_recv_buffer_bytes=32768

; security layer can be 'tls', 'rdp' or 'negotiate'
; for client compatible layer
security_layer=rdp

; minimum security level allowed for client for classic RDP encryption
; use tls_ciphers to configure TLS encryption
; can be 'none', 'low', 'medium', 'high', 'fips'
crypt_level=none

; X.509 certificate and private key
; openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 365
certificate=
key_file=

; set SSL protocols
; can be comma separated list of 'SSLv3', 'TLSv1', 'TLSv1.1', 'TLSv1.2', 'TLSv1.3'
ssl_protocols=TLSv1.2, TLSv1.3
; set TLS cipher suites
#tls_ciphers=HIGH

; concats the domain name to the user if set for authentication with the separator
; for example when the server is multi homed with SSSd
#domain_user_separator=@

; The following options will override the keyboard layout settings.
; These options are for DEBUG and are not recommended for regular use.
#xrdp.override_keyboard_type=0x04
#xrdp.override_keyboard_subtype=0x01
#xrdp.override_keylayout=0x00000409

; Section name to use for automatic login if the client sends username
; and password. If empty, the domain name sent by the client is used.
; If empty and no domain name is given, the first suitable section in
; this file will be used.
autorun=Xorg

allow_channels=false
allow_multimon=true
bitmap_cache=true
bitmap_compression=false
bulk_compression=true
#hidelogwindow=true
max_bpp=24
new_cursors=true
; fastpath - can be 'input', 'output', 'both', 'none'
use_fastpath=both
; when true, userid/password *must* be passed on cmd line
#require_credentials=true
; when true, the userid will be used to try to authenticate
#enable_token_login=true
; You can set the PAM error text in a gateway setup (MAX 256 chars)
#pamerrortxt=change your password according to policy at http://url

;
; colors used by windows in RGB format
;
blue=009cb5
grey=dedede
#black=000000
#dark_grey=808080
#blue=08246b
#dark_blue=08246b
#white=ffffff
#red=ff0000
#green=00ff00
#background=626c72

;
; configure login screen
;

; Login Screen Window Title
#ls_title=My Login Title

; top level window background color in RGB format
ls_top_window_bg_color=009cb5

; width and height of login screen
;
; The default height allows for about 5 fields to be comfortably displayed
; above the buttons at the bottom. To display more fields, make <ls_height>
; larger, and also increase <ls_btn_ok_y_pos> and <ls_btn_cancel_y_pos>
; below
;
ls_width=350
ls_height=430

; login screen background color in RGB format
ls_bg_color=dedede

; optional background image filename (bmp format).
#ls_background_image=

; logo
; full path to bmp-file or file in shared folder
ls_logo_filename=
ls_logo_x_pos=55
ls_logo_y_pos=50

; for positioning labels such as username, password etc
ls_label_x_pos=30
ls_label_width=65

; for positioning text and combo boxes next to above labels
ls_input_x_pos=110
ls_input_width=210

; y pos for first label and combo box
ls_input_y_pos=220

; OK button
ls_btn_ok_x_pos=142
ls_btn_ok_y_pos=370
ls_btn_ok_width=85
ls_btn_ok_height=30

; Cancel button
ls_btn_cancel_x_pos=237
ls_btn_cancel_y_pos=370
ls_btn_cancel_width=85
ls_btn_cancel_height=30

[Logging]
; Note: Log levels can be any of: core, error, warning, info, debug, or trace
LogFile=xrdp.log
LogLevel=INFO
EnableSyslog=true
#SyslogLevel=INFO
#EnableConsole=false
#ConsoleLevel=INFO
#EnableProcessId=false

[LoggingPerLogger]
; Note: per logger configuration is only used if xrdp is built with
; --enable-devel-logging
#xrdp.c=INFO
#main()=INFO

[Channels]
; Channel names not listed here will be blocked by XRDP.
; You can block any channel by setting its value to false.
; IMPORTANT! All channels are not supported in all use
; cases even if you set all values to true.
; You can override these settings on each session type
; These settings are only used if allow_channels=true
rdpdr=true
rdpsnd=true
drdynvc=true
cliprdr=true
rail=true
xrdpvr=true
tcutils=true

; for debugging xrdp, in section xrdp1, change port=-1 to this:
#port=/tmp/.xrdp/xrdp_display_10


;
; Session types
;

; Some session types such as Xorg, X11rdp and Xvnc start a display server.
; Startup command-line parameters for the display server are configured
; in sesman.ini. See and configure also sesman.ini.
#[Xorg]
#name=Xorg
#lib=libxup.so
#username=ask
#password=ask
#ip=127.0.0.1
#port=-1
#code=20

[Xvnc]
name=Xvnc
lib=libvnc.so
username=ask
password=ask
ip=127.0.0.1
port=-1
#xserverbpp=24
#delay_ms=2000
; Disable requested encodings to support buggy VNC servers
; (1 = ExtendedDesktopSize)
#disabled_encodings_mask=0
; Use this to connect to a chansrv instance created outside of sesman
; (e.g. as part of an x11vnc console session). Replace '0' with the
; display number of the session
#chansrvport=DISPLAY(0)

; Generic VNC Proxy
; Tailor this to specific hosts and VNC instances by specifying an ip
; and port and setting a suitable name.
#[vnc-any]
#name=vnc-any
#lib=libvnc.so
#ip=ask
#port=ask5900
#username=na
#password=ask
#pamusername=asksame
#pampassword=asksame
#pamsessionmng=127.0.0.1
#delay_ms=2000

; Generic RDP proxy using NeutrinoRDP
; Tailor this to specific hosts by specifying an ip and port and setting
; a suitable name.
#[neutrinordp-any]
#name=neutrinordp-any
; To use this section, you should build xrdp with configure option
; --enable-neutrinordp.
#lib=libxrdpneutrinordp.so
#ip=ask
#port=ask3389
#username=ask
#password=ask
; Uncomment the following lines to enable PAM authentication for proxy
; connections.
#pamusername=ask
#pampassword=ask
#pamsessionmng=127.0.0.1
; Currently NeutrinoRDP doesn't support dynamic resizing. Uncomment
; this line if you're using a client which does.
#enable_dynamic_resizing=false
; By default, performance settings requested by the RDP client are ignored
; and chosen by NeutrinoRDP. Uncomment this line to allow the user to
; select performance settings in the RDP client.
#perf.allow_client_experiencesettings=true
; Override any experience setting by uncommenting one or more of the
; following lines.
#perf.wallpaper=false
#perf.font_smoothing=false
#perf.desktop_composition=false
#perf.full_window_drag=false
#perf.menu_anims=false
#perf.themes=false
#perf.cursor_blink=false
; By default NeutrinoRDP supports cursor shadows. If this is giving
; you problems (e.g. cursor is a black rectangle) try disabling cursor
; shadows by uncommenting the following line.
#perf.cursor_shadow=false
; By default, NeutrinoRDP uses the keyboard layout of the remote RDP Server.
; If you want to tell the remote the keyboard layout of the RDP Client,
; by uncommenting the following line.
#neutrinordp.allow_client_keyboardLayout=true
; The following options will override the remote keyboard layout settings.
; These options are for DEBUG and are not recommended for regular use.
#neutrinordp.override_keyboardLayout_mask=0x0000FFFF
#neutrinordp.override_kbd_type=0x04
#neutrinordp.override_kbd_subtype=0x01
#neutrinordp.override_kbd_fn_keys=12
#neutrinordp.override_kbd_layout=0x00000409

; You can override the common channel settings for each session type
#channel.rdpdr=true
#channel.rdpsnd=true
#channel.drdynvc=true
#channel.cliprdr=true
#channel.rail=true
#channel.xrdpvr=true

/usr/libexec/xrdp/startfedora.sh

#!/bin/sh
export XDG_SESSIN_TYPE=x11
export GDK_BACKEND=x11

exec gnome-session

[winderickxeli]

Hi, I have the same issue. I did however find a workarround. It will sound crazy but it works. I haven't gone trough the logfiles to find out how or why this works but it does:

• Install LXDE (sudo dnf group install lxde-desktop)
• logon with LXDE on basic session
• start Enhanced mode and tada! Suddely the error is gone.
  You have to logon for this to work. My guess is it has something to do with the pam components.

I'll keep searching.

EDIT: I'm on Fedora 35 beta right now

[winderickxeli]

I've been digging in the relevant log file (/var/log/xrdp-sesman.log) which contains no info at all until you set sesman to show debug info (/etc/xrdp/sesman.ini --> Loglevel = debug).

Now it's saying what is going wrong: Did not find a running X server

So when you logon with a basic session with a DE that uses X, like LXDE or Gnome on Xorg, you start the X server, allowing you to connect to an EnhancedSessionMode.

We're one step closer to a solution!