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[Dray]

Does this help?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/235905/use-xrdp-to-connect-to-desktop-session

[cliver]

Looks like it might well do the trick. I'll give it a go when I get back. Thanks Dray.

[JamesK]

Do you still have VNC enabled in raspi-config?

I just disabled it and rebooted and it still works fine.

[cliver]

OK, I couldn't get xrdp to display the same desktop on multiple devices so I decided to go back to VNC and try that again.
I re-initialised my RPi and started from scratch.
I found this with a google search
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-raspberry-pi-lesson-7-remote-control-with-vnc/running-vncserver-at-startup
and it seems to work.
Steps to set up:

• In raspi-config set Boot Options to Desktop AutoLogin as pi user.
• create a new directory under /home/pi/.config called autostart
• cd /home/pi/.config/autostart
• create a file in here called tightvnc.desktop
• edit it to contain the following:

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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=TightVNC
Exec=vncserver :1
StartupNotify=false

• Save the file

That's it, it will start on boot and I can connect to the same desktop from any machine using vncviewer to connect to IPAddressOfRPi :1

Still can't get dslstats to auto run successfully but I'm one step closer :-)

[NewtronStar]

Have just noticed a small rainbow icon at the top right of the screen on DSLstats using RPi it comes and go's so had to find why this happens.

The answer looks like under-voltage from the original power supply unit I suppose it must be 2 years old now it needs 5Volts so must be below 4.65Volts and right enough replaced original PSU with a PSU with same specs 5Volts 2.0amps output and the rainbow icon does not appear.

[roseway]

That's useful information, thanks.

[lockdown]

I'm a new user but just thought I'd provide a quick update on running DSLStats, I was running Wheezy but after reading through this thread it was apparent that upgrading to Jessie with Pixel would require less setup since VNC is baked in. I performed a clean install and once initially installed ran 'systemctl enable vncserver-x11-serviced.service' to run VNC server in service mode on boot, installed DSL stats and configured and it's up and running. For those wanting an easy ride - definitely the way to go.

[roseway]

Thanks for that information.