I just spent an hour working with a friend in the #opensuse-chat irc channel only to find i might be having this same issue. here is the last bit we did that is kinda pointing towards the same issue. sudo tail -f /var/log/xrdp* ==> /var/log/xrdp.log <== [20230213-20:05:18] [ERROR] Cannot read certificate file /etc/xrdp/cert.pem: No such file or directory [20230213-20:05:18] [ERROR] Cannot read private key file /etc/xrdp/key.pem: No such file or directory [20230213-20:07:49] [ERROR] xrdp_rdp_recv: xrdp_channel_process failed [20230213-20:08:14] [ERROR] xrdp_rdp_recv: xrdp_channel_process failed [20230213-20:09:19] [ERROR] xrdp_rdp_recv: xrdp_channel_process failed [20230213-20:09:19] [ERROR] xrdp_rdp_recv: xrdp_channel_process failed [20230213-20:14:47] [ERROR] xrdp_rdp_recv: xrdp_channel_process failed [20230213-20:15:01] [ERROR] xrdp_rdp_recv: xrdp_channel_process failed [20230213-20:15:01] [ERROR] xrdp_rdp_recv: xrdp_channel_process failed [20230213-20:15:35] [ERROR] xrdp_rdp_recv: xrdp_channel_process failed ==> /var/log/xrdp-sesman.log <== [20230213-19:43:55] [ERROR] sesman_main_loop: trans_check_wait_objs failed, removing trans [20230213-19:56:05] [ERROR] pam_authenticate failed: Authentication failure [20230213-19:56:05] [ERROR] sesman_data_in: scp_process_msg failed [20230213-19:56:05] [ERROR] sesman_main_loop: trans_check_wait_objs failed, removing trans [20230213-20:07:39] [ERROR] pam_authenticate failed: Authentication failure [20230213-20:07:40] [ERROR] sesman_data_in: scp_process_msg failed [20230213-20:07:40] [ERROR] sesman_main_loop: trans_check_wait_objs failed, removing trans [20230213-20:14:39] [ERROR] pam_authenticate failed: Authentication failure [20230213-20:14:39] [ERROR] sesman_data_in: scp_process_msg failed [20230213-20:14:39] [ERROR] sesman_main_loop: trans_check_wait_objs failed, removing trans [20230213-20:23:18] [ERROR] pam_authenticate failed: Authentication failure [20230213-20:23:18] [ERROR] sesman_data_in: scp_process_msg failed [20230213-20:23:18] [ERROR] sesman_main_loop: trans_check_wait_objs failed, removing trans Hope this helps Mir