Ubuntu – Hyper-V Clipboard and Integration Services in Ubuntu

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I have Ubuntu 14.04 running in Windows Hyper-V. I am experiencing a problem with the Clipboard (copy from host to Virtual Machine), it is not working correctly (It was not working with Ubuntu 12.04 also). I suspect that the problem lies in the Integration Services. Are they enabled by default or do I need to enable them in Ubuntu 14.04 ? Does anyone else experience the same problem with the Clipboard Copy-Paste function ?

Interesting is that in the Hyper-V Clipboard the Capture Screen(Ctrl+C) works as seen in the image below, but Type Clipboard Text (Ctrl+V) does not work.

lsmod | grep hv

Ubuntu 14.04 running in Hyper-V image taken with clipboard screen capture

I have searched the web and found only information about Ubuntu 12.04. This is what has to be done on Ubuntu 12.04: click here. Does this also apply for Ubuntu 14.04 ? If I am correct I do not have to install something (Linux Integration Services 3.5 here), everything is already installed in Ubuntu, but is the procedure the same as in the above link ?

To enable VSS Snapshot daemon and KVP daemon use the following command:

# sudo apt-get update
# sudo apt-get install hv-kvp-daemon-init

Ubuntu virtual machines feature distribution map here

Best Answer

Since this question was asked (re ~ Ubuntu 15.04) things have progressed significantly with regards to Hyper-V & Ubuntu 18.04.1 with regards to ‘Enhanced Session Mode’.

There are two approaches currently:

A. New System ~~ Optimized Ubuntu Desktop images available in Microsoft Hyper-V gallery

B. Existing System ~~ manually configure xRDP to support ‘Enhanced Session Mode’

Here are the details:

Option A)

  1. In Hyper-V, on your server & select [Quick Create]
  2. In the [Create Virtual Machine] dialog, select [Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS] && then [Create Virtual Machine]
  3. Then complete the standard Ubuntu installation options
  4. ‘Enhanced Session Mode’ will prompt you to setup screen resolution, local resources, etc.
  5. Note/Caution ~ if you have problems using drives, then you may want to de-select the [Printers]

Here are the links to where I sourced the information:

○ Optimised Ubuntu Desktop images available in Microsoft Hyper-V gallery

○ Run Ubuntu virtual machines made even easier with Hyper-V Quick Create

Option B)

  1. Modify Ubuntu 18.04 to use xrdp

    1.1 Get the scripts from GitHub

    sudo apt-get update
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt update; sudo apt install git
git clone https://github.com/jterry75/xrdp-init.git ~/xrdp-init

    1.2 Make the scripts executable and run them...

    cd ~/xrdp-init/ubuntu/18.04/
sudo chmod +x install.sh
sudo ./install.sh
reboot

    1.3 <After Reboot> Run script again to finish setting up VM

    cd ~/xrdp-init/ubuntu/18.04/
sudo ./install.sh

  2. Shutdown Ubuntu VM

  3. Register Ubuntu Session ~ run this command on host PC using powershell with admin rights:

    Set-VM -VMName YourUbuntuVMNameHere -EnhancedSessionTransportType HvSocket

  4. Restart VM

  5. Connect/Login to XRDP from Hyper-V (note ~ enter username - must be lowercase)

  6. Note/Caution ~ if you have problems using drives, then you may want to de-select the [Printers]

Here is the link to where I sourced the information:

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