XRDP Gray Screen, Tried Everything - Ask Ubuntu
askubuntu.com › questions › 464389May 11, 2014 · When I use RDP in Windows, it will connect to my Ubuntu box just fine, but I get a gray/black pixel screen with an "X" for a cursor. Here's what I've tried so far (in both 13.10 and 14.04) Created .xsession file to use gnome-2d. Installed xfce4 and updated .xsession file to use that. I did indeed restart xrdp after any change to the .xsession file