Enable RDP Service

On Ubuntu 18.04, the inner change has broken the original xrdp service,

thus it will need these two packages to start a RDP service:

sudo apt install xrdp
sudo apt install xorgxrdp-hwe-18.04

without using the hwe version, the xrdp will be blank black when connect.

Enable Dock and Change Icon

Install the tweaks tool first:

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions

or

sudo apt install gnome-tweaks

Then alter the desktop with the tweaks tool.

Missing Dock when remote access Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome Desktop with XRDP

The Dock will occasionally disappear when login to the account, re-login or reboot could solve it temporary,

Lei Mao (https://leimao.github.io/blog/Ubuntu-Dock-Disappear/) provided a good way to solve it. It’s not permanent, but it works.

The workaround is to reboot the Gnome shell by following the protocols presented below.

1. Press ALT + F2.
2. In the pop-up terminal, type ‘r’ and press Enter.

The Gnome shell will restart.

These steps will restart the gnome shell, and there’s no need to reboot any more.

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