Enable Remote Desktop in Ubuntu 22.04. It seems that just enabling Remote Desktop in the Settings app. There's two services that can be used: `gnome-remote-desktop` and `xrdp`. `xrdp` will allow login without first login to the console. `gnome-remote-desktop` will require a login to the console to start. - - - # Configure via ssh ## Update and install packages ```bash sudo apt update sudo apt install -y gnome-remote-desktop winpr-utils libsecret-tools ``` ## Open the firewall ```bash sudo ufw allow 3389/tcp ``` ## Setup config ```bash gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.remote-desktop.rdp enable true # self-signed cert for RDP winpr-makecert -silent -rdp -path ~/.local/share/gnome-remote-desktop/ rdp-tls grdctl rdp set-tls-key ~/.local/share/gnome-remote-desktop/rdp-tls.key grdctl rdp set-tls-cert ~/.local/share/gnome-remote-desktop/rdp-tls.crt # set RDP username/password that MRD will use grdctl rdp set-credentials shaun 'yourpassword' # allow keyboard/mouse grdctl rdp disable-view-only # ensure the service is running systemctl --user enable --now gnome-remote-desktop ``` (Those `grdctl` subcommands and the TLS steps are the supported way to configure GNOME RDP from CLI. ([Ubuntu Manpages](https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lunar/man1/grdctl.1.html "Ubuntu Manpage: grdctl - Command line tool for configuring GNOME Remote Desktop"), [Ask Ubuntu](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1499789/enable-rdp-from-command-line "Enable RDP from command line - Ask Ubuntu"))) ```bash echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE # if this prints "x11", edit /etc/gdm3/custom.conf to have: WaylandEnable=true # then: sudo systemctl restart gdm3 (or reboot) ``` Verify it’s listening ```bash ss -tulpn | grep 3389 sudo lsof -i :3389 -n -P journalctl --user -u gnome-remote-desktop -n 50 --no-pager ``` If you still hit **0x207** on the Mac client, export the connection to a `.rdp` file, open it, and set: ``` use redirection server name:i:1 ``` Save, then open that file—this specific MRD-for-Mac quirk has fixed 0x207 for many folks. ([DEV Community](https://dev.to/emile1636/rdp-error-code-0x207-on-mac-for-ubuntu-24-d6d "Fix for Remote Desktop Error code 0x207 on Mac for Ubuntu - DEV Community")) If it still fails, tail the log while you connect: ```bash journalctl --user -u gnome-remote-desktop -f ``` If you use the UI to setup Remote Desktop, editing the RDP connection file may be the fix.