Comment 3 for bug 1069272

May or may not be relevant:

http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=2879

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Solving the “Empty Desktop Problem”

This problem was quite easy to solve. After some research on google, I’ve found out that I was not the only one having the issue. The solution was quite simple. In a few words, you have to force the xRDP software to use the ubuntu-2D (or the gnome-fallback) Desktop environment. To force that, you will need to create the .xsession file in your home directory and insert the following text in it

gnome-session –session=ubuntu-2d

or you can use a command line to perform exactly the same operation

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This workaround allows you to have a workable desktop. On the other hand, you will be forced to use Ubuntu-2d (this is ok if you have chosen Unity as preferred desktop). But if you have configured gnome-shell as your preferred desktop, you will not be able to use it. I would say not a big deal, you can remotely connect to your system and in we hope that new release will fix this small issue.