xrdp only listening on IPv6: Fixed (Again)

Figured out why xrdp is not working on Ubuntu, but not why it’s only listening on IPv6 or what changed — who is testing this besides me?

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OK after much trial and tribulation (probably too much but I didn’t look at this because I knew xrpd was running) …

I figured out that xrdp is only listing on port 3389 for tcp6 (IPv6).

I found an old issue related to this but I’m using a much newer version of ubuntu and a more up to date version of xrdp.