Xrdp on fedora 41

Posted 2 years ago - updated 1 year ago

should just work from Plasma

but if you get a black screen you'll need more codex...

dnf install -y openh264

Xrdp on fedora 36

the latest version doesn't have lib so files so...

dnf install https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/xrdp/0.9.22/4.el9/x86_64/xrdp-0.9.22-4.el9.x86_64.rpm --allowerasing

cp /usr/lib64/xrdp/libxup.so /tmp cp /usr/lib64/xrdp/libvnc.so /tmp

context

then install normally

 install

dnf install xrdp or, for reference on other dists: apt install xrdp

then copy back libxup.so and libvnc.so

config

firewall-cmd --add-port=3389/tcp --permanent

firewall-cmd --reload

starting and stopping

sudo systemctl enable xrdp
sudo systemctl start xrdp

you also need to config xserver to NOT start automatically

sudo systemclt set-default multi-user.target

other commands

dnf group list

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notes useful

Problems

Blank screen with a cursor

Can be caused by multiple logins (The xrdp and gnome protocols only allows for a single GUI session)

Check existing logins:

loginctl list-sessions

Kill existing sessions:

loginctl kill-session c6

Try again :)

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