Questions tagged [remote-desktop]
A remote desktop application allows to access a desktop and GUI applications on a remote machine. Popular remote desktop protocols are Microsoft's RDP as well as RealVNC's VNC protocol. There are also other protocols like NX and its derivatives like X2Go. This tag should be used for general remote desktop questions or if no specific tag for the remote desktop application or protocol in question is available.
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Is possible regenerate the "Encryption Fingerprint" for the "Remote Desktop" configuration?
To allow a Remote Desktop connection, in the client side can be use Remmina and in the server is mandatory enable the Remote Desktop option, it through Settings -> Sharing. This GUI is the same for ...
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How to simple record the full application window like obs does in ffmpeg / other programs?
In obs there is a feature capture window feature that can record the application in full without cutting parts, I have read the ffmpeg instructions but it is not easy what I want is simple how can ...
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Looking to provide remote access to a single PC but *only* its web browser?
Essentially I would like to be able to navigate to some custom domain that I own, log in to some basic front end, and then have access via a Remote Access Tool to my Linux computer (which would only ...
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Disable a specific window/program from being able to detect a specific keyboard key?
So I run an Arch Linux setup with i3wm, and Xorg (how original am I).
Where I work employees can work from home by using Parsec. The reason for this is because they're artists and need the low latency,...
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AlmaLinux 8.7 xrdp Remote Desktop Setup
I recently set up xrdp on my AlmaLinux 8.7 machine using the following guide: Access AlmaLinux 8 remote desktop using Windows RDP
The setup was successful, and I am able to access the machine remotely,...
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How to set up a Linux server for remotely starting a XFCE desktop environment from a VNC client?
My problem
Assuming:
I have a macOS system with a VNC client (Screens 4)
I have a Rocky Linux 9 system installed on a server without monitor, keyboard, mouse...
Rocky Linux 9 was installed with ...
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Recording/capturing/grabbing remote desktop RDP session as video on Linux?
I have just learned about RDP, and have successfully used remmina on my Ubuntu machine to connect to a remote Windows PC.
Now, I would like to record that remote desktop session as video from the ...
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Remote Desktop (to Linux) Display Issues
I'm using Windows Remote Desktop to connect to a Linux server. Both the Remote Desktop client and "xrandr" on the server specify a 1920x1080 resolution. However, some display setting is ...
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Debian Bullseye RDP/VNC blank scree or "Oh no! Something went wrong" issue
My laptop is running Debian Bullseye installed with all default selections of tasksel, so basically Gnome 3.8.35, Wayland and X11.
It's been days I've been trying to control my laptop that is on the ...
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Why I can not open some application through vnc view
my VNC server run in ubuntu, and I use VNC Viewer in windows to connect ubuntu. Everything is OK until I try to open some GUI application. when I input a command in terminal, it output some message ...
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Using Xpra to Remotely Access an Ubuntu Unity desktop from Debian 11
In the Xpra documentation, it says that you can remotely access a Linux desktop with a command like:
xpra start-desktop ssh://user@192.168.0.2 --start=fluxbox
How would you do this if Ubunty Unity 22....
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How to tunnel regular internet traffic, and SSH/Remote desktop through different connections?
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I'd like all incoming/outgoing HTTP/S, internet traffic to go thru 192.168.2.1, and remote desktop or extrenal SSH connections to go thru 192.168.3.1.
Not sure which ...
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CapsLock and NumLock behavior in FastX
I am connecting to a remote linux XFCE session from Windows through FastX. Whenever I press, mainly by accident, Capslock or NumLock inside the XFCE session it somehow prevents me from typing numbers ...
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Securely Forward Service on Private Network to Client on Another Private Network
I have two computers on private networks and a VPS, all running Linux. I would like to be able to make a secure tunnel between the two computers so that one can securely access services hosted by the ...
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Shutdown/Restart a pc that has fedora36 via XRDP
I am repurposing an old desktop and installed fedora 36 kde version. I installed XRDP and it is working well for me. The only problem I am having is that when I try to restart or shutdown that pc ...
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RDP client for Linux/Unix with remoteApp support
Is there a RDP client that is capable of working with published remote apps. Analogously to what MS Remote desktop for macOS is doing?
The goal, when the program is launched, is to show the user the ...
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Installing chrome remote desktop on linux mint
Hello I am running Linux mint 20.3 Cinnamon edition on my host machine and am having an issue installing chrome remote desktop.
I'm on the remote desktop page and after clicking the download button I ...
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Container: Failing to start mutter (as headless wayland compositor with a gnome session)
What I'd like to do is have
a container (OCI container, preferably) that works without a host session manager interface exposed "into" it, and
runs a wayland compositor
has a >= gnome40 ...
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Sudo password dialogue not showing up for some apps over XRDP
It happens in both Ubuntu 22.04 and Manjaro (Gnome). If I install XRDP on it and connect to it via XRDP, for some apps the sudo password dialogue is working, and for some other apps, it does not work. ...
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blank window with XDMCP between linux and unix
I have a Digital Unix 4.0 emulation running without a display (FreeAXP). I have an X app (Open Genera 2) on this host that I would like to use.
I managed to configure both Unix and Linux and I can do ...
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Remmina can't connect to university PC
My university offers remote connection to Library PCs. Here is a list of RDP files they offer. The RDP files works seamlessly with Windows 10. But in Ubuntu LTS 20.04, it does not work.
Here, I enter ...
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HP ZCentral Remote Boost Opening Session for Users with Expired Password
I am using HP ZCentral Remote Boost Version 20.1.2.8161 on RHEL 7.9.
Current behavior: When an LDAP user (free IPA) with an expired password authenticates (using their expired password) via the HP ...
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I installed Microsoft RDP in my OSx to remotely access Kali machine using XRDP, but i am getting blank screen when i tried to login using XRDP
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Install teamviewer for debian 9 cli only
Until now I used zerotier in order to reach a remote linux debian 9 machine that is a sort of vpn service, it assign you virtual router and you can add machines to it.
Something got really strange ...
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xrdp disconnects after logging into CentOS 7 machine
CentOS 7 image was installed with Gnome desktop to local server (on same LAN as the Windows computer I used to access it).
Neither machine uses a VPN.
etc/services says that port 3389 is being used ...
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remote gui support
On Linux, is there any possible solution for remote GUI support?
It must work on gnome3.
Currently, I have X11VNC with gnome2 which runs as service. This has VNC sharing a user's physical desktop. ...
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Ufw allow app: ERROR: Need 'from' or 'to' with 'app'
I am using Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, although this question is probably not specific to Ubuntu but to any system using ufw.
I am setting up a rule for VNC vino connections.
I meant to do that via a ...
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Connection from Remote Desktop WIN10 to work station UBUNTU20.04
I would like to connect to a work station with Ubuntu 20.04 (private ip) using the remote desktop present in win10. I tested meny tutorial present in internet, without success. I would like ask: there ...
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How to source /etc/profile for Remote Desktop Sessions
I want to set up a server with some functions and aliases available for all users.
I set these up initially in a file in /etc/profile.d and everything was working fine both from:
SSH
Local desktop (...
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How to find out a process name for an application, when desktop application uses a different name in the taskbar?
Usually a desktop application uses a similar name in the taskbar, that it uses in the ps output.
For example, Evolution mail client can be started from a command-line as evolution.
But some ...
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How to fix "Dummy Output" device and enable sound to be played on a Linux machine when remotely connected to it (xrdp) from a Windows 10 client?
When I remote connect from Windows 10 (using the default Windows RDP client) to my Linux Mint 20.1 remote machine (running xrdp), I would like to be able to play sound on the remote machine. However, ...
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How to restart Anydesk every time I restart the PC using FreeBSD
Actually I'm using Anydesk on freebsd 13R to allows access to some coworkers. I have two problems to fix with FreeBSD and Anydesk :
Anydesk server closes when the remote user closes the client
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LSPCI detects two 3D display vga
I'm running debian 11 (Bullseye) with AMD CPU (without iGPU) + NVIDIA GT1030. Initially the debian did not recognize the gpu driver (which is just my guess) because the screen was all black until I ...
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Unable to connect to an existing X session w/ Nomachine
I've used Nomachine for years to connect my 2 Linux laptops. The client machine A has always connected to an existing X session in the server machine B displaying it in both A and B. However, lately ...
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How can I set up x11vnc to start on boot, with lightdm?
I have an X server all configured and running with LightDM and GNOME desktop. I have x11vnc installed to access the X server. I open a terminal in GNOME and run x11vnc. This gives me VNC access to the ...
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Debian 9.13 Vino remote desktop gets black screen when machine boot with no monitor connected
I was running debian 9.13 with gnome GUI on a x86 (atom E3950) computer. If I connect the machine with a HDMI monitor, and try to access its remote desktop vino-server, everything is ok. but if the ...
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Raspberry Pi remote desktop gateway tunnel
For a university project, I have to remotely work on a raspberry pi. Currently, I connect to it via ssh in the terminal:
Win Home PC --ssh--> uni-gateway-domain.com --ssh--> Pi.
Now, I want to ...
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Why can't I connect to my remote desktop with rdesktop command?
I can connect remote desktop in remmina with RDP protocol. It encounters an error when I connect to the remote desktop with rdesktop command:
rdesktop 192.168.31.21
Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ...
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when connecting to remote desktop connection using kali linux my computer doesnt allow me to connect but xrdp works fine
When connecting Kali to a remote desktop connection it connects but when I use remote desktop connection on windows 10 I get an error saying I cannot establish a connection. does anyone know what the ...
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I can not copy or paste in Debian Remote Desktop Viewer
I can not copy or paste in Debian Remote Desktop Viewer i have tried all the possible combination written in literature, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+v, right click, shift+right/left click, wheel click, almost ...
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I can't connect to xRDP by enter 127.0.0.1, but I can connect to it by enter "localhost"
I was installed GUI of Kali Linux on WSL. Now when I tried connect it through Remote Desktop Connection, I can’t connect to it by type 127.0.0.1:3390, but I can connect by type localhost:3390. 127.0.0....
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How do I share the same copy/paste clipboard between Centos and Vinagre Remote Desktop Viewer?
I am using Centos 8 and I am using the Vinagre Remote Desktop Viewer to access Windows 10 computer. Is there a way for me to share the copy/paste clipboard between the two? So I can just copy text,...
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RemoteControl on Samba AD?
I have an AD/DC, running on Zentyal 6.1 (wich is a web service of Samba 4.11 running on 18 iirc). But here is the thing: I have some users (we are on the same network, I can even reach them via ping, ...
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Forward audio from Linux to Windows
For example, how do I forward audio from a Ubuntu guest (in Hyper-V) to the Hyper-V host, considering Hyper-V doesn't virtualize audio hardware? There is no pulse client for Windows 10 as far as I ...
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One monitor, 2 boxes - want to do remote login and X from one to the other, how?
So I have a laptop, an older box, and one monitor. The former has some work stuff which is sensitive, I want to use the other one for anything web browsing etc. Both run linux (manjaro the first, pop-...
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debian 10 / lxde / tight vnc - copy paste from windows in both directions not working
We are moving from windows server to debian 10, we need a gui for a while until we transition to full command line.
we need to vnc (lxde gui) into the debian server and be able to copy and paste files ...
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Can XDMCP be encrypted with RSA or AES? Can XDMCP be forwarded over SSL or TLS?
I know XDMCP cannot be forwarded over SSH because XDMCP uses UDP and SSH uses TCP.
Can XDMCP be forwarded over SSL or TLS instead?
XDMCP is not encrypted by default. Can AES or RSA be added to XDMCP ...
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How to make Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 accessible from the outside?
I have installed Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 on my parents computer but want to be able to administrate it from the outside (install updates, fix issues etc). I need access to the main desktop (:0), not ...
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how to start display server?
I was trying to install nvidia driver from the official nvidia.com sit on a server
I was fowlling the installation and in order to complete the installation I should have done the below command where ...
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French localization in xfce4.12 for Ubuntu 18.04
I'm trying to get an xfce4 (version 4.12) French environment up and running with a "headless" vnc session courtesy of this docker image.
If I use the original word for word and just install ...
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