KDE6 / Wayland remote desktop.

4 Apr 2024

      I know that remote desktops are still a moving target in Wayland. Out of
curiosity I tried to access a remote desktop running in an up-to-date
Tumbleweed system. I selected to start with what I had been using
successfully previously. This message is just a status report on my use.
And a request for suggestions as to how best to proceed.

I always have this set up so the main desktop is shared. We mainly use this
doing support.

I use x11vnc on the remote desktop, with this command that starts when I
access port 5900 (via an entry in xinetd):

/usr/bin/x11vnc -inetd -rfbauth /etc/vncpasswd \
     -o /var/log/x11vnc.log -display :0 \
     -auth /run/sddm/{*-*-*-*-*} -env FD_XDM=1 \
     -shared -forever

My client command is:

vncviewer -passwd /home/roger/.vncpasswd stingray:0

where stingray is the system sharing the desktop. I use x11vnc -storepasswd
on the server, and vncpasswd on the client to manage the password.

Prior to the update to KDE6, this had been working. I suspect that the
change to Wayland in the update has broken things. I expected that.

It is not a total failure. When I connect, the password and other things
still work. I get a window that is the expected size (a laptop with an
external display sized window). Unfortunately the window contents are fully
black. Moving the mouse or pressing a key does not make a change.

I suspect that I need to move away from X (x11vnc after all) and start
investigating Wayland compatible solutions. Are there any? Especially ones
that work as I am - share the existing desktop?

Other than this and the odd decision of KDE to no longer disable a touchpad
when a mouse is connected, KDE6/Wayland seems to be working fine for my
uses.

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Roger Oberholtzer

Roger Oberholtzer

Andrei Borzenkov

Roger Oberholtzer

Andrei Borzenkov

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