Headless Linux Support - PJaros/rustdesk GitHub Wiki

Only tested on Ubuntu for now.

RustDesk 1.2 (nightly build)

Diabled by default.

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Prerequirements:

# Only support gnome desktop. https://www.gnome.org
# xfce4 may be supported.

# for Ubuntu
$ sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop
$ sudo apt install xserver-xorg-video-dummy
$ sudo apt install lightdm

# for Fedora
$ sudo sudo yum groups install "GNOME"
$ sudo yum install xorg-x11-drv-dummy

# for archlinux
$ pacman -S xorg xorg-server xf86-video-dummy
$ pacman -S gnome

Steps

# install rustdesk
# get rustdesk id
$ sudo rustdesk --get-id
# set password
$ sudo rustdesk --password <password>

# connect

TODOs:

  • Do not show "Connection Error" on logout.

https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/pull/3902#issue-1651369085

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