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Headless Linux Support
RustDesk edited this page Mar 31, 2025
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RustDesk 1.2 (nightly build)
Diabled by default.
Enable it via command line.
sudo rustdesk --option allow-linux-headless Y
or on GUI
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
- Intel virtual display: https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/issues/59#issuecomment-1494257375
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Immersed/comments/1bjqqbb/how_can_i_add_another_screen_im_currently_working/
- Fake / dummy hdmi https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/issues/59#issuecomment-1494275098 https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/issues/59#issuecomment-1162817430
- Configure dummy display yourself,
xserver-xorg-video-dummy
- A lot of virtual display here, https://github.com/pavlobu/deskreen/discussions/86
- https://docs.kernel.org/gpu/vkms.html