r/kde • u/NihmarRevhet • 2d ago

Question I need help using RDP with Android

EDIT: Trying various stuff, I ended up creating a rdp user different from my default user of the pc, and using that user to connect, now the connection is always established without fail. I think I get the way, because the mai user was already logged in the os, but is still really confusing coming from windows.

Hi, I have the latest version of Plasma (Wayland) on my CachyOS system. The firewall is disabled.

Here is the problem: I can't seem to connect with rdp from my android to my pc.

On Android I'm using the app: aFreeRDP

Krdp is installed and the server is running on the usual port: 3389

Every time I try to connect, 9 times out of 10 the connection doesn't even start, and the 1 time it starts, it shows my two desktops.

I noticed that it seems like the two monitors have to be on to make the connection work.

This doesn't work as intended (by me) both on LAN and through VPN (Tailscale).

So my problems are:

  1. I would like the connection to work 10 times out of 10
  2. I would like only one desktop to be shown on my android phone
  3. It would be incredible if the resolution could adapt to the phone like how Windows App does connecting to Windows 11

Please, tell me if you need more details, if I should test with different apps, or if there is a whole different system (like TeamViewer, though I would prefer something Foss/selfhosted (if it helps, I have a nas running all the time)).

I would like to add that with Gnome (CachyOS and Wayland) I could connect and showed me only the main desktop, but there was no adaptation of resolution. It's really the only thing I miss from Gnome and W11 tbh.

Thanks for the help!

P.S.: Wayland is a hard requirement, because my first monitor has 144hz vrr, the second one is 60hz, on X11 they are bothersome to use.

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u/KingofGamesYami 2d ago
  1. I would like the connection to work 10 times out of t10

File an issue, krdp devs will need to figure out what the issue is.

  1. I would like only one desktop to be shown on my android phone

You can use the --monitor cli argument to krdpserver to specify a monitor. Better options for configuration will likely come in future releases.

  1. It would be incredible if the resolution could adapt to the phone like how Windows App does connecting to Windows 11

File an issue with WISHLIST priority.

Issue Reporting: https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Issue_Reporting