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I have the following configuration
$ grdctl --headless status
Overall:
Unit status: inactive
RDP:
Status: enabled
Port: 3389
TLS certificate: /path/to/tls.crt
TLS fingerprint: b4:eb:ec:83:29:35:1c:f3:fa:fc:2e:45:6c:ec:11:8f:5f:37:00:cb:41:06:5c:61:27:94:7e:e2:8f:31:cb:42
TLS key: /path/to/tls.key
View-only: no
Negotiate port: yes
Username: (hidden)
Password: (hidden)
VNC:
Status: disabled
Port: 5900
Auth method: prompt
View-only: no
Negotiate port: no
Password: (empty)When I run /usr/lib/gnome-remote-desktop-daemon --headless, it starts and doesn't report any errors, but doesn't listen on 3389.
I found a thread on reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments … o_port_is/) for the same problem, but no solutions.
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Apparently it works only under Gnome. I was trying to use ti with labwc.
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I am running Gnome, and my Arch is running on a headless nuc and I've been battling against the changes to vncserver configurations since 2019 when I set it up, so finding VNC not working again was no shock to me but diagnosing it this time was a lot harder. Learning about the removal of X eventually led me to exploring gnome-remote-desktop and I ended up getting to the same space as you, I have been able to get it "running" and supposedly on port 3389 but no matter what it just doesn't bind to it, I even tried its VNC offering, and similar problem. I was loving life with vncserver and nomachine, but now with Gnome they're both out the window.
I cannot find any solid tutorials and when trying to use an LLM chatbot to help diagnose the issue is said that the Weston RDP backend is looking for libfreedrp2.so.2 but I have libfreerdp3.so.3 installed. When I look at my logs that looks just like a hallucination but using DeepSeek and Claude to try guide me to setting up a wayland RDP for my existing GDM I just couldn't get anywhere for Arch headless, and again I don't see any tutorials.
Last edited by lateparty (2025-11-19 06:17:07)
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For me the remote desktop worked under Gnome so I don't know why it doesn't for you, but you can try wayvnc - a wayland vnc server. Since I'm not on Gnome I use wayvnc all the time and it works just fine.
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Did you have a screen, or were you running headless? Unfortunately I will be sticking to Gnome and can't try wayvnc but thanks for the session.
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I have a screen. Headless should work though, once you're logged in and Gnome is running. Gnome is Wayland now, so wayvnc should work under it. You just need autologin.
Last edited by gtarch (2025-11-20 07:25:45)
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