RDP fully works as long as the entire keyboard input is being captured. RDP had been working for awhile with Windows but as of 2/14/2021 Linux & macOS is now supported.
However, I haven't been able to make it work with the following setup:
Client:
M3 MacbookPro running Jump Desktop as the RDP client (with disabled "Key Conversions", and enabled "Send macOS Shortcuts" in Jump Desktop's configuration)
Server:
HP computer running Ubuntu, with xrdp as the RDP server
Kinto v1.2-13 build 6f42c68
When starting a RDP session with Jump Desktop, I see two problems:
First, it seems that the xkeysnail.service is not able to start:
ene 12 07:53:42 lrmunoz-HP-Slim-Desktop-S01-pF3xxx systemd[1]: Started xkeysnail.
ene 12 07:53:42 lrmunoz-HP-Slim-Desktop-S01-pF3xxx sudo[77731]: root : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/bash -c /usr/bin/xhost +SI:localuser:root && /home/lrmunoz/.config/kinto/killdups.sh && /usr/local/bin/xkeysnail --quiet --watch /home/lrmunoz/.config/kinto/kinto.py
ene 12 07:53:42 lrmunoz-HP-Slim-Desktop-S01-pF3xxx sudo[77731]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
ene 12 07:53:42 lrmunoz-HP-Slim-Desktop-S01-pF3xxx sudo[77736]: /usr/bin/xhost: unable to open display ":0"
ene 12 07:53:42 lrmunoz-HP-Slim-Desktop-S01-pF3xxx sudo[77731]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
ene 12 07:53:42 lrmunoz-HP-Slim-Desktop-S01-pF3xxx systemd[1]: xkeysnail.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
ene 12 07:53:42 lrmunoz-HP-Slim-Desktop-S01-pF3xxx systemd[1]: xkeysnail.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
ene 12 07:53:45 lrmunoz-HP-Slim-Desktop-S01-pF3xxx systemd[1]: xkeysnail.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
ene 12 07:53:45 lrmunoz-HP-Slim-Desktop-S01-pF3xxx systemd[1]: Stopped xkeysnail.
But most importantly, if I launch Kinto / xkeysnail manually with:
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v0.3.0
No keyboard devices specified via (--devices) option.
xkeysnail picks up keyboard-ish devices from the list below:
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Device Name Phys
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/dev/input/event0 Sleep Button PNP0C0E/button/input0
/dev/input/event1 Power Button PNP0C0C/button/input0
/dev/input/event2 Power Button LNXPWRBN/button/input0
/dev/input/event3 HP WMI hotkeys wmi/input0
/dev/input/event4 Video Bus LNXVIDEO/video/input0
/dev/input/event5 HDA Intel PCH Mic ALSA
/dev/input/event6 HDA Intel PCH Line ALSA
/dev/input/event7 HDA Intel PCH Line Out ALSA
/dev/input/event8 HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone ALSA
/dev/input/event9 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 ALSA
/dev/input/event10 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7 ALSA
/dev/input/event11 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8 ALSA
/dev/input/event12 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=9 ALSA
/dev/input/event13 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=10 ALSA
/dev/input/event14 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=11 ALSA
/dev/input/event15 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=12 ALSA
/dev/input/event16 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=13 ALSA
/dev/input/event17 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=14 ALSA
/dev/input/event18 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=15 ALSA
/dev/input/event19 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=16 ALSA
/dev/input/event20 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=17 ALSA
/dev/input/event21 py-evdev-uinput py-evdev-uinput
error: no input devices found (do you have rw permission on /dev/input/*?)
I suppose that is because I don't have a keyboard attached to the Ubuntu box. If I connect a USB keyboard to the Ubuntu box then xkeysnail does start:
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v0.3.0
No keyboard devices specified via (--devices) option.
xkeysnail picks up keyboard-ish devices from the list below:
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Device Name Phys
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/dev/input/event0 Sleep Button PNP0C0E/button/input0
/dev/input/event1 Power Button PNP0C0C/button/input0
/dev/input/event2 Power Button LNXPWRBN/button/input0
/dev/input/event3 HP WMI hotkeys wmi/input0
/dev/input/event4 Video Bus LNXVIDEO/video/input0
/dev/input/event5 HDA Intel PCH Mic ALSA
/dev/input/event6 HDA Intel PCH Line ALSA
/dev/input/event7 HDA Intel PCH Line Out ALSA
/dev/input/event8 HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone ALSA
/dev/input/event9 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 ALSA
/dev/input/event10 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7 ALSA
/dev/input/event11 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8 ALSA
/dev/input/event12 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=9 ALSA
/dev/input/event13 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=10 ALSA
/dev/input/event14 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=11 ALSA
/dev/input/event15 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=12 ALSA
/dev/input/event16 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=13 ALSA
/dev/input/event17 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=14 ALSA
/dev/input/event18 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=15 ALSA
/dev/input/event19 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=16 ALSA
/dev/input/event20 HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=17 ALSA
/dev/input/event21 DELL DELL USB Keyboard usb-0000:00:14.0-3/input0
/dev/input/event22 DELL DELL USB Keyboard System Control usb-0000:00:14.0-3/input1
/dev/input/event23 DELL DELL USB Keyboard Consumer Control usb-0000:00:14.0-3/input1
/dev/input/event24 py-evdev-uinput py-evdev-uinput
Okay, now enable remapping on the following device(s):
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/dev/input/event21 DELL DELL USB Keyboard usb-0000:00:14.0-3/input0
But mapping still does not work from the Jump Desktop session on my Mac, I suppose because xkeysnail is capturing events coming from the plugged USB keyboard, and not the RDP protocol.
So my question is, how to make xkeysnail remap keyboard events from the RDP session? Or am I doing something wrong?
The project's readme states that:
However, I haven't been able to make it work with the following setup:
Client:
Server:
When starting a RDP session with Jump Desktop, I see two problems:
First, it seems that the
xkeysnail.serviceis not able to start:But most importantly, if I launch Kinto / xkeysnail manually with:
Then it fails to launch with:
I suppose that is because I don't have a keyboard attached to the Ubuntu box. If I connect a USB keyboard to the Ubuntu box then xkeysnail does start:
But mapping still does not work from the Jump Desktop session on my Mac, I suppose because xkeysnail is capturing events coming from the plugged USB keyboard, and not the RDP protocol.
So my question is, how to make xkeysnail remap keyboard events from the RDP session? Or am I doing something wrong?