Rustdesk Keyboard not Typing on Remote

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I just installed rustdesk as an alternative to TeamViewer.
From my iPhone it is working great, there is a keyboard button bellow the app and I can use my iPhone keyboard to type on remote desktop.

I have to laptops, the main one which is EndeavourOS, and the one that I am accessing remotely with MX Linux installed.

I can access the remote desktop, move the cursor, click, right click… working as expected but keyboard on this EndeavourOS is not passing anything to the remote desktop.

How can I fix that? Is the problem related to the EndeavourOS or to the remote laptop with MX Linux?

Any guidance or help will be highly appreciated

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You could begin investigating your issue here:

https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk

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Thanks @ivanhoe
The link is mainly about how to build/install… etc.
I have been searching and read on several websites lots of solutions, some take about KDE Plasma configuration on both machines, some say Keyboard on the machine I am accessing from should be same configuration as keyboard on the remote machine… !
Both, I didn’t even get what they are talking about.

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For example:

RustDesk does not support Wayland. Check this to configuring Xorg as the default GNOME session.

Example 2:

Wayland does not seem to provide any API for sending keypresses to other windows. Therefore, the RustDesk uses an API from a lower level, namely the /dev/uinput device (Linux kernel level).

When Wayland is the controlled side, you have to start in the following way:
sudo rustdesk --service && rustdesk

rustdesk-dependencies as per AUR:

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The information you provided above is asking us for a crystal-ball… :crystal_ball:

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Did you try ‘rustdesk-nightly’ from aur? I think I had this issue and that fixed it.

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This what I read and seems the same for me! This is why I said:

I did, have nightly on both now, but still no way.
Maybe I will try to find another app.

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You are on KDE Plasma, right?

Have you looked at: https://apps.kde.org/krdc/ ?

:exclamation: Disclaimer: I have no experience of this application so my post is merely informative

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Yes.

I really appreciate your care to help at least. Thank you.
I am looking at it now.

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I don’t have time to test it out. But I had issues with Linux, maybe it doesn’t work well between Linux and Linux, as I remember I couldn’t even connect to a Linux remote a few months ago. If you have mouse input you could try an onscreen keyboard though.

I need it only to control Windows. I just remebered, my issue was, that I couldn’t type on Windows.

Did you install the nightly build on the MX linux side too? If you can type on a windows remote, maybe the issue is on the mx remote side.

Also if it’s your machine, set up some wireguard or tailscale and connect with vnc or rdp.

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I thought of this but thought to keep it as last resort!

Yes, both are nightly builds.
It seems to me that

This is so techie for me.

I will install a keyboard on the MX to use instead
Thank you very much

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It just means you have to start rustdesk in service mode with that command on your remote system. Did you try that command?

edit: that command on the remote system, not local

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I tried. I ran it and nothing happened, I even did not get the app launched, I did not have a cursor. Launched it manually, but still didn’t work.

It is ok, I will take your suggestion and use a ‘software’ keyboard

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sorry I wrote it wrong before, that command is for the remote side.

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No problem. I will try later. Got a little busy

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hmmm… From my iPhone I can connect and get the keyboard of the iPhone and type normally on the remote laptop (MX Linux)

So, It is accepting the keyboard input of the iPhone, can I say it is the keyboard in EndeavourOS that is not connecting or sending to the remote laptop?

Some settings or configuration to allow typing to remote laptop?

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It’s probably an issue with the application. Not much you can do. Report it on github.

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In the application! How is that if it is working from iPhone? Or perhaps a problem with the app in connecting between 2 KDE Plasma desktops?

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