Hi folks. I’ve gone through all the different RDP settings trying to get RDP enabled. I finally found out how to get the logs easily and have been iterating on things.
Setting xrdp settings in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix does not seem to get me anywhere successful, but I can successfully RDP into my machine with Remote Desktop enabled from the “settings” app. I can see my mouse (from my macbook) moving on the monitor of my nixos machine when I RDP in using Microsoft Remote Desktop.
However, the screen is completely black.
When I had a startwm.sh file in my root that called exec gnome-session it seemed like it was close to working, but I couldn’t get passed a " no X11 display found" error (see gnome-session-check-accelerated: no X11 display found (#106) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-session · GitLab for similar) Also posted logs in Xrdp issues on NixOS - #2 by SgtPooki
Here are some logs from the login session, and config files are below:
> journalctl --since 18:16
Mar 31 18:16:41 nixos gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[7835]: [18:16:41:994] [7835:7899] [WARN][com.winpr.negotiate] - AcceptSecurityContext status SEC_I_CONTINUE_NEEDED [0x0>
Mar 31 18:16:41 nixos gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[7835]: [18:16:41:999] [7835:7899] [WARN][com.winpr.negotiate] - AcceptSecurityContext status SEC_I_COMPLETE_NEEDED [0x0>
Mar 31 18:16:41 nixos .gnome-remote-d[7835]: [RDP.CLIPRDR] Relieving CLIPRDR filename restriction
Mar 31 18:16:41 nixos .gnome-remote-d[7835]: [RDP.CLIPRDR] Client capabilities: long format names, stream file clip, file clip no file paths, huge file support
Mar 31 18:16:41 nixos .gnome-remote-d[7835]: [RDP.RDPGFX] CapsAdvertise: Accepting capability set with version RDPGFX_CAPVERSION_107, Client cap flags: H264 (AVC444): tr>
Mar 31 18:16:41 nixos .gnome-remote-d[7835]: [RDP.AUDIO_PLAYBACK] Failed to open AUDIO_PLAYBACK_DVC channel (CreationStatus -1073741823). Trying SVC fallback
Mar 31 18:16:41 nixos .gnome-remote-d[7835]: [RDP.AUDIO_PLAYBACK] Client Formats: [AAC: false, PCM: true]
Mar 31 18:16:41 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:41 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:44 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:44 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:44 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:44 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:45 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:46 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:46 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:46 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:46 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:46 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:46 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:46 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:46 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:46 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:46 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:46 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:46 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:47 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:47 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:47 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:16:47 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:17:00 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:17:00 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:17:46 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:17:46 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:17:47 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:17:47 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:17:47 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:17:47 nixos kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000009c [] ch 2 [007f8e6000 systemd-logind[945]] subc 0 class a097 mthd 0d78 data 00000004
Mar 31 18:17:48 nixos gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[7835]: [18:17:48:157] [7835:7899] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - Incorrect RDP header.
Mar 31 18:17:48 nixos gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[7835]: [18:17:48:157] [7835:7899] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - peer_recv_callback: CONNECTION_STATE_ACTIVE - peer_r>
Mar 31 18:17:48 nixos gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[7835]: [18:17:48:157] [7835:7899] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - transport_check_fds: transport->ReceiveCallback>
Mar 31 18:17:48 nixos .gnome-remote-d[7835]: Unable to check file descriptor, closing connection
Mar 31 18:17:48 nixos systemd[1]: run-user-1000-gnome\x2dremote\x2ddesktop-cliprdr\x2dwXLlWZ.mount: Deactivated successfully.
Mar 31 18:17:48 nixos .gnome-shell-wr[1213]: Failed to add device, disconnecting client
Note: I explicitly closed the RDP window, so that is a full sign-in via RDP and then closing of the client side.
My nix configuration is as follows:
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
imports =
[ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
./hardware-configuration.nix
./nvidia-770.nix
];
# Bootloader.
boot.loader.grub.enable = true;
boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sdb";
boot.loader.grub.useOSProber = true;
networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
# networking.wireless.enable = true; # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
# Configure network proxy if necessary
# networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
# networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";
# Enable networking
networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
# Set your time zone.
time.timeZone = "America/Los_Angeles";
# Select internationalisation properties.
i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_NAME = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_TELEPHONE = "en_US.UTF-8";
LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8";
};
# Enable the X11 windowing system.
services.xserver.enable = true;
# Enable the GNOME Desktop Environment.
services.xserver.displayManager.gdm.enable = true;
services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
# from https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Remote_Desktop#GNOME
#services.xserver.displayManager.sddm.enable = true;
#services.xserver.desktopManager.plasma5.enable = true;
# Configure keymap in X11
services.xserver = {
layout = "us";
xkbVariant = "";
};
# Enable CUPS to print documents.
services.printing.enable = true;
# Enable sound with pipewire.
sound.enable = true;
hardware.pulseaudio.enable = false;
security.rtkit.enable = true;
services.pipewire = {
enable = true;
alsa.enable = true;
alsa.support32Bit = true;
pulse.enable = true;
# If you want to use JACK applications, uncomment this
#jack.enable = true;
# use the example session manager (no others are packaged yet so this is enabled by default,
# no need to redefine it in your config for now)
#media-session.enable = true;
};
# Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
# services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;
# Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
users.users.sgtpooki = {
isNormalUser = true;
description = "Russell";
extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
packages = with pkgs; [
firefox
# thunderbird
];
};
# Enable automatic login for the user.
services.xserver.displayManager.autoLogin.enable = true;
services.xserver.displayManager.autoLogin.user = "sgtpooki";
# Workaround for GNOME autologin: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/103746#issuecomment-945091229
systemd.services."getty@tty1".enable = false;
systemd.services."autovt@tty1".enable = false;
# Allow unfree packages
nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
nixpkgs.config.nvidia.acceptLicense = true;
# List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
# $ nix search wget
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
vim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
wget
vscodium
gnome.gnome-remote-desktop
gnome.adwaita-icon-theme
gnome.gdm
gnome.gnome-session
];
# Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are
# started in user sessions.
# programs.mtr.enable = true;
# programs.gnupg.agent = {
# enable = true;
# enableSSHSupport = true;
# };
# List services that you want to enable:
# Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
services.openssh.enable = true;
# Open ports in the firewall.
# networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
# networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
# Or disable the firewall altogether.
# networking.firewall.enable = false;
networking.firewall = {
enable = true;
allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 443 3389 ];
allowedUDPPorts = [ 3389 ];
#allowedUDPPortRanges = [
# # { from = 8000; to = 8010; }
#];
};
# Copy the NixOS configuration file and link it from the resulting system
# (/run/current-system/configuration.nix). This is useful in case you
# accidentally delete configuration.nix.
system.copySystemConfiguration = true;
# This option defines the first version of NixOS you have installed on this particular machine,
# and is used to maintain compatibility with application data (e.g. databases) created on older NixOS versions.
#
# Most users should NEVER change this value after the initial install, for any reason,
# even if you've upgraded your system to a new NixOS release.
#
# This value does NOT affect the Nixpkgs version your packages and OS are pulled from,
# so changing it will NOT upgrade your system.
#
# This value being lower than the current NixOS release does NOT mean your system is
# out of date, out of support, or vulnerable.
#
# Do NOT change this value unless you have manually inspected all the changes it would make to your configuration,
# and migrated your data accordingly.
#
# For more information, see `man configuration.nix` or https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options#opt-system.stateVersion .
system.stateVersion = "23.11"; # Did you read the comment?
# enable rdp. see https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Remote_Desktop#GNOME
#services.xrdp.enable = true;
#services.xrdp.defaultWindowManager = "gnome-remote-desktop";
#services.xrdp.defaultWindowManager = "${pkgs.gnome.gnome-session}/bin/gnome-session";
#services.xrdp.defaultWindowManager = "${pkgs.xterm}/bin/xterm";
#services.xrdp.defaultWindowManager = "${pkgs.icewm}/bin/icewm";
#services.xrdp.defaultWindowManager = "";
#services.xrdp.openFirewall = true;
#services.xrdp.port = 3389;
#services.xrdp.defaultWindowManager = "startplasma-x11";
#services.udev.packages = with pkgs; [ gnome.gnome-settings-daemon ];
}
^ Note that the config is messy because I tried multiple methods.
Hardware config file:
# Do not modify this file! It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
# and may be overwritten by future invocations. Please make changes
# to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
{
imports =
[ (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
];
boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "uhci_hcd" "ehci_pci" "ahci" "xhci_pci" "mvsas" "pata_marvell" "usbhid" "sd_mod" ];
boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
fileSystems."/" =
{ device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/d6bbf66d-56b2-4bfd-81fd-7a255da85369";
fsType = "ext4";
};
swapDevices = [ ];
# Enables DHCP on each ethernet and wireless interface. In case of scripted networking
# (the default) this is the recommended approach. When using systemd-networkd it's
# still possible to use this option, but it's recommended to use it in conjunction
# with explicit per-interface declarations with `networking.interfaces.<interface>.useDHCP`.
networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
# networking.interfaces.enp12s0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
# networking.interfaces.enp13s0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
}
nvidia config:
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
# Enable OpenGL
hardware.opengl = {
enable = true;
driSupport = true;
driSupport32Bit = true;
};
# Load nvidia driver for Xorg and Wayland
services.xserver.videoDrivers = [
"legacy_470"
];
hardware.nvidia = {
# Modesetting is required.
modesetting.enable = true;
# Nvidia power management. Experimental, and can cause sleep/suspend to fail.
# Enable this if you have graphical corruption issues or application crashes after waking
# up from sleep. This fixes it by saving the entire VRAM memory to /tmp/ instead
# of just the bare essentials.
powerManagement.enable = false;
# Fine-grained power management. Turns off GPU when not in use.
# Experimental and only works on modern Nvidia GPUs (Turing or newer).
powerManagement.finegrained = false;
# Use the NVidia open source kernel module (not to be confused with the
# independent third-party "nouveau" open source driver).
# Support is limited to the Turing and later architectures. Full list of
# supported GPUs is at:
# https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules#compatible-gpus
# Only available from driver 515.43.04+
# Currently alpha-quality/buggy, so false is currently the recommended setting.
open = false;
# Enable the Nvidia settings menu,
# accessible via `nvidia-settings`.
nvidiaSettings = true;
# Optionally, you may need to select the appropriate driver version for your specific GPU.
package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.legacy_470;
};
}
.