FreeRDP: wlfreerdp /monitor-list not working
Describe the bug
When I type wlfreerdp /monitor-list it doesn’t show any of my monitors number, or when I use wlfreerdp /monitors:1 it doesn’t use the right monitor.
To Reproduce
- Install Debian Buster (GNOME interface)
- Log into your session using wayland
- Install freerdp with
apt install freerdp2-wayland - Run this command
wlfreerdp /monitor-list
Expected behavior I expected this:
cezar@tec-seguranca:~$ wlfreerdp /monitor-list [0] 1920x1080 +0+0 [1] 1366x768 +1920+312
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** Application details
- Version of FreeRDP This is FreeRDP version 2.0.0-dev5 (2693389a+debian)
- Command line used
wlfreerdp /monitor-list - output of
/buildconfig
- OS version connecting to Windows server 2012
- If available the log output from a run with
/log-level:traceI tried withwlfreerdp /monitor-list /log-level:traceand it doesn’t show anything, am I doing this right? Desktop (please complete the following information):
- OS: Debian Buster
- Browser: Epiphany
- Version: 3.32.1.2
Additional context
I have a linux computer in my work with two monitors and a Windows server which I have to connect using RDP protocol. One screen is big and another is very small, I always use the small one to connect to the server while I use the bigger one for my local operations.
When I use Xorg server and xfreerdp to connect, I have this alias configured for my connection:
alias xfreerdp='xfreerdp /kbd:0x00000416 /monitors:1 /f'
so wherever I type the command it will always use the smallest monitor. I would like to do the same in wayland. Thanks for your awesome work with freerdp.
If you need more information, I’m at work from Mondays to Fridays.
About this issue
- Original URL
- State: open
- Created 5 years ago
- Reactions: 3
- Comments: 15 (5 by maintainers)
That is unfortunately incredibly buggy on Wayland. Guess I’ll see if I can convince my employer to let me set up a VNC server or something.
@cizordj you can leave it open, we accept pull requests fixing/adding such stuff.
I am using the wlfreerdp since it was introduced. Now over a time it works quite stable for me for a daily usage. Having multiple monitor support on wayland would be really cool feature which I am currently missing 😃
@Nolij No, in the meantime just use the X version. That’s what I did.