Which app remote controlling pc from an android phone?

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Hi!

I’m wondering what smartphone app(s) I should use to remote control my computer. I don’t want to just send some commands or exchange files. For that KDE Connect is sufficient.

I want to see the full desktop and control it - on my phone.

Is the go-to solution still VNC? I heard some use the sunshine/moonlight combo. Is that feasible? Or should I use something else?
Afaik TeamViewer is a no-go because of business practices. (source)
Steam offers remote control… but you that’s a bit… I don’t even let it autostart.

I connect to my home network using wireguard. My Cachy runs Niri on Wayland btw. My mobile is a Fairphone 6 running /e/OS.

(Edit: Corrected link)

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rustdesk, rdp(gnome’s rdp implementation works well)

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The rustdesk app refuses the connection because I run wayland.
It appears Gnome doesn’t offer any Android app.

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the only reliable i can think of is rustdesk for Wayland
but if you want to do more out of the box
you can use Sunshine + Moonlight :person_running:

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As I already wrote: The rustdesk app refuses a connection to my pc because it detected wayland.

I just tried sunshine/moonlight. It works. Now I need to find an on-screen keyboard so I can type stuff. :sweat_smile:

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care to share some error log / screenshot? :thinking:
because i’ve been using it on my kde since last year without issue (all the saved target was wayland as well)

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but well, if sunshine and moonlight works for you, that’s good then

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It translates to:
Login error
X11 expected

It might work pc→pc but it doesn’t appear to work for android→pc.

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can you open rustdesk on you niri, check if you got the same Warning msg like me Wayland support xxxx (on previous screenshot) ?
if you didn’t get any of that
try this

i don’t have problem on my android

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edit : fortunately i do have niri installed, and can confirm, the root issue was niri didn’t set the XDG_SESSION_TYPE, so launching rustdesk with it solve the issue (atleast on my testing)

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From my niri config.kdl:

environment {
    QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME "qt6ct"
    ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT "auto"
    QT_QPA_PLATFORM "wayland"
    QT_WAYLAND_DISABLE_WINDOWDECORATION "1"
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE "wayland"
    XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP "niri"
}

The environment variable was already set and I could confirm it with echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE. I’m in the same situation as the last guy in the link you posted. There must be something else that’s causing that. :man_shrugging:

But sunshine/moonshine works so I’ll stick to that.

Nevertheless thank you for your help. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: