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authorDrew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>2019-02-22 13:58:52 -0500
committerDrew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>2019-04-08 08:09:07 -0600
commitfd0d7d0907fcb8783c4bd2fbbd8c8812f3ba1494 (patch)
tree003f3d8f144c92cb4073a348fd4191c96eced18d /docs
parent9faea17c738d9bfcdd241de7bae0bbe7590c77bf (diff)
Add FreeRDP backend for remote desktop support
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
wlroots reads these environment variables
-wlroots specific
-----------------
+# wlroots specific
+
* *WLR_DRM_DEVICES*: specifies the DRM devices (as a colon separated list)
instead of auto probing them. The first existing device in this list is
considered the primary DRM device.
@@ -12,23 +12,54 @@ wlroots specific
* *WLR_LIBINPUT_NO_DEVICES*: set to 1 to not fail without any input devices
* *WLR_BACKENDS*: comma-separated list of backends to use (available backends:
wayland, x11, headless, noop)
-* *WLR_WL_OUTPUTS*: when using the wayland backend specifies the number of outputs
-* *WLR_X11_OUTPUTS*: when using the X11 backend specifies the number of outputs
-* *WLR_HEADLESS_OUTPUTS*: when using the headless backend specifies the number
- of outputs
* *WLR_NO_HARDWARE_CURSORS*: set to 1 to use software cursors instead of
hardware cursors
* *WLR_SESSION*: specifies the wlr\_session to be used (available sessions:
logind/systemd, direct)
* *WLR_DIRECT_TTY*: specifies the tty to be used (instead of using /dev/tty)
-rootston specific
-------------------
+# Headless backend
+
+* *WLR_HEADLESS_OUTPUTS*: when using the headless backend specifies the number
+ of outputs
+
+# RDP backend
+
+* *WLR_RDP_TLS_CERT_PATH*: required when using `wlr_backend_autocreate`,
+ specifies the path to the TLS certificate to use for encrypting connections
+* *WLR_RDP_TLS_KEY_PATH*: required when using `wlr_backend_autocreate`,
+ specifies the path to the TLS private key to use for encrypting connections
+* *WLR_RDP_ADDRESS*: the IP address to bind to, defaults to `127.0.0.1`
+* *WLR_RDP_PORT*: the port to bind to, defaults to 3389.
+
+Note: a TLS certificate and key can be generated like so:
+
+```
+$ openssl genrsa -out tls.key 2048
+$ openssl req -new -key tls.key -out tls.csr
+$ openssl x509 -req -days 365 -signkey tls.key -in tls.csr -out tls.crt
+```
+
+`tls.csr` can be discarded. Connecting to the RDP backend with xfreedrp can be
+done like so:
+
+ xfreerdp -v localhost --bpp 32 --size 1920x1080 --rfx
+
+# Wayland backend
+
+* *WLR_WL_OUTPUTS*: when using the wayland backend specifies the number of outputs
+
+# X11 backend
+
+* *WLR_X11_OUTPUTS*: when using the X11 backend specifies the number of outputs
+
+# Rootston specific
+
* *XKB_DEFAULT_RULES*, *XKB_DEFAULT_MODEL*, *XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT*,
*XKB_DEFAULT_VARIANT*, *XKB_DEFAULT_OPTIONS*: xkb setup
-generic
--------
+# Generic
+
* *DISPLAY*: if set probe X11 backend in *wlr_backend_autocreate*
* *WAYLAND_DISPLAY*, *_WAYLAND_DISPLAY*, *WAYLAND_SOCKET*: if set probe Wayland
backend in *wlr_backend_autocreate*