x11vnc-kinto.sh

#/bin/bash

# Clone, compile & install
git clone --single-branch --branch Super-with-Scrolling https://github.com/rbreaves/x11vnc.git

# Enable all sources
sudo sed -i '/^#\sdeb-src /s/^#//' "/etc/apt/sources.list"

cd ./x11vnc
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get build-dep x11vnc
autoreconf -fiv
./configure
make
sudo make install

# Get your keyboard and mouse event id's
ls -l /dev/input/by-id
# or if not available
ls -l /dev/input/by-path
ls -l /dev/input/

# Alternatively you can sudo cat your inputs to figure out which is your keyboard and which is your mouse
sudo cat /dev/input/eventX

# Use mouse event id for direct_abs below
# Use keybord event id for direct_key below

# Make sure you update my id's to your id's in the command below

# Command is now revised to fix cursor as well (vnc client may need tweaking to avoid double cursors, or dots)
sudo /usr/local/bin/x11vnc -forever -display :0 -auth guess -rfbport 5900 -noxdamage -pipeinput UINPUT:direct_key=/dev/input/event1,direct_abs=/dev/input/event7 -overlay -repeat -cursor_drag -nocursorshape -usepw


# If combined w/ xrdp then you may need to update an ini file
# to pass all modifier keys properly, not sure.
# https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/2169#issuecomment-1059792757

I've gotten almost everything to work, except for the x11vnc that ist redirecting my input.
At first it said that /root/.XAuthoritiy didn't exist, so I touched it, but now it still fails. Any idea why?

Setup: macOS via Jump Desktop (latest, respectively) using RDP to Ubuntu 22.04 with xrdp.

sudo /usr/local/bin/x11vnc -forever -display :0 -auth guess -rfbport 5900 -noxdamage -pipeinput UINPUT:direct_key=/dev/input/event2,direct_abs=/dev/input/event3 -overlay -repeat -cursor_drag -nocursorshape -usepw
04/12/2023 09:56:16 passing arg to libvncserver: -rfbport
04/12/2023 09:56:16 passing arg to libvncserver: 5900
04/12/2023 09:56:16 -usepw: found /root/.vnc/passwd
04/12/2023 09:56:16 x11vnc version: 0.9.16 lastmod: 2019-01-05  pid: 22063
/tmp/fd.m0hJQo: 320: [: -a: unexpected operator
04/12/2023 09:56:17 -auth guess: failed for display=':0'
04/12/2023 09:56:17 -auth guess: since we are root, retrying with FD_XDM=1
/tmp/fd.hvK4pX: 320: [: -a: unexpected operator
04/12/2023 09:56:17 -auth guess: failed for display='0'