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Linux OpenSUSE - Enable Hyper-V Enhanced Session

08 Jul 2022

Assumptions

• A Linux OpenSUSE Virtual Machine is already configured and working using a console connection.
• Wayland is in use as the Windowing System.
• A GNOME desktop environment is being used.

Steps

• Install the hyper-v-enhanced-session package:

  sudo zypper install hyper-v-enhanced-session
  

• Configure Xorg as the Windowing System.
• Create a certificate and private key for xrdp:

  openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 365
  

• Edit the xrdp configuration - sudo vi /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini to use the cert.pem and key.pem files from previous step.
• Create a xrdp session preference file startwm.sh in the user’s home directory:

  cp /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh.userwindowmanager-sample ~/
  cd ~
  mv startwm.sh.userwindowmanager-sample startwm.sh
  

• Edit the xrdp session preference file - vi startwm.sh by uncommenting PREF_SESSION='gnome'.
• Reboot the computer for the settings to apply.