# Linux Remote Desktop issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [July 31, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-remote-desktop-issue/116604 "2026-07-31T14:21:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkparker40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@pkparker40](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pkparker40)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-remote-desktop-issue/116604/1 "2026-07-31T14:21:47Z")
I have Ignition 8.3.7 installed on a linux box. Whenever I try to do anything in Ignition Designer, a popup tells me "An app want to share your screen. Choose what you'd like to share". I can't seem to find a way to please the system such that this popup stops appearing. Any advice? ![Screenshot From 2026-07-31 10-05-54](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/c/5cf99ed2f2c5ad4f16387d8ce3d039bc794265fc.png) ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-remote-desktop-issue/116604/2 "2026-07-31T14:51:02Z")
> [@pkparker40](#): > > Any advice? Run your designer locally. Connect directly to the gateway through your VPN instead of indirectly through remote desktop. The native connection to the gateway is far more bandwidth efficient than an RDP session, for most tasks. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-remote-desktop-issue/116604/3 "2026-07-31T15:00:24Z")
I'm guessing it's not actually RDP, and he's running into this: [Ignition 8.1.45 designer asking for monitor sharing - #8 by Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-1-45-designer-asking-for-monitor-sharing/102767/8) ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-remote-desktop-issue/116604/4 "2026-07-31T15:10:07Z")
Ah. Is that a Wayland-only issue? I run everything under X11 due to NVidia issues in Wayland, and I've never seen that. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-remote-desktop-issue/116604/5 "2026-07-31T15:16:29Z")
Yeah, Wayland/XWayland, plus the synthetica look and feel doing some stupid screenshot-based fallback on Linux when rendering shadows around menus fails or something. ---
**Author:** ![pkparker40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@pkparker40](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pkparker40)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-remote-desktop-issue/116604/6 "2026-07-31T15:24:29Z")
I am running designer on the same machine as gateway. No VPN being used. System details: System Details Report * * * ## Report details - **Date generated:** 2026-07-31 11:29:09 ## Hardware Information: - **Hardware Model:** Dell Inc. Inspiron 3593 - **Memory:** 16.0 GiB - **Processor:** Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 × 8 - **Graphics:** Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics (ICL GT2) - **Disk Capacity:** 1.0 TB ## Software Information: - **Firmware Version:** 1.30.0 - **OS Name:** CachyOS - **OS Build:** (null) - **OS Type:** 64-bit - **GNOME Version:** 50 - **Windowing System:** Wayland - **Kernel Version:** Linux 7.1.5-1-cachyos ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-remote-desktop-issue/116604/7 "2026-07-31T15:30:37Z")
Did you read the thread I linked to? ---
**Author:** ![pkparker40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@pkparker40](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pkparker40)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-remote-desktop-issue/116604/8 "2026-07-31T15:32:15Z")
I did. But how does one "start the designer with`Dawt.robot.screenshotMethod=x11"/` this, perhaps?? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/1/f1998239efdc506c104b15744265cf33be22cba1.png) additionally, I have the same problem with KDE and Gnome ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-remote-desktop-issue/116604/9 "2026-07-31T15:36:22Z")
![1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/e/1e0f825d60db129f241d525a210ab6c4dd12553d.png) ![2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/3/839ec3fda49ade38017531240911fe0fed722887.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![pkparker40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@pkparker40](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pkparker40)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-remote-desktop-issue/116604/10 "2026-07-31T15:36:42Z")
setting jvm arguments to dawt.robot.screenshotMethod=x11 produces this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/1/b1c4b75527ae260df9f6c1dc3eed2ed2495a4221.png) ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-remote-desktop-issue/116604/11 "2026-07-31T15:37:40Z")
You're missing the hyphen/dash in front. ---
**Author:** ![pkparker40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@pkparker40](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pkparker40)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-remote-desktop-issue/116604/12 "2026-07-31T15:40:44Z")
solved!!! `-Dawt.robot.screenshotMethod=x11 did the trick. You, Kevin Herron, are a steely-eyed missile man. Grazie Mille`