Setting up Hyper-V Enhanced Session Mode with Fedora 40

hyperv-esm-fedora.md

Tested working on Fedora Workstation 39 and 40.

(Commands prefixed with a # should be run as the root user or with sudo. Commands prefixed with a $ should be run as a regular/unprivileged user.)

1. # dnf install xrdp (with Xorg session support: # dnf install xrdp xorgxrdp)
2. If using Gnome: # $EDITOR /etc/pam.d/xrdp-sesman and comment and uncomment the appropriate lines.
3. Optionally, rename the shared drives mount: # $EDITOR /etc/xrdp/sesman.ini and set FuseMountName=shared-drives
4. # $EDITOR /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini and set:
   • port=vsock://-1:3389 ([Globals] section)
   • security_layer=rdp
   • bitmap_compression=false
   • Uncomment the whole [Xorg] section if you chose to install the xorgxrdp package.
5. $ systemctl enable xrdp xrdp-sesman
6. Shut down the virtual machine (do NOT reboot) and close the Virtual Machine Connection window.
7. On your host, in PowerShell (as admin or as a user in the "Hyper-V Administrators" group): Set-VM -VMName "Name of your Fedora VM" -EnhancedSessionTransportType HvSocket
8. Connect to your VM by reopening the Virtual Machine Connection window, and boot it.

You can now enable Enhanced Session Mode.

Thanks.
This method is also working for Fedora 40.

Thanks. This method is also working for Fedora 40.

Thank you for your comment. I updated the Gist to mention it.

You can use xorgxrdp-glamor instead of xorgxrdp only, for more features.

and don't forget to run this before enabling enhanced session, so the kernel enables vsock.

echo "hv_sock" | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/hv_sock.conf

What DE? I can't get this to work with KDE on Fedora40. Are there additional commands not listed?

What DE? I can't get this to work with KDE on Fedora40. Are there additional commands not listed?

It works with Fedora 40 Workstation, so with GNOME. I will try it with KDE today and report back.

@smudj Do you have plasma-workspace-x11 installed? I don't think Fedora includes it by default in recent versions.

@HarmfulBreeze That seems to have done it. After installing plasma-workspace-x11 and rebooting, enhanced session is working. No audio, unlike gnome. Thanks!

Follow up: got audio working with this: https://github.com/neutrinolabs/pipewire-module-xrdp