14.02.2025

Install Rocky 9 from minimal ISO


https://www.rockylinux.org/download/

Download ISO:
wget https://download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/isos/x86_64/Rocky-9.3-x86_64-minimal.iso

Type repo address:
download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/BaseOS/x86_64/os

Issue: No sound between Rocky 9 and windows RDP client:

you have to add sound module by compiling and install it, in my case it works smoothly. (source)

cd /home
git clone https://github.com/neutrinolabs/pipewire-module-xrdp.git
dnf install git gcc make autoconf libtool automake pkgconfig
dnf install pipewire-devel
./bootstrap 
./configure 
make
make install
reboot
 

Issue: Keyboard layout. After reconnect sometime you can not change layout. (source)
Fast way to restore is change “Type Special Characters” in “Settings” to any other. After that switching between layers will be fine.

Try to change xrdp-keyboard.ini like this:

Edit xrdp_keyboard.ini like this. This will override "us" by "us,ru".

--- xrdp_keyboard.ini.orig      2016-03-08 13:49:27.488775742 +0900
+++ xrdp_keyboard.ini   2016-03-08 13:51:24.972745599 +0900
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@

 # <rdp layout name> = <X11 keyboard layout value>
 [default_layouts_map]
-rdp_layout_us=us
+rdp_layout_us=us,ru
 rdp_layout_de=de
 rdp_layout_fr=fr
 rdp_layout_it=it

If you want to use "us,ru" instead of "ru" in case you specify Russian in client, like this.

--- xrdp_keyboard.ini.orig      2016-03-08 13:49:27.488775742 +0900
+++ xrdp_keyboard.ini   2016-03-08 13:52:33.092750998 +0900
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 rdp_layout_jp2=jp
 rdp_layout_jp3=jp
 rdp_layout_jp4=jp
-rdp_layout_ru=ru
+rdp_layout_ru=us,ru
 rdp_layout_se=se
 rdp_layout_ch=ch
 rdp_layout_pt=pt