Patch chrome-remote-desktop to use DISPLAY 0 - 2023 Version

0-readme.md

Usage

curl -o- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/endrik-exe/69131bd787a3b4cdfd862f971aaa82bc/raw/855ad141ae056c528bac0fd725351c7220c86c53/chrome-remote-desktop.patch | sudo patch /opt/google/chrome-remote-desktop/chrome-remote-desktop
sudo /opt/google/chrome-remote-desktop --stop
sudo /opt/google/chrome-remote-desktop --start

chrome-remote-desktop.patch

--- chrome-remote-desktop.orig	2023-08-05 01:02:02.000000000 +1000
+++ chrome-remote-desktop	2023-08-05 01:27:40.000000000 +1000
@@ -464,6 +464,17 @@
     self.crash_uploader_proc = None
     self.crash_uploader_inhibitor = None
 
+  @staticmethod
+  def get_used_display_number():
+    """Return a candidate display number for which there is currently a
+    X Server lock file"""
+    display = 0
+    while not os.path.exists(X_LOCK_FILE_TEMPLATE % display):
+      display += 1
+      if display > 100:
+        return 0
+    return display
+
   def _init_child_env(self):
     self.child_env = dict(os.environ)
 
@@ -518,10 +529,21 @@
     self._init_child_env()
     self.setup_audio()
     self._setup_gnubby()
-    self._launch_server(server_args)
-    if not self._launch_pre_session():
-      # If there was no pre-session script, launch the session immediately.
+
+    #START CUSTOM
+    display = self.get_used_display_number()
+    logging.info(display)
+    if display is not None:
+      self.child_env["DISPLAY"] = ":%d" % display
+    else:
+      self._launch_server(server_args)
       self.launch_desktop_session()
+    #END CUSTOM
+    
+    #self._launch_server(server_args)
+    #if not self._launch_pre_session():
+    #  # If there was no pre-session script, launch the session immediately.
+    #  self.launch_desktop_session()
     self.server_inhibitor.record_started(MINIMUM_PROCESS_LIFETIME,
                                       backoff_time)
     self.session_inhibitor.record_started(MINIMUM_PROCESS_LIFETIME,
@@ -1122,6 +1144,18 @@
     while os.path.exists(X_LOCK_FILE_TEMPLATE % display):
       display += 1
     return display
+  
+  @staticmethod
+  def get_used_display_number():
+    """Return a candidate display number for which there is currently a
+    X Server lock file"""
+    display = 0
+    while not os.path.exists(X_LOCK_FILE_TEMPLATE % display):
+      display += 1
+      if display > 100:
+        return 0
+    return display
+
 
   def _init_child_env(self):
     super(XDesktop, self)._init_child_env()