export ANYDESK_USE_WAYLAND=0 anydesk If that fails, switch your login session to "Ubuntu on Xorg" (or your distro’s X11 fallback) from the login screen. This isn't a hack; it’s a temporary truce. The second most common culprit is the headless server . You’re trying to remote into a machine that has no physical monitor plugged in.
AnyDesk isn't crashing. It’s looking at your graphics stack and saying, "I don't speak that dialect." If you are on Linux, 99% of the time, this error is due to Wayland . anydesk display_server_not_supported
For thirty years, X11 (X Window System) ruled the roost. It was insecure, messy, and old—but it was permissive . Any application could read the pixels of any other window. Remote desktop tools loved X11 because it was like an open book. You’re trying to remote into a machine that