Can't find server
Hello,
Two things:
Spacedesk viewer on laptop can’t find server.
And, there’s no mouse on my android phone, so I can’t control anything. Apps are not open on the phone’s display either, just in the tool bar at the bottom.
Hi @kadmiel,
For the first issue, please refer to the Documentation in the chapter Troubleshooting > Network Connection > Cannot discover Primary Machine and try the steps given there to troubleshoot your issue.
For the second issue, the reason why only the taskbar is shown in your viewer screen is because the viewer screen is an extension of your main display. If you want the spacedesk viewer screen to mirror your main display, just right-click on your desktop, click on Display Settings, click on the dropdown othat says “Extend these displays” and change it to “Duplicate these displays.” For more information, please refer to the Documentation in the chapter Configuration and Settings > Windows Driver (Primary Machine)
Hello,
The spacedesk viewer on the laptop cannot find itself! When I manually type in the ip of the laptop it gives a warning “local host!”. It doesn’t want the local machine. So I can’t manually add it.
In regard to the display: I’m on windows 11 pro. It does not have a “duplicate display” option in display settings. I can’t adjust anything.
Does your PC have multiple IPs?
I have discovered that if you DO have multiple IPs (I have them for testing), then Spacedesk might be listening on the wrong IP address: look carefully on the Spacedesk console to see which IP it is using. Caught me out for a bit!
If the client can’t access that IP, then even entering the PC’s main IP manually in the client won’t work, as it doesn’t seem to be listening on that IP. And your client won’t be able to access that “testing IP” either, because it isn’t on that network, and has no access to that network.
Hi @kadmiel,
Quote from Kadmiel on 30/04/2026, 15:13Hello,
The spacedesk viewer on the laptop cannot find itself! When I manually type in the ip of the laptop it gives a warning “local host!”. It doesn’t want the local machine. So I can’t manually add it.
This is expected because you cannot connect a spacedesk Viewer to a spacedesk Driver that is installed in the same machine.
Quote from Kadmiel on 30/04/2026, 15:13In regard to the display: I’m on windows 11 pro. It does not have a “duplicate display” option in display settings. I can’t adjust anything.
For this concern, please send your logs by opening the spacedesk Driver console as administrator and clicking on Diagnostics then follow the steps below:
1. Download the DebugView.
2. Check the Diagnostic Collection box.
3. Reproduce the issue e.g. by connecting the spacedesk Viewer app.
4. Uncheck the Diagnostic Collection box.
5. Click “Save All Information” button (this might take a while to finish).
6. Compress/Zip the folder which contains the logs, then attach to your next reply to this post. If the folder exceeds 512kb, you may upload it to Dropbox or Google Drive then include the download link on your next reply.
Thank you.