From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A545158086 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2021 22:33:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9F35C2BC07A; Sun, 7 Nov 2021 22:33:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (mail.digimed.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8D9F52BC06C for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2021 22:33:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C86451424B1 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2021 22:33:42 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 22:33:36 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Virtual Desktop with a Virtual Monitor? Message-ID: <20211107223336.6002cdc7@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.18.0 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/aXrlDu4FPRm7QJqbjHh1rAJ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 X-Archives-Salt: 4600ea1f-3013-4e5a-b673-d53596105d27 X-Archives-Hash: fe4be0b57c3e6e0156e6cbe7bfb0325e --Sig_/aXrlDu4FPRm7QJqbjHh1rAJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 7 Nov 2021 13:39:34 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > I've been playing with a Raspberry Pi 4 as a utility divice for a > couple of purposes - a backup server for here at home as well as an > astrophotography manager to run my camera and mount. So far everything > is fine when I have a monitor attached. I can ssh in and run X apps, > and I can run the VNC client and control the desktop. >=20 > What I find, however, is that when I boot the RP4 without the > monitor attached, which I would be doing most all the time, I lose the > desktop functionality through VNC. I can still ssh X apps, and both > xdpyinfo and xrandr still say the X resolution is 1920 x 1280, but > there doesn't appear to be a real desktop for VNC to latch onto. Try x2go instead of VNC. It uses SSH to establish the connection and start a desktop session, so there is no need for the user to have a desktop running on the remote machine beforehand. --=20 Neil Bothwick Last words of a Windows user: =3D Why does that work now? --Sig_/aXrlDu4FPRm7QJqbjHh1rAJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAmGIVEEACgkQ92eFu0QS MJjVZg//Qh8+tAC+8X8d3REVHWw0hsuYe0FLjNGfToFNA1isuMfmQANJ1mdqCYkw 8hjpt08XAk+Pz5tZJ7OxaPCnzspmODo2niisiLrNA49I5So/3jQ4Lf1ThW9Aa+ST L/g6PDkY0Oin/IvKNk6CKr6FLLIEJQ8bPZ7RgRRa6aBmHE42CfwBdmCuOb9Oza1W h49NaKuEwZTsxHkdV4VF1w9PBEWHWaUxdbuTZZrk1uPGmfzoFAsbevVxhawQl/t4 TpLYugJp3TecqJXcPv2tsRw6l9vkk/EHHihC8ky75srau6zskg7R0y9F6ynKHxpt dKv4wrpE2jiwk71L/Xo/6LJ3uYYk9OZSe9qkaxEcVvgaq/1KQhOvPQl33q0ERn/u QOarX7PY0VLe7VvH9odLlvfKjeiKYsAf32AHR1wXCtX3iBPguGu4An0+8pauUjWK 39AwjQsdsoot+hjnYbvFyES6+pssGNXZO50dKqk5lVFT0uegVl91VuFQ41I0zSED XvAUXkrWsrZB33O8yKdquz2fmYS4nqdD9db7uXdwyBnxiGzOP6jjyXlfUk8fOQhC QgHsbjnEJRhgaHYqkPdW7bNeDWRU352DlrreCtOMNLY+fBy6KysTKBx7+EdZ9UfC A/2r/bcvcEnflcgeQkjWBwDXia7r/SXLN4a8NOFevSBFIn2wqS4= =pGre -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/aXrlDu4FPRm7QJqbjHh1rAJ--