* Re: [gentoo-user] Virtual Desktop with a Virtual Monitor?
@ 2021-11-07 21:03 99% ` Wol
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From: Wol @ 2021-11-07 21:03 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 07/11/2021 20:39, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Hi,
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> I get that this must be possible as essentially VirtualBox is able
> to do this. I wonder if there's a way for mere mortals to do something
> similar?
>
I'm guessing the reason there isn't a virtual desktop is because
nobody's logged in AT THE PI and started one!
Just start Xorg over ssh, or plasma-wayland, or whatever. Sorry I don't
(yet) know how to do it, I need to find out because I want to do exactly
the same :-)
Cheers,
Wol
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