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 47835158086 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2021 23:07:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 763CF2BC07A; Sun, 7 Nov 2021 23:07:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-il1-x12b.google.com (mail-il1-x12b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::12b]) (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 8DC3BE09E5 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2021 23:07:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-il1-x12b.google.com with SMTP id l8so15180430ilv.3 for ; Sun, 07 Nov 2021 15:07:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=UgFK0Q8psYIGeElfa4lJWC6a/0b1N1XS3gY/DKt3KDY=; b=OhRpKcPd5DwYdsfzkm3IqNa7rZwPfBNWkz3/5vR+BFwBz2BAop96DGyO94DRKgiHeM VomACuo3DXjqt9nfw8VNGr7vBw41Ejc0OiXZRPlO+KdrOFbhz+pEnt28vAFJw8Oj/Fx/ dYKYgGAQqOVCnrIzbiTA5GLg9NiCWMGiPQgspNWG0GM6OlR7OYnRt6tt2XXH1fCURlld slYixoiWi2wtWMhJQwOFQMyBD+2Olce/RkxL/6uHAzMQszj7HditNsV83JVyJiQUE0F9 gJJweLMtoIvr4DcrKqBuuqxLStWCAYxxV/2hnHG9hltboTxqGYJN4ZhejQy1aIsVvUPe 4qWA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=UgFK0Q8psYIGeElfa4lJWC6a/0b1N1XS3gY/DKt3KDY=; b=6QyQJxVGGr6XbQE7jFPa/Ditc3NPBWBIaFkiXQWwYerDn9e4JHuQMnBL+bVaRtsCFa k4OrN9aqi4h7TTJ8RwtO+LfiB6cK9L7ybT+k9qvJ+p2eC/JaJQWnUq3x5Xc6MYLje3XN E4tOrqUiRkY2s59GRmHNTY1f/LRRkkox+it1FoFd1GwIIZp1ifC/5/ewKL5f3gFMm5CN h46iBxyZk7BI/iV/Pm69O18MKxq4e/ShRjtb751WRwxR+Y63ORllya2+Ks8WMZwpcfGe 609KiItBwhDjFH3w5zNrdwspDHhtYJ62V6hbJNDm0G1doWIxZ3XMrRXX7mf4n7knrCq/ BqSw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530Kvq+r3zUWWbQ+pyr5a//vZxnOA501ezTT3BJ+C4/0ZnJzlAB5 5QATnkfHCyS2A3AhXjYQHdnAemXBRxAw22k7zCqli9uC X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw3YwFVvo4Epr+KqEaCVwdwwLPIk/DjmG4IADyvPhsCmXvZrV4j/vcfabmNHqVpp2kw0Sl7t7jWmaqL+J101YA= X-Received: by 2002:a92:c80d:: with SMTP id v13mr53566216iln.175.1636326426499; Sun, 07 Nov 2021 15:07:06 -0800 (PST) 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 References: <20211107223336.6002cdc7@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20211107223336.6002cdc7@digimed.co.uk> From: Mark Knecht Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 16:06:55 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Virtual Desktop with a Virtual Monitor? To: Gentoo User Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: c25de40c-f0a5-46f6-8bd3-1f98397ca607 X-Archives-Hash: 50a512e7d7c44b0b2c64727301548446 On Sun, Nov 7, 2021 at 3:34 PM Neil Bothwick wrote: > > 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. > > > > 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. > Looks interesting. Thanks Neil. Mark