Re: [gentoo-user] Virtual Desktop with a Virtual Monitor?

[Wol <antlists@youngman.org.uk>]

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