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 63A65158086 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2021 21:03:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ABD3B2BC052; Sun, 7 Nov 2021 21:03:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk (smtp.hosts.co.uk [85.233.160.19]) (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 EEA50E092D for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2021 21:03:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from host81-132-12-162.range81-132.btcentralplus.com ([81.132.12.162] helo=[192.168.1.65]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1mjpKA-0008Vv-79 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 07 Nov 2021 21:03:34 +0000 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 21:03:34 +0000 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 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.0 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Virtual Desktop with a Virtual Monitor? Content-Language: en-GB To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: From: Wol In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5d1aa908-6588-49d9-98f9-faea3a0020c3 X-Archives-Hash: b09813c203b602224aa4c31bc1757d0e 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