I am trying to implement VNC on Ubuntu PC - Raspberry PI - MATE pair.
The install went OK, but…
this is all I get when following the instruction to activate / start VNC
jim@jim-desktop:~$ vncserver :1
New ‘X’ desktop is jim-desktop:1
Starting applications specified in /home/jim/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /home/jim/.vnc/jim-desktop:1.log
jim@jim-desktop:~$
So - where is my “display ?”
Am I missing something ?
I do not want to sign up for any trials - free or time limited.
Cheers
Hi,
Your description leaves some options open so i will elaborate on both.
a. You want to connect from your desktop to an Raspberry PI
b. The other way around.
Like any boyfriend needs a girlfriend, any vncserver needs a vncviewer.
There are loads of options and not everything is compatible with
each other.
You install the server on the machine you want to take over.
$ sudo apt install tigervnc-standalone-server
You install the viewer on the machine that has at least 1 monitor.
$ sudo apt install tigervnc-viewer
Or in case of total confusion you can install both on each machine.
Then a connection has to be setup: vncviewer [name-of-server]:[port]
eg:
$ vncviewer mypie:5900
or by ip-address
$ vncviewer 192.168.0.5:5900
Hope this helps, i did not have a lot of time 