Install RealVNC

[kc9xg]

I have RealVNC operating on my RPi3 and would like to install it on the Tinker board.  Somewhat of a linux newbie and appreciate any help.

Bill

[Craz_tyle]

Other ARM-Base Linux only can work RealVNC of Viewer for now.
Because RealVNC Server need libbcm_host.so to work.
(libbcm_host.so is for Raspberry Pi only)

Code:

wget https://www.realvnc.com/download/file/vnc.files/VNC-6.0.3-Linux-ARM-DEB.tar.gz
tar zxvf VNC-6.0.3-Linux-ARM-DEB.tar.gz

#sudo dpkg -i VNC-Server-6.0.3-Linux-ARM.deb #missing libbcm_host.so (Raspberry Pi only)
sudo dpkg -i VNC-Viewer-6.0.3-Linux-ARM.deb

After installed, VNC-Viewer will show on Menu->Internet->VNC Viewer.

BTW, I suggest using the tightvncserver to be VNC server.

[Laaky]

I didn't have any luck installing tightvnc(Fatal server error:could not open default font 'fixed' --> I tried sudo apt-get install xfonts-base and it didn't work)-> so I settled for x11vnc that works very well!

[Youkay99]

I didn't have any luck installing tightvnc(Fatal server error:could not open default font 'fixed' --> I tried sudo apt-get install xfonts-base and it didn't work)-> so I settled for x11vnc that works very well!

I wrote up a simple installation document for TightVNC server for Tinker OS 1.8 you can see it here. I am not sure why you were not able to install xfonts-base but I know I had to do an update and upgrade before installing anything. I do have it working currently and as always I recommend working with a clean installation of Tinker OS 1.8 .

[knuxyl]

I have RealVNC operating on my RPi3 and would like to install it on the Tinker board.  Somewhat of a linux newbie and appreciate any help.

Bill

RealVNC is crap. You have to sign up and all kinds of crazy stuff.

Do this

sudo apt-get install x11vnc

Then open ~/.config/lxsessions/LXDE/autostart

And add this line to the bottom

@x11vnc -noxrecord -forever

And you have a VNC server running at startup with no problems. Much much better than RealVNC

The -noxrecord fixes a problem it has with stack smashing on this board
The -forever option keeps the server alive after a connect and disconnect from a client (ie it will run forever)

You will have to restart for it to run without a terminal, but you can test it before you restart by doing this in terminal

x11vnc -noxrecord -forever

[wyattwong]

Is there a VNC client for macOS that works with the VNC server in TinkerOS Debian v1.8 ?

[dacorsa]

hi guys, i have a asus tinker board

i'm using x11vnc, without using any HDMI device, how to change the resolution in realvnc???

i try all but without success, i try also to create a file in /boot/config.conf with these lines like seen in raspeberry forum but without success.

thanks, best regards

[P1ntal3r]

Is there a VNC client for macOS that works with the VNC server in TinkerOS Debian v1.8 ?

Yeah, you can use the default application "Screen sharing" in OS X. I use that all the time. I've added the option: -usepw after -forever to use the password which I've saved using "x11vnc "-storepasswd".

[bobbyD]

Hi to everyone.

It is a way to enable the SSL?
I've done this so far: store password and autostart but for security reasons I want the SSL encryption too.

[svedr]

I have RealVNC operating on my RPi3 and would like to install it on the Tinker board.  Somewhat of a linux newbie and appreciate any help.

Bill

RealVNC is crap. You have to sign up and all kinds of crazy stuff.

Do this

sudo apt-get install x11vnc

Then open ~/.config/lxsessions/LXDE/autostart

And add this line to the bottom

@x11vnc -noxrecord -forever

And you have a VNC server running at startup with no problems. Much much better than RealVNC

The -noxrecord fixes a problem it has with stack smashing on this board
The -forever option keeps the server alive after a connect and disconnect from a client (ie it will run forever)

You will have to restart for it to run without a terminal, but you can test it before you restart by doing this in terminal

x11vnc -noxrecord -forever

Thankyou for this lesson...

I've tried hours and hours with tightvnc, for autostart but no luck....
This work great....