28th Jan, 2013, 07:24 AM
30th Jan, 2013, 04:49 AM
No, VNC relies on X11 where XBMC uses the frambuffer, so this is not possible.
30th Jan, 2013, 11:04 PM
Ok, thank you for the answer.
31st Jan, 2013, 12:26 AM
As Koenkk already said, X11 and XBMC aren't good friends as there could be some problems with the libraries and XBMC isn't able to start anymore. But as I was testing some web browsers, I was able to get X11 and XBMC running side-by-side.
But please make a full backup of your SD card/installation before testing it, as I only tested it with XBMC RC1 and not with later versions. So it could be possible that your XBMC will not start anymore after installing X11. So please make a backup.
1. Open the command line of your Rpi
2. Shutdown XBMC
3. Install X11 and lxde
4. Install VNC viewer
5. Start the X11 environment
When you click on the icon in the left corner, you should hopefully find a VNC viewer icon.
If you tested all, leave the X11 envirnment or reboot the Rpi. If XBMC doesn't start anymore, try the following command from the command line:
But please make a full backup of your SD card/installation before testing it, as I only tested it with XBMC RC1 and not with later versions. So it could be possible that your XBMC will not start anymore after installing X11. So please make a backup.
1. Open the command line of your Rpi
2. Shutdown XBMC
Terminal
sudo /etc/init.d/xbmc stop
Terminal
sudo apt-get install xorg
sudo apt-get install lxde-core --no-install-recommends
sudo apt-get install lxde-icon-theme
sudo apt-get install lxde-core --no-install-recommends
sudo apt-get install lxde-icon-theme
Terminal
sudo apt-get install xtightvncviewer
Terminal
startx
When you click on the icon in the left corner, you should hopefully find a VNC viewer icon.
If you tested all, leave the X11 envirnment or reboot the Rpi. If XBMC doesn't start anymore, try the following command from the command line:
Terminal
sudo dpkg --purge libtag1-vanilla:armhf libtag1c2a:armhf gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:armhf
sudo /etc/init.d/xbmc start
sudo /etc/init.d/xbmc start
15th Feb, 2013, 04:34 AM
Okay, I know what to do this weekend! 
Thank you, I write a feedback when I try.
Thank you, I write a feedback when I try.
22nd Feb, 2013, 05:12 AM
I have dug around about this a bit. I was hoping to find a VNC SERVER for xbian so that I could remote control the GUI when needed.
I did, however, find a package that claims to be a vnc viewer that uses the framebuffer and does not require X11. Interestingly enough, it's available in the Raspbian repositories. it's called DirectVNC. I installed it because I was initially thinking that it was a server, but alas, is not. So I removed it without testing.
You can install it with
If you try this, please report back.
I did, however, find a package that claims to be a vnc viewer that uses the framebuffer and does not require X11. Interestingly enough, it's available in the Raspbian repositories. it's called DirectVNC. I installed it because I was initially thinking that it was a server, but alas, is not. So I removed it without testing.
You can install it with
Code:
apt-get-install directvncIf you try this, please report back.
9th Apr, 2013, 05:48 PM
Anyone tried xrdp (http://www.xrdp.org/), its supposed to work on RPi