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VNC Viewer - Zanardi - 28th Jan, 2013 07:24 AM
Hi,
is possible to have a VNC Viewer (or another sw for remote desktop control) on xbian?
Thank you.
RE: VNC Viewer - Koenkk - 30th Jan, 2013 04:49 AM
No, VNC relies on X11 where XBMC uses the frambuffer, so this is not possible.
RE: VNC Viewer - Zanardi - 30th Jan, 2013 11:04 PM
Ok, thank you for the answer.
RE: VNC Viewer - namtih - 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
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
RE: VNC Viewer - Zanardi - 15th Feb, 2013 04:34 AM
Okay, I know what to do this weekend!
Thank you, I write a feedback when I try.
RE: VNC Viewer - 2twisty - 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
Code:
apt-get-install directvncIf you try this, please report back.
RE: VNC Viewer - grymcent - 9th Apr, 2013 05:48 PM
Anyone tried xrdp (http://www.xrdp.org/), its supposed to work on RPi