That way no resource-intense X11/desktop session needs to be persistently active on the server to allow VNC connections.

If you have an enterprise subscription on RealVNC, you can have virtual VNC sessions spawning automatically on demand per-client connection and closing once the client disconnects. Check all logs via journalctl -u vncserver-x11-serviced. If you set SOFTWARE_VNCSERVER_SHARE_DESKTOP=1 in /boot/dietpi.txt or select desktop auto login via dietpi-autostart (index 2), RealVNC server will be started on boot in shared desktop mode, attaching to the first found local desktop session.Ĭheck the service status via systemctl status vncserver-x11-serviced. Restart it via systemctl restart vncserver. When you logout (instead of only closing the VNC Viewer window), the session will exit. Logs can be viewed via journalctl -t Xvnc:1 -t vncserver and in /root/.vnc/. The screen index can be changed via SOFTWARE_VNCSERVER_DISPLAY_INDEX in /boot/dietpi.txt.

Remote Desktop & Remote Access Remote Desktop & Remote Access Table of contentsīy default DietPi will start a virtual VNC session on boot at screen :1 for user root.

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