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Viewing the actual desktop on a remote computer


I'm running an raspberry pi with a display connected to the hdmi port. With a remote computer I want to view the actual graphic desktop (started with startx) of the pi which one can see on the display.

Is it something with export DISPLAY? But I have no idea about the correct parameters. I have a ssh connection via putty and a RDP connection. But the RDP desktop I see on the remote computer is different from the desktop of the hdmi display.

I appreciate any help. Thanks.


Solution

  • Assuming you are using raspbian, install and run x11vnc on the raspberry pi.

    You will need to run a vnc viewer on the remote computer to connect to it, you will then be able to see the desktop.