Set up VNC on a Raspberry Pi

Pi-VNC.md

• Install TightVNC Server

  sudo apt-get install tightvncserver

• Run TightVNC Server

  tightvncserver

  Note: By default this will set up a VNC session on display 1 (i.e. port 5901)

  • Set password

• Kill the VNC session

  vncserver -kill :1

• Set VNC to automatically launch at boot

  • Log in as root

    sudo su

  • Create a script: /etc/init.d/vncserver

   #!/bin/sh
   ### BEGIN INIT INFO
   # Provides:          VNC
   # Required-Start:    $local_fs
   # Required-Stop:
   # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
   # Default-Stop:      0 1 6
   # Short-Description: Start or stop the VNC server
   ### END INIT INFO
  
   PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin 
  
   eval cd ~pi
  
   case "$1" in
     start)
           su pi -c "/usr/bin/vncserver :0 -geometry 1024x728 -depth 24"
           echo "Started VNC server."
           ;;
     stop)
           su pi -c "/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :1"
           echo "Stopped VNC server."
           ;;
     *)
           echo "Usage: vncserver [start|stop]" >&2
           exit 3
           ;;
   esac
    
   :
  

  • Make vncserver executable

    chmod 755 vncserver

  • Enable dependency-based boot sequencing

    update-rc.d vncserver defaults

  • Reboot Pi

    sudo reboot