I installed x11vnc on Mint and it works fine as long as I have a monitor plugged into the server. I want to run the server without a monitor though. That apparently doesn’t work with Cinnamon. I already bought a dummy plug to simulate a monitor but that seems clunky. Is there a better way? I’m also open to using a different VNC server or even a different distro (as long as it’s not Ubuntu or Arch).

  • lurch (he/him)
    5•9 months ago

    that’s because x11vnc is an extension to an Xserver. what you need is either a standalone vncserver or a framebuffer Xserver that runs headless with x11vnc.

    • @[email protected]OP
      4•9 months ago

      Care to elaborate? I have looked at various VNC servers but i haven’t found usable documentation on setting them up.

      • lurch (he/him)
        1•9 months ago

        oh. i don’t have mint, so i don’t know the specifics, but usually you would install tigervnc (or tightvnc), set up a password, allow users, set up a per user startup file (containing a desktop environment or window manager to start) and start the systemd service (maybe you have to create a textfile service definition if mint didn’t install one automatically).

          • lemmyreaderEnglish
            1•9 months ago

            What problems do you have ? From the top of my head it is something like this :

            • Install the tigervnc-standalone-server deb package on your server

            • ssh in your server as your user and type : vncpasswd

            • Continue and type : vncserver

            • On your client connect via a vnc viewer software

            This https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/TigerVNC doesn’t read like an easy howto but could be useful.