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Hi,

I am going to hook up a Raspberry Pi to a TV and use the device to display notices, videos etc. on loop. I understand the process roughly. I want to be able to update the Pi remotely over WiFi from my Windows laptop rather than hook up a mouse and keyboard to the Pi every time we want to make an update. What is the best remote access application to use from Windows to Pi? Preferably free.

Cheers,

Mike

GlacianMike wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:52 am

Hi,

I am going to hook up a Raspberry Pi to a TV and use the device to display notices, videos etc. on loop. I understand the process roughly. I want to be able to update the Pi remotely over WiFi from my Windows laptop rather than hook up a mouse and keyboard to the Pi every time we want to make an update. What is the best remote access application to use from Windows to Pi? Preferably free.

Cheers,

Mike

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... te-access/

Hi,

I have tried remote access with both XRDP and VNC. Both work in a way in that the Pi desktop is displayed. However, my actions on the Pi desktop via my windows machine and either remote view has no effect on the Pi connected to the TV. When I look up the IP address using Termninal but on the Windows machine, I receive the same IP address as the actual Pi device. I am not entirely sure why my actions via remote view are not live on the Pi.

Any ideas?

Mike

have you tried the built-in RealVNC in raspbian?

you may also need to install realVNC viewer on your windowsPC.

I think you are actually starting another terminal session with VNC rather than remote control. This is a significant difference to Windows VNC / RADMIN etc.

You can tell this if you log in locally and then VNC into the Pi and run the 'who' or 'w' command (without the quote) - you should see two sessions on different tty devices. This is easier if you have two users defined rather than just 'pi'

Have a look at https://www.lazysystemadmin.com/2009/08 ... an-be.html and http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/

I know x11vnc is not installed by default so its an apt-get and configure I am afraid (and no - I've not tried it).

Andyroo wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 21, 2018 2:03 pm

I know x11vnc is not installed by default so its an apt-get and configure I am afraid (and no - I've not tried it).

RealVNC *is* pre-installed on Raspbian these days and it supports connecting to the default display.
RPF Documentation: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... /README.md

Agreed RealVNC is installed but the x11vnc part is not.

Looking at my defaults on my client I run a virtual desktop by default as it happens.

Going by the OP notes he had tried both ' XRDP and VNC' hence the x11vnc idea.