no GUI when running pi through putty?

[5facts]

Hi,

ive recently set up an ssh connection to my pi and gotten it to work, i tried to see if the raspian gui would launch but i got a FATAL: Module g2d_23 not found error when entering startx.

Is there something I missed or does it just not work to begin with? Cheers!

[jamesh]

You cannot run the GUI over putty. You can turn on X forwarding to getting something a bit similar but that requires an X server running on the machine running putty.

If you want a remote desktop, try RDP based stuff.

[Joe Schmoe]

Two comments:

• 1) As I've mentioned a few times now, there should be a better error message when you try to run startx (or similar) from anything other than tty1-6. The problem is that it (startx) only works from a "virtual console" (i.e., from the console of the machine), but it (the various scripts involved in launching X) doesn't detect the fact that it is being run from a non-VC, and instead gives some ridiculous and misleading error message (instead of just saying "Not running on a virtual console - exiting now").
  2) The message about "missing module gwhatever" is actually "normal". I.e., "bogus".

[Jeremy Davis]

Or VNC... (assuming that there are VNC packages in Raspbian repos)

[RaTTuS]

x is a strange beast... always was..

the x server is the machine where the display is the client is the machine where the processor is...

see other posts about running desktops remotly ...

[fruitoftheloom]

http://www.raspberrypi.org/documentatio ... /README.md

[beta-tester]

i use PuTTY for SSH and the free open source version (6.9.0.31) of Xming as X-Server to bring the X-GUI on the Windows 8.1 Desktop...

your have to start Xming first with

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Xming.exe :0 -clipboard -rootless

and you have to enable x11 forwarding in PuTTY with the option "Connection | SSH | X11 | Enable X11 Forwarding"

download Xming here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/
(there is also a mutch newer Xming available, but that is not free and not open-source anymore.
the older free open source version 6.9.0.31 works well enough to me - has sometimes glitches)

EDIT: i forgot to tell, in putty start the programs you want it self, not the startx

[DougieLawson]

I found it easier to use MobaXterm which uses existing PuTTY profiles and does all of the arcane incantations for X forwarding for you.

[beta-tester]

I found it easier to use MobaXterm which uses existing PuTTY profiles and does all of the arcane incantations for X forwarding for you.

looks very interesting, i will give it a try - the free personal version should be good enough for my need.

EDIT: yes, MobaXterm is way easyer to use than Xming and has much much more comfort...
i tried the free personal portable version 7.3 (big thumb up!)

[Shoka]

I've had good experiance with http://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/

[jimjamz]

Is it true that using a Remote Desktop connection such as tightvncserver won't allow you to tunnel the traffic over SSH? Hence the reason for using X11 forwarding (xming, mobaxterm)?

On TightVNC's website, there is an experimental Java viewer that states it can work over an SSH connection, but I don't know how compatible that is when using with a RPi.

[DougieLawson]

Is it true that using a Remote Desktop connection such as tightvncserver won't allow you to tunnel the traffic over SSH? Hence the reason for using X11 forwarding (xming, mobaxterm)?

Not true.

http://martybugs.net/smoothwall/puttyvnc.cgi