
Then we’ll create a backup of current startup file, in case we’d like to revert back to it. Now that the password is set up we will configure a startup file for VNC.įirstly, we’ll have to shut down our currently running VNC server. The view only password is optional so you can skip setting it up when asked by pressing the enter key on your keyboard. The access password lets you connect to the desktop and interact with it using keyboard and mouse whereas the view-only password will only let a user observe your desktop. One is an access password and the other is a view-only password. You will be asked to provide two passwords. This is done on the first run of your VNC server.

The next thing we’ll have to do is to set up an access password for VNC clients. Next, we will install tightvncserver to be able to access that desktop. We will install XFCE desktop environment, to have the actual desktop accessible on the Pi. Setting up IoT or Raspberry Pi for VNC remote desktop accessįor this tutorial we will assume that your Raspberry Pi doesn’t have a desktop environment installed. The color depth of the display is 8-bit, since I chose “Low-bandwidth connection” connection profile because I access the board via Internet and to make the system more responsive.To remote connect and access a Raspberry Pi Remote Desktop behind a NAT router and over the internet, we will be installing TightVNC Server on the Pi, as well as install the TightVNC client for Windows. It should now ask for the password you chose in step 4 and you should see LXDE desktop as shown below.192.168.0.123:1, select your connection profile and click on Connect. Enter the Raspberry Pi IP address and display number in “ TightVNC Server:” field, e.g.Start TightVNC Viewer (In Windows XP, Start->All Programs->TightVNC->TightVNC Viewer).You only need to select “TightVNC Viewer” during installation. Install a VNC client such as TightVNC for Windows. Log file is /home/cnxsoft/.vnc/raspberrypi:1.log

Starting applications specified in /home/cnxsoft/.vnc/xstartup

Here’s how to do to access the Raspberry Pi desktop in Windows XP. The Raspberry Pi I use runs the latest Debian-13-04-2012 image. I don’t have a Raspberry Pi board, yet I’m using one right now remotely thanks to the VNC (Virtual Network Computing) protocol.
