VNC Server on OrangePi Zero 2W

[Feetsbian]

I recently installed the latest Armbian Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop on an OrangePi Zero 2W and I have tried to follow many tutorials from various sites, but I cannot get a VNC server to work. Can somebody help me?

 

Armbian image: Armbian_community_25.5.0-trunk.87_Orangepizero2w_noble_current_6.6.72_gnome_desktop.img

[Igor]

16 hours ago, Feetsbian said:

VNC server to work

You need a VNC server that supports Wayland. Put that into Google search / ask AI.

[eloirotava]

On a headless machine, I use Xvfb (a virtual display server) and x11vnc to enable remote access. Here's what works for me:

 

Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1280x720x16 &
DISPLAY=:1 startx &
x11vnc -display :1 -rfbport 5900 -forever &
 

Make sure you have Xvfb and x11vnc installed!

 

Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1280x720x16 → Starts a virtual display at :1 with a resolution of 1280x720 and 16-bit color depth.

DISPLAY=:1 startx → Starts the X session using the virtual display.

x11vnc -display :1 -rfbport 5900 -forever → Starts the VNC server on display :1, keeping the session active after disconnects.

 

 

[Feetsbian]

Thank you both very much. Pardon the delay; I hadn't seen any notifications in my email but I just logged back into the forum. 

[Igor]

On 2/28/2025 at 7:23 PM, eloirotava said:

and x11vnc

Which most likely won't work on Wayland based Gnome desktop ... switching Gnome to X or using XFCE or similar is a way that this will work.

[laibsch]

Another option you can look into that should be easier to get up and running is to use an X tunnel over ssh.  You don't need to run a full-blown Desktop Environment if you only want a browser or Libreoffice or ...

 

At the same time, I highly encourage you to love and learn the command line.