I wanted to vnc into my tinkerboard, and using the default mac vnc client. I tried different packages, like RealVNC but that has license only for RaspberryPi, then I tried tightvnc but it was not working with the default mac client and getting tigervnc up was also not a smooth process, as it was giving error related to fonts.
Then, finally I came across x11vnc and it worked like a charm. To install it, simply run the following command on your tinkerboard
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sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install x11vnc |
Once installed you can start the vnc server using:
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x11vnc -noxrecord -forever |
If you want to run it with the password, first set a password using the following command
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x11vnc -storepasswd |
Now you can run the x11vnc with the password, run the command
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x11vnc -noxrecord -forever -usepw |
Now, on the mac if you want to connect to the tinkerboard in the terminal type
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open vnc://ip_address_of_tinkerboard:5900 |
It will launch the vnc the client and prompt you to enter the password, and you’ll be in.
That’s it! Feel free to comment if you have any questions or suggestions.