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VNC connection remote desktop error: cannot currently show the desktop, I have enabled VNC and boot desktop automatic login option when booting, but still can't connect to the desktop, what other options do I need to set?
Attached: SSH everything is normal
Yes, in addition to the above two operations must also set the resolution, the specific location in Advanced Options > Resolution, select the appropriate resolution.
I installed on the smart card the Debian VERSION="10 (buster)". There is no Display connected to the Raspberry. I'm connected it only through it's Ethernet (UTP-cable), and the wifi module is disabled. I edited as sudo the /boot/config.txt file to disabble the wifi loading on boot.
# wifi off / dissable
# change on 10-08-2019
dtoverlay=pi3-disable-wifi
I gave a try to connect on it with VNC from another Rpi, and I got the same Message: Cannot currently show the desktop
I logged through ssh on that computer and started the desktop:
ssh user@ipadress
# where the user is
echo $USER
# where the ipadress is
ip a | grep -o "[1-9].*/24" | sed 's/\/.*//g'
after I logged in into that remote computer
sudo startx
And it worked!
Disable the GL Experimental Desktop - I also then set the screen resolution in raspi-config. I tried everything else and this was the only thing that worked for me.
Your pi seems not running a graphical desktop. Since remote access with SSH is working, an alternative solution is to create a virtual desktop using the VNC Server and connect to it afterwards.
The raspberrypi.org provides a doc for such connection: with SSH, run vncserver and make note of the IP address/display number. Then you can use it for the VNC connection.
With my headless pi as an example:
The IP address/display number for the VNC connection is in the Connectivity section. BTW I hide the Security information.
