VNC Server needs to be started on restart

Question

This is what i am trying to do-
I have made a automatic plant watering system which uses a simple moisture sensor to check if there is water a or not and run a pump accordingly.. I have to present this and i don't have a monitor setup over there. So i am trying to use vnc server. i start my hotspot and connect raspberry pi to it at home and i switch on vnc server once to test it(using sudo raspi-config in advanced options). When i restart my raspbery pi it connects to my hotspot automatically but the vnc server does not work. to make it work i need to sudo raspi-config and go to vnc and switch it one even when it shows on. It works after that. can someone tell me what can i do so that vnc server remains on all the time and works?

Answer 1

1) Make sure VNC is enabled is system preferences

sudo su

cd /etc/init.d/

2) Create another file in nano, this time called vncboot:

sudo nano vncboot

3) Enter the following (copy and paste should work, but check that it hasn’t pasted multipe times).

#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/vncboot

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: vncboot
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start VNC Server at boot time
# Description: Start VNC Server at boot time.
### END INIT INFO

USER=pi
HOME=/home/pi

export USER HOME

case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting VNC Server"
#Insert your favoured settings for a VNC session
su - pi -c "/usr/bin/vncserver :1 -geometry 1920x1200"
;;

stop)
echo "Stopping VNC Server"
/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :1
;;

*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/vncboot {start|stop}"
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

4) Next, make the file executable:

chmod 755 vncboot

5.1) Finish with

update-rc.d /etc/init.d/vncboot defaults

5.2) …or if this doesn’t work…

update-rc.d vncboot defaults

(Note: I found this online but lost the source. . .)