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How to check the running Pi desktop session from terminal on Raspbian Stretch? And does desktop session even run on a headless scenario?

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Assuming SSH is enabled, you should be able to run desktop headless just fine. I don't see what would be the point as many resources would be used to draw windows and such which you wouldn't see. You can check what's happening process wise with

ps -aux

or something like

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  • because I am getting a tiny desktop with x0vncserver as it loads the 0 dektop (the main desktop), so was looking for a fix in the de may be and it is showing that lxde-pi is running as I did ps aux | grep de. So wish me luck.
    – Pavel Sayekat
    Commented Oct 12, 2017 at 8:49

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